Northern Valley and Allentown battled to a tie in Lehigh Valley Legion action on Tuesday.

LEHIGH VALLEY LEGION

Northern Valley-Allentown

Northern Valley forced extra innings with two runs in the seventh inning, and after two extra frames its Lehigh Valley Legion game with Allentown ended in a 5-5 tie.

Trailing 5-3 entering their final at-bat, Cole Hausman led off the seventh with a solo homer to cut the deficit to one. Later in the inning, N Scott hit a sacrifice fly to center to plate Wesley George with the tying run.

Neither team could dent the plate the rest of the way. Allentown, however, did threaten in the eighth by loading the bases but a fly to left ended the scoring chance.

Hausman finished with two hits and three RBIs for the Chargers, whose record is now 5-4-2. Sam Mauro reached base three times (hit, two walks) and scored two runs. Relievers Weston Beers and Nicholas Bogert combined to pitch 3 2/3 scoreless innings.

For Allentown (4-9-1), Christopher Quezada collected three hits and knocked in a pair of runs.

Northern Valley 200 100 200 - 5 6 3

Allentown 200 021 000 - 5 10 0

Chamberlain, Beers (6), Bogert (8) and Hausman; Moretz, Berroa (5), Quezada (8) and Schneider. HR: Northern Valley - Hausman (7th, none on).

Carbon-Lower Macungie

Ryan Latchford scattered seven hits and allowed just one run in a complete-game effort to help Lower Macungie gain a 4-1 Lehigh Valley Legion victory over the Carbon Monarchs.

The Monarchs reached Latchford for their only run of the game in the fourth inning when Lawrence Baldassano, who had singled, scored on an error. The tally tied the game, however Lower Mac came up with three runs in the home fifth to give its pitcher the support he needed.

Latchford didn’t walk a batter in his seven innings of work and struck out four.

Carbon received a pair of hits from Randy Bongiorno, while Ian Rarick added a hit and a run.

The loss drops the Monarchs to 5-6, while Lower Macungie improves to 7-3-1.

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Lower Mac 001 030 x - 4 5 2

O’Donnell, Edwards (5) and Schwartz; Latchford and McWhinney. W - Latchford. L - O’Donnell.

SCHUYLKILL-BERKS LEGION

Tamaqua-Schuylkill Berks

A six-run first inning propelled the Schuylkill-Berks Grovers to an 11-1 Schuylkill-Berks Legion victory over the Tamaqua Blue Sox.

Tamaqua actually jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first when Steven Hoffman singled home Timmy Fritzinger, but the Grovers responded with their big inning.

Logan Zimmerman delivered a two-run triple while errors allowed three other runs to score. The winners also received a two-run homer in the second from Chase Herb to help back Brad Anderson, who allowed just four hits in five innings of work.

The Blue Sox (0-9) also received hits from Chase Andrews and Ryan Vecolitis.

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Schuylkill-Berks 622 01 - 11 8 1

Andrews, Gigli (1), Fritzinger (3) and Hoffman; Anderson and Zimmerman. W - Anderson. L - Andrews. HR: Schuylkill-Berks - Herb (2nd, one on).