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JOHNSTOWN -- Backed by a couple of Blair County products, Johnstown Mainline Pharmacy captured the 2026 All American Amateur Baseball Association National Tournament championship on Saturday night at Sargent's Stadium at the Point for the second straight year.
Tyrone Area High School graduate Landon Hamer, now a member of the Slippery Rock University baseball team, and recent Altoona Area High School graduate Tanner Stroup each drove in two runs in Mainline's 5-2 victory over New Orleans in a battle of two 5-0 teams.
Hamer homered in the first inning, and Stroup delivered an RBI single to score Xander Richardson in the third inning to put Mainline up 2-0.
In the fifth, a Stroup groundout brought home Aiden Snowberger, and Hamer followed with a single to drive in Brody Roberts. Then, with the bases loaded, Portage's Andrew Miko was hit by a pitch for force in Hamer with Mainline's fifth run.
Mainline's Adam Radkowski gave up two hits and no runs over five innings, striking out five. Chase Williamson followed with 3ª innings, giving up one earned run, and Bryce Madden struck out the final batter with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth.
Hamer and Brody Roberts each had two hits for Mainline, which has now won the championship in 2023, 2025 and 2026. Richardson earned AAABA Tournament MVP honors after batting .562 (9-for-16), with a double, a triple, one home run, three RBIs and eight runs scored. Stroup was recognized as the tournament RBI leader (12) and local MVP.
Altoona Imler's Poultry second baseman Gavin Fowler took the tournament batting crown with a .600 average (9-for-15).
NEW ORLEANS (2): Bourgeois cf 401, Denny rf 503, Centanni lf 401, Rowell 3b 300, Randol dh 401, Letrot 1b 400, Hoffman c 310, Micheu ss 400, Monaghan 2b 310, Grab p 000, Schmidt p 000. Totals -- 34-2-6.
JOHNSTOWN MAINLINE PHARMACY (5): Bro. Roberts ss 412, Stroup cf 401, Hamer eh 422, Wingard c 301, Smearman cr 000, Miko lf 300, Turner dh 301, Dinyar 1b 300, Roberts 3b 301, Snowberger rf 311, Richardson 2b 311, Radkowski p 000, Williamson p 000, Madden p 000. Totals -- 33-5-10.
SCORE BY INNINGS
New Orleans 000 000 101--2 6 0
Mainline Pharmacy 101 030 00X--5 10 1
E--Dinyar. 2B--Denny. HR--Hamer. RBI--Denny, Centanni, Stroup 2, Hamer 2, Miko. WP--Radkowski. LP--Grab. SO--Radkowski 5, Williamson 6, Grab 5, Schmidt 5. BB--Radkowski 2, Williamson 5, Grab 1.
Records: New Orleans (5-1); Mainline Pharmacy (6-0).