Digital Harbor's baseball team, on Wednesday, knocked off Poly, 6-5, to gain an inside track toward dethroning the Engineers, who are eight-time Baltimore City League champions at the Rams' home field of Carroll Park.

The victory improved the Rams to 6-0 in the city, and, 6-1 overall

Stephen Kovalesky went 2 for 3 with 2 RBIs for the Rams and junior shortstop Mike Sauble had two hits and a RBI.

Kovalesky picked up the save, striking out the final two batters after the Engineers scored twice to pulled within one, giving the Rams and coach Dave Verdi the victory.

Sauble broke a 3-3 tie with a RBI single in the fifth, scoring senior James Henson, and the Rams scored twice more on sixth-inning mistakes by the Engineers.

The Rams’ lone loss was against ninth-ranked North County of Anne Arundel County in their season-opener, but have since received solid pitching from a deep staff comprised primarily of Sauble, Kovalesky, Shaun Merson and Nathan Pitts.

Vince Campbell of the Rams also plated a run on his ground out, and Tom Waller’s sacrifice fly scored courtesy runner Ray Johnson, extending the Rams’ lead to 6-3.

The Rams play at Edmondson Friday afternoon while Poly host traditional rival City College on Cold Spring Lane and Falls Road.

--Reprinted from a story by DigitalSports' Derek Toney




Digital Harbor Team Statistics

Batting Statistics

Player AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SLG% BB SO OB% OPS SB-A
#16 Kornegay, J. 1.000 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 2.000 1 0 1.000 3.000 0-0
#3 Merson, S. .476 8 21 15 10 6 1 1 5 1.000 6 3 .621 1.621 4-4
#13 Kovalesky, S. .444 8 27 16 12 5 1 1 16 .815 1 1 .484 1.299 5-5
#5 Sauble, M. .407 8 27 17 11 1 1 0 7 .519 6 1 .515 1.034 5-5
#1 Henson, J. .400 8 25 12 10 3 1 0 8 .600 4 5 .483 1.083 2-2
#23 Campbell, V. .385 8 26 9 10 1 1 1 9 .615 3 5 .467 1.082 2-2
#17 Derrick, C. .333 8 15 5 5 0 0 0 3 .333 3 4 .444 .778 1-1
#21 Pitts, N. .292 8 24 6 7 3 0 1 3 .542 3 5 .370 .912 3-3
#11 Smith, J. .250 8 24 12 6 1 0 0 4 .292 5 1 .419 .711 3-3
#8 Prince, J. .250 4 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 .500 2 1 .500 1.000 0-0
#25 Johnson, R. .250 4 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 .500 1 1 .400 .900 1-1
#19 Gardner, N. .200 5 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 .400 1 0 .333 .733 0-0
#14 Waller, T. .167 8 18 6 3 0 0 0 2 .167 3 2 .318 .485 7-7
#4 Shifler, Z. .143 5 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 .143 1 3 .250 .393 1-1
Totals: .346 8 228 107 79 24 5 4 61 .548 40 32 .458 1.007 34-34
Opponents: .167 8 168 19 28 6 1 0 10 .214 22 66 .275 .489 19-19

