Welcome back to another installment of the Delco Baseball Now newsletter, where we’re talking all things summer baseball in Delco.
The Delco League Finals have been a dream if you are a fan of pitcher’s duels, as there has been just FOUR runs scored over the first three games total.
Four!
We’ll cover all that and more, as always, we appreciate anyone who takes the time to subscribe:
Delco League:
When I joined the Delco League back in 2019, the idea of two high school kids facing off in a Delco League Finals game would get you laughed at.
It was mostly a college/adult league at that point, but the league gets younger and younger every year.
Our 2025 Delco Baseball Now Most Valuable Player Austin Havertine from Radnor got the start for Wayne and pretty much just did exactly what he did all season at the high school level, pounding the zone and getting a ton of week contact.
Through 19 innings of this series, Wayne had zero runs, until one swing of the bat brought some life back into the dugout.
I need to give a quick shoutout to former Wayne outfielder and current Drexel Hill Ducks Head Coach Sean Mohollen real quick for a fantastic prediction. He came into the broadcast booth for the fifth inning and predicted that this game would be won by someone on a solo home run because no one has been able to get the big hit with runner’s in scoring position,
One inning later, Luke Zimmerman absolutely blasted a solo homer onto the roof to give Wayne the lead.
Now, the former Marple Newtown state champion and St. Joe’s Hawk will head to the mound for Game 4 trying to keep Wayne’s season alive. We believe that former Penncrest Lion Quinten Perilli, who will be heading to Rutgers this fall after three years at Elizabethtown, will pitch in Game 4.
I kind of have two dogs in the fight as I have played for both teams, so I don’t really care that bad who wins. I am just rooting hard for a Game 5 on Saturday, especially now that we are being told it will NOT be at O’Hara due to a field conflict.
No one is happier about that than me, as we have just been killed by the lack of internet there while trying to stream games.
The internet at Devon was pretty good, so make sure to tune into the Delco Baseball Now YouTube channel tonight at 5:45 PM for Game 4.
Phillies:
I am too lazy to look up the official stat on this, but I swear every time that the Phillies win the first two games of a series, they lose the last one.
I’ll take a series win whenever we can get them, but it does get a bit old that they can’t finish off the sweep.
The good news is that the Cleveland Guardians do know how to finish off the sweep, as they took care of the Mets in three games. The Mets will head to Milwaukee to take on the scorching hot Brewers this weekend.
The Phillies currently have a 2.5 game lead in the NL East heading into the weekend. Their next series against the Mets will be August 25-27 in New York.