The Towamensing Joe's opened the Keystone Senior Babe Ruth playoffs with a win over East Stroudsburg.

KEYSTONE SENIOR BABE RUTHPLAYOFFSTowamensing-East StroudsburgJake Taschler had a good day on the mound and at the plate to help the Towamensing Joe's open the Keystone Senior Babe Ruth double-elimination playoff tournament with a 6-4 victory over the East Stroudsburg Mustangs.Taschler tossed six innings, striking out six batters. He also contributed two hits, one a double, on offense.Cody Wallace hit a home run and knocked in two runs for the winners, seeded second in the tourney, while Ben Weber had three hits and an RBI. Weber also pitched a scoreless seventh to earn a save.For third-seeded East Stroudsburg, Chris Ramdass had a pair of hits.Towamensing will meet the winner of Friday's Panther Valley-Franklin Township on Saturday.East Stroudsburg 020 020 0 - 4 6 4Towamensing 000 510 x - 6 9 4Guzman and Johnson; Taschler, Weber (7) and Silfies, Kralik (7). W - Taschler. L - Guzman. S - Weber. HR: Towamensing - Wallace.REGULAR SEASONPanther Valley-TowamensingThe Panther Valley Black Diamonds shut out the Towamensing Joe's, 2-0, behind the pitching of Teague Schmidt last Friday.Schmidt pitched all seven innings, scattering seven hits while striking out eight.The Black Diamond hurler outdueled Ben Weber, who also turned in a solid effort. Weber went all seven innings, allowing just four hits and one earned run. He struck out 10 in the hard-luck loss.The winners scored both their runs in the first inning. Darren Goida scored one of those runs and finished the contest with three hits, one a double.For the Joe's, Sal Melo had a pair of hits.Panther Valley 200 000 0 - 2 4 3Towamensing 000 000 0 - 0 7 3Schmidt and Goida; Weber and Kralik. W - Schmdit. L - Weber.BLUE MOUNTAIN LEAGUEBerlinsville-EastonThe Berlinsville Braves won their third straight game, defeating the Easton Falcons Thursday by a 4-2 score.Jake Augustus, a Northwestern graduate, had two hits, including a double, and a stolen base.Pete Violante allowed two first-inning runs, but settled down to gain the win. Violante tossed six innings, the final five being scoreless. Brian Wildrick closed and earned the save.Berlinsville (14-16) also received a hit and RBI from Northern Lehigh grad Cody Hallman and Seever Hoyak.For the Falcons, Malin Loebscak had two hits.Berlinsville 000 211 0 - 4 8 2Easton 200 000 0 - 2 6 2Violante, Wildrick (7) and Webb; LaBarre and Cintron. W - Violante. L - LaBarre. S - Wildrick.PVLL TOURNAMENT11-12 YEAR-OLDSFranklin Township-Anthracite/TowamensingRandy Bongiorno hit a home run, and Josh Steigerwalt tossed four scoreless innings to lead Franklin Township to a 13-0 victory.Bongiorno had two hits and knocked in a pair of runs. Steigerwalt struck out 11 batters in earning the win. He also helped his own cause with three hits, one a double.Richie Failla added two hits, while Jack Lorenz and Hunter Crum each contributed a hit and two RBIs.Franklin also received an inning of scoreless relief from Brayden Lutz and Jacob Neeb.WEST HAZLETON TOURNAMENT7-8 YEAR-OLDSFranklin Township-TamaquaHunter Kintz, Jayse Lawrence, and Jesse Waksmunski each had three hits to lead Franklin Township to a 14-2 victory over Tamaqua.Carter Bellis, Aiden Solt, and CJ Dietz also contributed two hits for the winners.Franklin Township-Hazle TownshipCJ Dietz struck out seven batters over three innings to aid Franklin Township's 5-1 win over Hazle Township.Dietz, Hunter Kintz, Jayse Lawrence, and Carter Bellis all had two hits for Franklin.Franklin Township-FreelandA strong offensive output lifted Franklin Township to a 13-2 win over Freeland.Five different players had three hits for the winners, including Aiden Solt, Carter Bellis, Hunter Kintz, Jayse Lawrence and CJ Dietz.