Salem CC on road

Mighty Oaks baseball wins two one-run games at Ocean, softball swept at Harford

COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC 8-13, Ocean 7-12
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Harford 6-10, Salem CC 5-5

By Riverview Sports News

TOMS RIVER — The Salem CC baseball team began its push for a Region 19 playoff spot with a pair of one-run victories on the road at Ocean CC.

The Mighty Oaks won the first game 8-7 and took the nightcap 13-12.

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The doubleheader sweep left them 16-19 overall, 11-10 in Region 19. Teams must be .500 or better either overall or in region play to qualify for the playoffs.

The series with Ocean wraps with a single game Tuesday at the Carneys Point Rec Complex.

Softball

BEL AIR, Md. — The Mighty Oaks softball team fell behind early in both games of their doubleheader, fought their way back to make a game of them both, but just couldn’t put enough together to overcome the deficit and were swept at Harford 6-5 and 10-5.

They fell behind in the opener 5-0 after two innings, but closed the gap with Emme Witter’s three-run homer in the fourth. After Harford pushed across a run in the home fourth, the Mighty Oaks scored two in the fifth on Lilly Peverelle’s sacrifice fly and Savannah Palverento’s RBI single to make it 6-5, but they couldn’t get closer.

They went down in order in the sixth. They had the tying run at second in the seventh with two outs, but the game ended on an offensive interference call.

They fell behind in the nightcap 6-1 after three innings. They made it 6-3 fourth on an RBI singles by Witter and Sawyer Simmons, but Harford scored four in the fifth to stretch the lead. The big blow of the inning was Izzy Hiebler’s three-run homer..

The Mighty Oaks return to action Thursday in a home doubleheader against Mercer.