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Article: Hempfield's Haines loses summer to surgery

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Hempfield junior Alex Haines was looking forward to the challenge of playing baseball in the Johnstown AAABA League against college players.

But Haines' season ended before it got started.

The left-hander, who posted a 4-3 record with a 1.55 ERA and 57 strikeouts in 40 innings for the Spartans, sustained a season- ending elbow injury during his first game for Martella's Pharmacy.

He threw a pitch and heard a pop when facing the second batter of the first inning.

"It was weird," Haines said. "I felt a tingling in my elbow, and I was hoping it was nothing. Then I tried to throw a couple more

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