Welcome back to another installment of the Delco Baseball Now newsletter, where we keep you up to date on everything Delco Baseball summer ball.

It’s championship week in Delco as all three summer baseball leagues will crown a champ over the next week or so, including two in the next two days.

I am way too old to be playing three games in two days, but that’s what it will take to bring home an MSBL title from my Drexel Hill Phillies after splitting on Saturday.

We’ll cover all that and more in today’s edition, make sure to subscribe below to stay up to date:

MSBL:

A dominant season from Drexel Hill pitcher Calen Reigner ended in style as he threw 29.1 innings and did not allow a single earned run. He only allowed one run in general. From start to finish all year he was sensational and his complete game shutout in Game 1 set the tone.

Cedar McCredie went 3/4 with two doubles in that game. Ryan Hodinko and Tommy Crumlish both drove in two runs while Christian Summers also two hits.

Collingdale bounced back in a big way in Game 2 as they scored five runs over the first two innings. Kenny Searle went 2/3 with 2 RBI, as did Corbin Nyemah. Dan Whalen was a horse on the mound, throwing 116 pitches over seven innings to get the win.

Just like last year (in a different league), these two teams will face off in a winner-take-all championship game, Drexel Hill took it last year so we’ll see what today has in store.

Delco League:

Unfortunately, we will not be streaming Game 1 of this series due to me playing in that above MSBL Championship, but we will be broadcasting every other game of this series on the Delco Baseball Now YouTube channel.

Game 1 will be the pitching matchup of the year as Cy Young and MVP Favorite Kevin McGovern will take the mound for Upper Darby. Wayne’s Tommy Bradley, who has been the second best pitcher in the league this year, will get the ball to oppose him most likely.

This is two heavyweight teams going at it, the clear best two teams in the league all season long. Great pitching, great hitting, great defense, great coaching.

Do yourself a favor and get out to one of these games, and if not, tune in on YouTube for games 2-5.

Mid-County:

If you completely forgot this series was happening, you are not alone.

Games 1 and 2 were all the way back last Monday and Tuesday, but rain wiped out the Thursday Game 3 and also the possibility of a Friday makeup game. Mid County rarely plays on weekends ever so this Game 3 will take place on Monday at Sun Valley.

Game 1 was a slugfest, Game 2 was a pitcher’s duel. We’ll see what Monday has in store as every team’s pitching is fully rested after six days off.

Phillies:

The pitcher’s duel between Zack Wheeler and Tarik Skubal did not quite live up to the massive hype, but both pitcher’s still turned in overall solid starts.

Zack Wheeler had some issues with the long ball, and the Phillies offense didn’t really come alive until it was too late as the Tigers evened up the series.

Sunday Night Baseball should be a good one.