Section V Baseball: AA Semi-Final Preview

No. 1 seed East versus No. 4 seed Penfield and No. 2 seed Webster Schroeder takes on No. 6 seed Fairport for the right to play in Thursday night’s championship game. Here’s the breakdown:

No. 1 seed East (19-2) vs. No. 4 seed Penfield (15-6)

Tuesday at Pittsford-Sutherland. 4:30 p.m.

Players to Watch:

EAST – Jordi Agosto.508 (32-63)/.671 OBP/42 R/25 RBI/7 2B/3 3B/20 SB, John Segara .500/.701 OBP/13 RBI/4-0/1.69 ERA/29 IP/63 K/1 CG, Eric Maldonado .412/.595 OBP/72B/4 3B/HR/34 RBI/2-0/ 0.00 ERA/11 IP/20 K Darnell Patterson .412/.600 OBP/7 2B/2 3B/2 HR/19 RBI, Pablo Garcia5-1/ 2.12 ERA/3 CG/44 K Angel Segarra  4-1/0.88 ERA/2 CG/2 SV/32 IP/58 K

PENFIELD – Jack Hartnett (.384/15 RBI), Luke Westervelt (.375/13 RBI), Kyle Straube (4-1/2.41 ERA/30K) and Ryan Kalbfus 3-1/2.68 ERA/21K.

How they got here: East defeated No. 9 seed Churchville-Chili, 5-2. Penfield downed No. 5 seed Hilton, 7-5.

Trends: A Rochester City School District team hasn’t won a Section V title since Jim DeBell’s Jefferson High team took the Class A crown in 1980.

Penfield opened the season winning their first nine games. The Patriots have gone 6-6 since then. The Patriots won the 2012 AA title. Penfield also took the 2009, 2010 AAA titles.

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No. 2 seed Webster-Schroeder (16-5) vs. No. 6 seed Fairport (14-7)

Tuesday at Monroe Community College, 4:30 p.m.

Players to Watch:

WEBSTER-SCHROEDER – Justin Graham (.400/19 R), Nick Lawlor (4-1/1.04 ERA) and Shane Marshall (.394/22 RBI/21 R/16 SB).

FAIRPORT – Jake Rugaber (.404/11 RBI/13 R), Connor Ewing (5W/1.55 ERA/32K) and Matt Buss (4W/1.97 ERA/23K).

How they got here: Webster-Schroeder defeated No. 7 Rush-Henrietta, 3-0. Fairport outlasted No. 3 seed McQuaid in eight innings, 6-3 in the semi-finals. The Red Raiders beat Gates-Chili, 8-0 in the opening round.

Previous meetings: Nick Lawlor scattered eight hits over six shutout innings; Webster-Schroeder defeated Fairport, 4-0 on April 20th. Connor Ewing retired the first 16 he faced. Fairport knocked off Webster-Schroeder, 3-2 on May 6th.

Trends: Webster last won a sectional title in 1998 when the district combined both schools (Webster-Thomas). Webster-Schroeder won the 1978 AA crown.

Fairport took the 2013 AAA championship. The Red Raiders have won four sectional titles since 2006.

***Numbers reflect regular season statistics only.