MONROEVILLE — Longtime Riverside head coach Dan Oliastro knew that his squad was going to be in for a fight against No. 15 South Allegheny in the WPIAL Class 3A high school baseball quarterfinals.
In a game where hits were hard to come by, an error after the game’s first run scored was all that No. 7 Riverside to break through, with Matt Santillo helping his own cause to drive in the game’s deciding run as the Panthers knocked off South Allegheny 3-0 on Tuesday, May 19 at Gateway High School.
“We knew it was going to be tough and thought their pitcher was going to be good,” longtime Riverside head coach Dan Oliastro said. “We got our hits at the right time and played good defense behind Matt [Santillo].”
Through the first two innings, Riverside (12-7) was via the strikeout, with junior shortstop Dylan Meyer accounting for the team’s lone base runner, working a two-out walk in the bottom of the first.
But fast-forward to the third inning, and Riverside started to break through on South Allegheny (10-10) pitcher Adam Jackowski.
Following a leadoff single by No. 9-hitter Brock James, Logan Young and Meyer worked a pair of one-out walks.
This article originally appeared on Beaver County Times: Riverside defeats South Allegheny in WPIAL 3A baseball quarterfinals