Other Batting Statistics

Player SF SH HBP LOB GIDP IBB XBH TB PA/BB PA/SO TP TS PPPA
#16 Kornegay, J. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2.00 .00 11 4 5.50
#3 Merson, S. 0 0 2 12 0 0 8 21 4.83 9.67 94 47 3.24
#13 Kovalesky, S. 1 0 2 6 0 0 7 22 31.00 31.00 90 56 2.90
#5 Sauble, M. 0 0 0 7 0 0 2 14 5.50 33.00 94 52 2.85
#1 Henson, J. 0 0 0 6 0 0 4 15 7.25 5.80 94 59 3.24
#23 Campbell, V. 0 0 1 11 0 1 3 16 10.00 6.00 101 60 3.37
#17 Derrick, C. 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 6.00 4.50 67 35 3.72
#21 Pitts, N. 0 0 0 9 0 0 4 13 9.00 5.40 99 57 3.67
#11 Smith, J. 0 0 2 11 0 0 1 7 6.20 31.00 86 42 2.77
#8 Prince, J. 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 3.00 6.00 27 13 4.50
#25 Johnson, R. 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 5.00 5.00 19 11 3.80
#19 Gardner, N. 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 6.00 .00 25 15 4.17
#14 Waller, T. 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 3 7.33 11.00 73 42 3.32
#4 Shifler, Z. 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 8.00 2.67 34 17 4.25
Totals: 1 0 8 83 0 1 33 125 6.93 8.66 914 510 3.30
Opponents: 0 0 3 76 2 0 7 36 8.77 2.92 714 453 3.70

Fielding Statistics

Player PO A E FLD% PB SBA ATT THO%
#16 Kornegay, J. (C) 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0.0
#3 Merson, S. 2 6 3 .727 0 0 0 0.0
(P) 0 4 2 .667        
(SS) 2 2 1 .800        
#13 Kovalesky, S. 5 2 1 .875 0 0 0 0.0
(LF) 5 0 0 1.000        
(P) 0 2 0 1.000        
(SS) 0 0 1 .000        
#5 Sauble, M. 3 9 3 .800 0 0 0 0.0
(SS) 3 6 2 .818        
(2B) 0 2 0 1.000        
(P) 0 1 1 .500        
#1 Henson, J. (CF) 10 0 2 .833 0 0 0 0.0
#23 Campbell, V. (C) 67 2 0 1.000 0 19 19 0.0
#17 Derrick, C. (2B) 2 4 4 .600 0 0 0 0.0
#21 Pitts, N. 0 4 1 .800 0 0 0 0.0
(3B) 0 3 0 1.000        
(P) 0 1 1 .500        
#11 Smith, J. (1B) 31 0 1 .969 0 0 0 0.0
#8 Prince, J. (3B) 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0.0
#25 Johnson, R. 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0
#19 Gardner, N. (1B) 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0.0
#14 Waller, T. (RF) 3 0 1 .750 0 0 0 0.0
#4 Shifler, Z. 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0
Totals: 125 27 17 .899 0 19 19 0.0
Opponents: 121 39 27 .856 2 34 34 0.0

Pitching Statistics

Pitcher W L SV ERA G GS CG SHO IP H HR R ER SO BB
#11 Smith, J. 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1
#5 Sauble, M. 3 0 0 0.95 3 3 2 1 14.2 5 0 2 2 25 5
#13 Kovalesky, S. 0 0 1 2.80 3 0 0 0 5.0 1 0 2 2 13 0
#3 Merson, S. 2 1 0 3.68 3 3 2 0 19.0 18 0 10 10 15 9
#21 Pitts, N. 2 0 0 4.77 2 2 0 0 7.1 4 0 5 5 12 7
Totals: 7 1 1 2.83 8 8 4 2 47.0 28 0 19 19 66 22
Opponents: 1 7 0 16.18 8 8 3 0 45.0 79 4 107 104 32 40

Pitching Statistics

Pitcher WP BK PK HBP BF AVG TP TS PPI SO/7 BB/7
#11 Smith, J. 0 0 0 0 4 .000 14 8 14.0 7.00 7.00
#5 Sauble, M. 0 1 0 0 52 .106 208 134 14.2 11.93 2.39
#13 Kovalesky, S. 0 0 0 2 19 .059 63 49 12.6 18.20 0.00
#3 Merson, S. 0 0 0 1 83 .247 292 187 15.4 5.53 3.32
#21 Pitts, N. 0 0 0 0 35 .143 137 75 18.7 11.45 6.68
Totals: 0 1 0 3 193 .167 714 453 15.2 9.83 3.28
Opponents: 0 1 0 8 277 .346 914 510 20.3 4.98 6.22