Mounts stun Warwick

The Mounts pulled off a 3-1, eight-inning upset of Warwick (17-3) in a semifinal of the LL baseball playoffs at Ephrata's War Memorial Field on Tuesday.

They'll play for the league title at 7 p.m. Thursday at Clipper Magazine Stadium against Manheim Township, which out-slugged Lampeter Strasburg 11-5 in the top half of the semifinal doubleheader.

All four section champs have been eliminated from the playoffs.

The Mounts stunned Warwick, the Section One champs, behind a brilliant pitching performance from Brody Martin.

Martin held one of the area’s most potent lineups to five hits and a lone run, which came in the sixth on Matt Williams’ RBI single, after which the lead run was gunned down at the plate on a throw from Ephrata left fielder Ryan Bromirski.

Ephrata scored its run in the third, when Coy Schwanger singled, went all the way to third on an error and scored on a grounder.

The Mounts (15-6) pulled it out in the eighth on a Mason Hagen walk, an error, Bromirski’s sac bunt, and a sharp bouncer for an infield single off the bat of, yes, Brody Martin.

Martin reached his pitch limit one out into the bottom of the inning, but Tanner McCracken came on to get two outs and the clutch save.

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