Mighty Oaks Drop Two Games to Mercer County

Salem traveled to West Windsor Township, NJ on Saturday, March 20, for a doubleheader against the Mercer County Community College Vikings. The Mighty Oaks fell in game one to the Vikings, 13-1, and lost game two 3-2 on a Vikings walk-off RBI single with two outs in the bottom of the seventh.

Mercer County took game one by a score of 13-1. Phil Sedalis (Wenonah, NJ / Deptford Township HS) scored Salem's lone run by capitalizing on a passed ball to cross home plate. Starter Patrick Montagna (Pennsville, NJ / Pennsville Memorial High School) took the loss for the Mighty Oaks in game one.

In game two the Mighty Oaks were the first on the board with two runs in the fifth inning. The first run came on a Nick Toms (Pennsville, NJ / Pennsville HS) double to bring in Tyler Lashley (Cape May, NJ / Trenton Catholic HS), and the second scored on a Jacob Todd (Claxton, GA / Pinewood Christian Academy) single to bring in Toms from second. The Vikings tied the game in the bottom of the sixth and eventually bested the Mighty Oaks with a walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh with two outs. Trey Matthews (Newark, DE / Newark Charter School), took the loss for Salem, pitching a complete game, allowing the three runs on six hits, with four strikeouts.

The Mighty Oaks will next be in action on Wednesday, March 24, when they return home for the first time in 2021 for the first game of a home and away series against Atlantic Cape Community College, starting at 3:30 PM. Weather permitting, the Mighty Oaks will be playing Salem's first home baseball game since the Spring of 2014, when all athletics programs were curtailed until 2019-20, when the former "Oaks" were reinstituted as the "Mighty" Oaks. Fans can keep up with the Mighty Oaks at sccmightyoaks.com. Be sure to follow Salem Athletics on Twitter @sccmightyoaks for updates and news on all Salem athletics.