In the 62nd Lehigh Valley Championship Series between the City and the Suburban leagues, Fritz-Wesleyan of the City League beat Salem Lutheran 3-0 for the Lehigh Valley Championship.

In game one, Salem jumped out to a 2-0 lead. Both Fritz and Salem scored runs in the 5th inning to make it 3-1. In the top of the 6th, Salem added a run to make it 4-1. But, Fritz went ahead 5-4 in the bottom of the 6th on two home runs, a solo HR from Brad Wanamaker and a three-run HR by Bob Carl, his second HR of the game.

Salem tied the game 5-5 with a run in the 8th inning, and in the bottom of the 10th, Brad Wanamaker from Fritz hit a triple to open the inning before Jack Ronal hit a sacrifice bunt to win the game 6-5 for Fritz.

In game two, Fritz scored a run in the 2nd and 3rd innings and then added 3 more in the 6th to take 5-1 lead. Salem scored a run in the 5th, 6th, and 7th innings, but Fritz scored a run in the 7th to make the final score 6-3 for Fritz.

Fritz jumped out to a 2-0 lead in game three, scoring a run in the 2nd and 3rd innings. Salem went ahead on Austin Hoffert’s three-run HR in the 4th inning, 3-2. But, Fritz took the lead again, this time for good, scoring two runs in the 6th and adding another run in the 7th for a final score of 5-3.

Fritz leading hitters included Brad Wanamaker 7-13 (HR), Jeff Miller 5-11, Jim Johnson 5-12, with HRs from Bob Carl (2) and Brie Weigard. For Salem Lutheran, Kyle Taylor was 5-10, Jason Biggs 5-13 and Austin Hoffert had a 3 run HR.