{"id":1279,"date":"2014-04-02T08:52:24","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T12:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=1279"},"modified":"2014-04-02T08:52:24","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T12:52:24","slug":"wests-seventh-inning-run-enough-to-beat-coatesville-1-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=1279","title":{"rendered":"West’s seventh inning run enough to beat Coatesville 1-0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Esch, Brown duel into final inning, walks costly to Raiders<\/span>
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By Kyle Carrozza<\/strong>,\u00a0Staff Writer, The Times<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"SeanEsch\"<\/a>

Downingtown West’s Sean Esch prevailed in a tight pitchers duel, Tuesday, against Coatseville, 1-0.<\/p><\/div>\n

CALN \u2013 A battle between two of the Ches Mont\u2019s top pitchers resulted in a 1-0 victory for Downingtown West at Coatesville on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

The trajectory of the game was clear from the beginning with Coatesville\u2019s Brian Brown and West\u2019s Sean Esch taking the mound for their teams. Brown dominated the first two innings, allowing no hits and racking up five strikeouts. Esch kept up, allowing just two hits and not allowing a runner into scoring position.\"\"<\/p>\n

\u201cThe pitching is at a high level,\u201d Downingtown Coach Dave Oleszek said of the ChesMonts this year. \u201cComing into the game, we know we\u2019re facing one of the top pitchers in the league.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Oleszek\u2019s team did manage to put some pressure on that pitching in the top of the third.<\/p>\n

A Brown strikeout was followed by a couple of errors put runners on first and second for the Whippets, and shortstop Alex Jankowski took a walk to load the bases. However, Brown\u2019s third strikeout in the inning ended the threat.<\/p>\n

Coatesville\u2019s offense could not produce pressure of its own, going three up and three down five times on the night.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just have a philosophy. We have a good, fast defense and some things we believe in,\u201d said Oleszek. \u201cI\u2019m proud of my guys. They really played well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both pitchers retired batters with ease for much of the remainder of the game. But Downingtown pressed once again in the top of the sixth.<\/p>\n

An error on a grounder allowed catcher Max Edgin to reach first. A stole base and then a pass ball advanced pinch runner Joey Meijas to third while shortstop Kenny Jarema took a pitch to the head to get on base. His subsequent uncontested steal put to runners in scoring position with two outs. However, Brown dealt with the pressure once again, getting another strikeout to retire the side.<\/p>\n

But once again, Coatesville would see three men up and three men down, including a pickoff at second by Edgin.<\/p>\n

\u201cI try to keep my composure and keep the distractions and noises out of the way,\u201d Esch said of pitching late in the game with both sides at zero.<\/p>\n

That composure translated to sustained momentum on offense.<\/p>\n

With Coatesville\u2019s Caesar Asadi on the mound in the seventh, Downingtown took a couple of walks to get men on. A ground out ended the inning but not before Downingtown third baseman Toby Welk got home and put the game\u2019s lone run up for his team.<\/p>\n

Coatesville shortstop Aaron Cummings did his best fire back immediately, hitting a deep fly to centerfield, but the ball dropped for an out just before reaching the fence. The out was the first in another three up three down inning for the home team to close out the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a great win early in the season, but we have to be prepare for tomorrow,\u201d said Oleszek.<\/p>\n

West will face Rustin at home Wednesday afternoon while Coatesville hosts Sun Valley\/Northley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Esch, Brown duel into final inning, walks costly to Raiders By Kyle Carrozza,\u00a0Staff Writer, The Times CALN \u2013 A battle between two of the Ches Mont\u2019s top pitchers resulted in a 1-0 victory for Downingtown West at Coatesville on Tuesday night. The trajectory of the game was clear from the beginning with Coatesville\u2019s Brian Brown […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,14],"tags":[956,58,355,957],"class_list":["post-1279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-sports","tag-baseball","tag-ches-mont","tag-coatesville-area-high-school","tag-downingtown-west-high-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}