Radnor’s Hoysgaard subdues Chichester

UPPER CHICHESTER >> Will Hoysgaard felt something early. Pat McDermott felt something late.

And because of what it all meant to a 4-2 Radnor baseball victory over host Chichester Tuesday, it all gave Mark Jordan a pretty good feeling in the PIAA District One Class AAA tournament.

Hoysgaard is the junior left-hander who struck out seven in 6.1 innings to help the Raiders win for the seventh time in eight games and move to within a game of a spot in the state tournament. He had a sense during warmups that his location was accurate, his velocity strong, his arm loose.

McDermott is the third baseman who knew when he connected on a seventh-inning pitch that the ball would go a long way, which it did, good for a double and an insurance RBI.

And Jordan is the manager who guided the Raiders through a rough 0-5 start to win a spot in the semifinals Thursday against No. 1-seeded Holy Ghost Prep at a neutral site.

Hoysgaard was efficient into the seventh, when he allowed a one-out walk to Jason Ribeiro and switched positions with left-fielder Andrew Austen. Austen surrendered a hit to Bobby Jones, but coaxed Pete Moseley into a game-ending double play, with McDermott making a difficult stop, stepping on third and throwing to first.

“Pretty entertaining, huh?” Jordan said, smiling.

It’s what happens when just about everything goes as planned, even on a day when Chichester enjoyed strong pitching and a late rally of its own.

Though Jordan didn’t necessarily want to go to his bullpen Tuesday, he was OK with getting Austen loose before appointing him as the Raiders’ starter for the Holy Ghost game. By then, Hoysgaard had done plenty.

“I felt really good,” said Hoysgaard, who mixed in a second-inning single of his own. “I felt good warming up and was able to locate my stuff today. So it worked out. In warmups, I feel different on days when I don’t pitch better. I was just able to locate my fastball and get it down, being able to throw my change-up and have a tail, and just be able to locate everything pretty well.”

Hoysgaard needed to be sharp, as Chichester starter Ryan Janvier would keep the Raiders scoreless through four. The right-hander finally was touched for an infield hit by Connor Wilson, an Austen single into center and an RBI dribbler toward the mound from Matt Schaefer.

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Chichester’s Pete Moseley watches a pitch go into the glove of Radnor catch Pat Scheri Tuesday. Sheri and Radnor claimed a 4-2 win in the District One Class AAA baseball tournament. (Digital First Media/Anne Neborak)