Friday Baseball: Convissar powers Falcons past Seahawks | Maryland Gazette (HometownGlenBurnie.com)

Severna Park's offense began and ended with Kyle Convissar.

The sophomore second baseman led off the first with a solo home run and belted a three-run shot in the fourth to power Severna Park to a 14-1 victory over South River yesterday.

"I got to hit two flat fastballs," Convissar said. "I guess that helps."

The win secures the Falcons (13-5, 11-4 county) a bye in the regional tournament and puts them in line for a shot at the county championship, providing they can beat Broadneck on Monday.

"Monday's a very important day," Severna Park coach Jim McCandless said.

The loss eliminates South River (13-6, 9-6) from contention for the county championship.

If Arundel (12-6, 12-3) and Old Mill (15-5, 12-3) both win Monday, they'll meet in the championship. If one of those teams loses, Northeast (14-4, 10-4) and Severna Park have a shot at reaching the title game.

Northeast plays North County tonight and Old Mill on Monday, and the Eagles must win both games to qualify for the championship, which will be played on Thursday at Joe Cannon Stadium.

Old Mill, Arundel and Severna Park have clinched first-round byes in the 4A East Region tournament, which begins Friday. Leonardtown must win one of its final two games to secure the fourth bye in the tournament. The top four teams will host their playoff openers.

Convissar was 3-for-3 with a double and two homers. He also scored four times from the leadoff spot for the Falcons, who held a 14-0 lead with two outs in the fifth inning.

Convissar jump-started the Falcons in the first by hitting the first pitch he saw from South River pitcher Mike Clark over the scoreboard in center field. Cory Jensen doubled off the left-field wall two pitches later, stole third and scored on Brent Jones' RBI groundout. Adam Senholzi's run-scoring single made it 3-0.

"I think we fed off the first swing of the bat," McCandless said. "That kind of triggered everything, and a lot of guys fell in line right after that."

Severna Park sent 11 hitters to the plate in a six-run second. Convissar followed Jason Basara's walk with a double down the left-field line and Jensen drove in a run with a groundout. Alex Ramsay doubled, and Clark hit Jones with one out to finish his day.

Clark lasted 1 1/3 innings and gave up four hits and six runs.

Senholzi welcomed Seahawks reliever J.K. White with an RBI double, and Erik Schneider hit the first pitch he saw over the left-field fence for a three-run homer and a 9-0 lead.

South River (13-6) 000 01 - 1 3 2

Severna Park (13-5) 362 3x - 14 11 1

WP: Taylor. LP: Clark. 2B: SR - Sodeman; SP - Jensen, Senholzi, Ramsay, Convissar. HR: SR - Sodeman; SP - Convissar 2, Schneider. RBI: SR - Sodeman; SP - Convissar 4, Schneider 4, Ramsay 2, Jensen, Jones, Senholzi.

In other Friday baseball:

SPALDING 10, LOYOLA BLAKEFIELD 8: Kody Hines and Ryan Woods each homered, and starting pitcher Jason Patten was stellar, pacing Spalding to the win.

A day after beating Calvert Hall, Loyola couldn't figure out Patten, who allowed an unearned run on three hits and struck out three in four innings.

The Cavaliers scored in each of the first four innings to build a 10-1 lead to secure the victory. Hines, Woods and Adam Summerfelt doubled. Hines drove in four runs, and Summerfelt and Luke Caldwell each collected two RBIs.

Loyola Blakefield 010 024 1 - 8 8 0

Archbishop Spalding (25-5) 521 200 x - 10 15 4

WP: Patten (4-1). LP: Slade. 2B: AS - Summerfelt, Hines, Woods. 3B: L - Hahn. HR: L - Quaranta; AS - Hines, Woods. RBI: L - Hahn 3, Quaranta 2; AS - Hines 3, Summerfelt 2, Caldwell 2, Palmer, Woods.

BROADNECK 8, ANNAPOLIS 3: Four first-inning Annapolis errors led to four Broadneck runs, propelling the Bruins to the win.

Broadneck's Mike Ray was 3-for-4, including an RBI double in the sixth inning.

Bruins starter Stephen Jaenke struck out three and yielded two earned runs in four innings of work to get the win.

Ryan Kroll pitched three scoreless innings to earn the save and was 2-for-3 at the plate with an RBI.

Andrew Sanchez, Donnie Lord, and Josh Kohut each drove in a run for the Panthers.

Annapolis (5-13) 210 000 0 - 3 7 5

Broadneck (10-9) 410 012 x - 8 10 1

WP: Jaenke (2-0). LP: Lord. 2B: AN- Newman; BN- Ray, Kroll. RBI: AN- Sanchez, Lord, Kohut; BN- Ray 3, Barber, Kroll, Storey, Marino.

AACS 9, MOUNT CARMEL 5: Joe Dirks pitched the last two innings and didn't allow a run to lift the Eagles past the Cougars.

Andy Stallings hit two doubles and Aaron Marshall and Sean Kelley hit triples for Annapolis Area Christian School, which pulled its record to 6-6.

Dan Beall drove in two runs, and his brother, Andrew Beall, had one RBI.

Mount Carmel 000 040 1 - 5 7 5

AACS (6-6) 001 134 x - 9 12 5

WP: Dirks (1-0). LP: Dingle. 2B: AC - Stallings 2. 3B: AC - Marshall, Kelley. RBI: MC - Suzone, Malec; AC - D. Beall 2, A. Beall, Lentz.

ARUNDEL 12, SOUTHERN 1 (six innings): Senior T.J. Brenneman had three hits and three RBIs while fellow senior Chris Ball added two hits and two RBIs as the third-ranked Wildcats picked up their 14th win on the year and clinched a top-four seed in the 4A East region.

Senior Matt Skrenchuk had two hits, including a double, and junior Brandon Gill tripled and drove in a run.

Junior Tyrell Dixon's two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth ended the game, and junior pitcher Brooks Miller picked up the win in relief.

Junior Joe Sancomb doubled and drove in a run for the Bulldogs.

Southern (3-13) 000 100 - 1 2 2

Arundel (14-5) 301 512 - 12 14 1

WP: Miller. LP: Hines. 2B: SO - Sancomb. AR - Skrenchuk, Brenneman, Morris. 3B: AR - Gill. HR: AR - Dixon. RBI: SO - Sancomb. AR - Brenneman 3, Ball 2, Dixon 2, Gill, Morris, Leszczynski.

CHAPELGATE 6, SEVERN 5 (8): Freshman Sam Wachs went 2-for-4 with two RBIs while senior Pat Sajak added two hits, but the Admirals lost in extra innings and fell to 5-7 in the IAAM B Conference.

Senior Mike Stanley took the loss on the mound, pitching all eight innings and allowing six earned runs while striking out five. Senior Sander Beck and sophomore Chase Strom each drove in one run.

Severn (6-8) 200 300 00 - 5 9 1

Chapelgate 301 100 01 - 6 11 4

WP: Figgens. LP: Stanley (2-2). 2B: SE - Smith. HR: CH - Figgens, Wilcox. RBI: SE - Wachs 2, Beck, Sajak.