No. 18 Garnet Valley stuns No. 2 Plymouth-Whitemarsh

PLYMOUTH MEETING >> Ryan Wootten got things started for Garnet Valley and he surely finished them, Drew Van Horn made the “biggest play of the year,” and the 18th-seeded Jaguars scored a major upset in the second round of the District 1-6A Playoffs, stunning No. 2 Plymouth-Whitemarsh, 5-3.
“This was huge for us. We started out pretty slow during the season and we bonded as a team and are really playing well,” said Wootten.
The win sends Garnet Valley to Friday’s quarterfinals, at Hatboro-Horsham at 4 p.m.
PW saw a fine season come to a close at 14-3.
The game was a continuation from Wednesday, when lightning and rain left things suspended in the top of the fifth inning, with GV leading 4-3.
The Jaguars (9-8) immediately added to their lead in the fifth.
With two men on, Logan Nelson’s RBI single provided Garnet Valley some breathing room, up 5-3.
“We weren’t expecting the game to be rained out, but we were ready,” Wootten said. “We had the same mindset coming in today. We were just ready to play some baseball.”
Wootten pitched three scoreless frames on Thursday against the high-powered Colonials.
Luke Gartland’s one-out bunt single gave PW a man on in the bottom of the fifth, but Wootten got Dom DiCiurcio to fly out and struck out Jack Hildebrand to end the threat.
Wootten then struck out the side in the sixth and the Jaguars were closing in.
Plymouth-Whitemarsh seemed to get the bats going in the seventh. Luke Caucci belted a single to left and Mike Miller walked to put runners at first and second with no outs.
But things were about to change, suddenly and drastically.
Luke Gartland ripped a line drive toward short, and what looked to be a run scorer for the Colonials was snagged out of the air by Van Horn, who went up high to make the grab and threw to second for the double play.
One more out on a fielder’s choice sent the Jaguars to the next round.

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