Arden Major All Stars vs. Foothill Farms, June 30th

ARDEN GETS OFF TO GREAT START BEHIND PETRUCCI’S 2-HITTER

The first game is always the toughest.

But, thanks to a 2-hitter and 13-strikeout performance by Marco Petrucci and an offense that banged out 11 hits, the Arden Major All-Stars can breathe easier thanks to a 9-0 shutout of Foothill Farms in their tournament opener.

With the victory, Arden will move on to play Rosemont who were 12-0 winners over Sunrise on Tuesday night.

Andrew Wiesenfarth led the way offensively for Arden with three hits including a solo homerun in the sixth inning that made the score 7-0. Wiesenfarth was one of eight players who had hits on the evening. The breakthrough inning for Arden came in the third when the team produced three runs on an RBI-double by Max Buzzard followed by an RBI-infield single from Petrucci. Petrucci then scored while trying to steal third base and then went home on an errant throw.

Petrucci was masterful. His only walk was to the lead-off hitter. Foothill Farms had an infield single in the first inning and a single to right field in the sixth inning. Outside of that, Arden was rock solid making four plays in the field.

The big stat for Arden was 24 of 28 balls were put in play by the offense. Other hits on the evening came from Doug McDonald, Alex Wormald, Andrew Finnecy, David Callahan, and Tomas Buchmiller. Wiesenfarth’s home run was to left field.