SCOTLAND — Waynesboro, a baseball team on a good roll, played a nearly flawless game Monday afternoon.

Chambersburg, a team that has been struggling, did not.

The result, therefore, was predictable: Waynesboro 12, Chambersburg 2 in a non-league encounter of rivals at Greene Twp. Park.

“It’s very simple — our whole thing is that you can control your energy and attitude,” Trojan coach Scott Folmar said. “But when things start to go bad for us, our heads go down.”

The Indians (9-2) gave Chambersburg something bad to think about in the second inning, when they batted around and scored four runs off of Trojan ace Austin Kopp, thanks to four hits, a pair of Chambersburg errors and some aggressive baserunning.

“Everything we did, we did right, and it turned into roses,” Boro coach Greg Chandler said. “We’re playing good ball right now. We have momentum and we have confidence and we’ll need it for the tough schedule we have coming up.”

The Indians’ vaunted bunt game was a big factor in the second inning. Kurt Biesecker’s bunt was misplayed by first baseman Luke Wetzel, but he recovered to throw out a runner at home. Two batters later, Cal Davis came through on a suicide squeeze bunt to plate the game’s first run.

“We caught them in a pickle with the bunt game,” Chandler said.

Folmar said, “We’ve worked on bunt coverage, and we went over it in pregame. The big thing is you can’t let them get the leadoff man on base. And they did, almost every inning.”

Boro also hit up and down the lineup — every starter had at least one hit, led by Derek Buhrman’s 3-for-4 effort — and in key situations. Of the Indians’ 15 hits, seven came with two strikes.

Chandler said, “Our at-bats were off the charts. We had good approaches going up there and we worked the count. We also ran the bases very well, and that put extra pressure on their defense.”

Buhrman hit a two-run double in a three-run third, two unearned runs crossed the plate in the fourth and four straight singles led to four more runs in the fifth, making it 12-0.

Meanwhile, Boro pitcher Paul Steiger was cruising, allowing only one hit, a single by Brady Hughes, through the first four innings, needing only 46 pitches.

He did labor through the fifth, throwing 36 pitches, including 19 balls. The Trojans (3-6) got a leadoff double by Aaden Newman, who scored on an error, and a single by pinch-hitter Andrew Wurtz, and a run scored on a bases-loaded walk by Wetzel.

“They were helping Paul a little by swinging at early pitches, but he was on task today,” Chandler said.

Folmar said, “Austin has been pitching well, but we gave them way too many extra opportunities from the second inning on, and they’re playing well. We just didn’t put enough balls in play to be successful.”

Waynesboro 12, Chambersburg 2
Waynesboro: Derek Buhrman, cf 4-2-3-2, Jarret Biesecker, ss 3-1-2-1, Hunter Clever, 3b 3-2-1-1, Cole Reed, dh 4-1-2-2, Trent Oyler, rf 0-0-0-0, Owen McCleaf, c 3-0-1-0, Ethan Saunders, c 0-0-0-0, Coby Rogers, 2b 3-2-2-0, Ben Wolfe, ph 1-0-0-0, Kurt Biesecker, 1b 3-1-1-0, Paul Steiger, p 3-1-1-1, Cal Davis, lf 3-2-2-2. Totals 30-12-15-9.
Chambersburg: Austin Kopp, p 2-0-0-0, Spencer Seaman, 2b 1-0-0-0, Max Armstrong, 3b 3-0-0-0, Luke Wetzel 2-0-0-1, Kaden Hoover, cf 3-0-0-0, Spencer Hockensmith, rf 2-0-0-0, Aaden Newman, dh 2-1-1-0, Elijah Snyder, p 0-0-0-0, Bryson Byers, p 0-0-0-0, Bailey Leedy, lf 2-1-0-0, Brady Hughes, c 1-0-1-0, Andrew Wurtz, ph 1-0-1-0. Totals 19-2-3-1.
Waynesboro             043   23   —   12
Chambersburg        000   02   —    2
E — Way 1; Chbg 4. LOB — Way 6; Chbg 6. 2B — Buhrman; Newman. SB — J.Biesecker. SAC — J.Biesecker, McCleaf.
Waynesboro Pitching
                           ip  h   r  er  bb  k
Steiger, W         5   3   2   1   3   5
Chambersburg Pitching
Kopp, L (2-2)    3   9   7   5   0   2
Snyder              1   2   2   0   1   0
Byers                 1   4   3   3   0   0
HBP — by Steiger (Seaman). Balk — Snyder. PB — Chbg 1.