There are plenty of players on the Salisbury Connie Mack baseball team that saw varsity time in the spring high school season. So, when the bats got off to a slow start at the beginning of the season, those varsity players could relate to a similar instance just a couple of months ago.

But after that slow stretch to open the season, the bats started to come alive just like they did in the high school season. Salisbury’s play over the weekend was a prime example of that hitting barrage.

Salisbury (15-4) exploded for 25 runs in its two games on Saturday, including a 15-8 victory in the first game against Northeast Bethlehem and a 10-2 win hours later over a Central Catholic team that had just one loss, giving the Falcons to their ninth straight win.

“Our bats were cold in the beginning of the season, but now they’re coming along better,” said Colten Hagadus, who scored three runs against Northeast Bethlehem. “Everyone is taking a part in the offense.”

The offense may have only accumulated seven hits against Northeast Bethlehem, but nine walks and seven batters being hit by pitches produced their second-highest run total of the season.

Northeast Bethlehem opened the game with three runs in the top of the first inning, but it was all Salisbury from that point on. After the Falcons cut Northeast Bethlehem’s lead to 4-2 after two innings, the offensive explosion followed suit.

Hagadus ripped a single in the third inning that scored Lucas Irwin to start a string of six runs in that inning. Cole Warmkessel and Ryan Miller were hit by pitches, and then Pete Dubois and Taylor Linn walked to keep the bases loaded. All four scored in the frame to put Salisbury in front 8-4.

“We can hit throughout the whole lineup, from the top to the bottom,” said Irwin, who was hit by a pitch three times and scored twice in the game. “We always produce runs in the bottom and top [of the order]. It doesn’t matter.”

And after that start to the game that saw Northeast Bethlehem score four runs in two innings, the pitching and defense did its part as well. Dakota Albertson pitched the next 2 1/3 innings, striking out two batters and allowing two runs, and Linn allowed just one hit over the final 2 2/3 innings.

“I think we’re playing great defense, and not making really any errors,” Irwin said. “And now we’re hitting the ball pretty good.”

“Defensively we’re playing great,” Hagadus said. “We have to get every ball we can-dive lay out, and do anything we can to help our pitchers.”

Alex Suter’s three-run single highlighted a four-run fourth inning for Salisbury, and the Falcons added two more in the fifth on RBI-hits from Warmkessel and Linn.

In one of the Falcons’ biggest games of the season, Warmkessel pitched a one-run gem against Catasauqua last Thursday. The Rough Riders were neck-and-neck with Salisbury in the standings, and the win provided some separation for the two playoff-bound squads.

“We came out and our pitchers threw great,” Irwin said. “We just played good defense and didn’t make any errors.”

The Falcons close the regular season with games on Wednesday against South Parkland, followed by a contest against Wilson on Friday.