Knights Advance to State Championship

Behind the strong pitching of M. Gibbs and the bat of Z. Salvia, the Sutherland Knights advanced to the Class A State Championship Game. Gibbs continued his string of outstanding starts by defeating Levittown Division 3-1 with a complete game three hitter. The victory was Gibbs 8th win of 2011 and marks the first time that a Sutherland starter won 8 or more games without a loss.

The Knights got on the board first when B. Kaczka walked and then scored on Z. Salvia's long two-run homerun to left. Levittown pushed a run across in the third inning only to see the Knights answer with a run of their own when J. Swisher doubled and then scored on Salvia's sacrifice fly.

Levittown put two runners on with one out in the fifth inning before an 1 1/2 hour rain delay interrupted play. Gibbs came back after the rain stopped and got a fly ball and then picked off a runner to get out of the jam.

Salvia went 1 for 1 with a sacrifice fly, walk and two-run homerun and three runs batted in.

The Knights are 24-2.