Baseball

Oxford 3, Deposit 1
OXFORD – Oxford’s Nate Sortino outdueled the Lumberjacks’ Brett Hauber helping the Blackhawks maintain division title hopes.
Sortino fanned 10 and allowed just three hits to give Oxford its fourth division win and fifth overall victory in six games. “This win keeps us in the division hunt,” said Oxford coach Chris Palmer. “We need a little help, but we need to keep taking care of business.”
The Blackhawks (4-3, 9-5) had few scoring opportunities against Hauber, who fanned 12 and allowed just two hits. To Oxford’s credit, it took advantage of Hauber’s spell of sixth-inning wildness to grab the lead.
After Nick Gates was hit by a pitch to start the inning, he moved to second on a stolen base and scored on Alex Champlin’s bloop single over first base. Champlin came around to score the go-ahead run after a Deposit error and Hauber wild pitch. “There weren’t a lot of balls put in play and we did not have one hard-hit ball all day,” Palmer said. “Both pitchers hit their spots until Hauber got a little wild.”
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Nate Sortino (W) and Robert Amor. Brett Hauber (L) and Ben Winans. Doubles: (D) Hauber.

Norwich 6, Sus Valley 3
CONKLIN – Norwich bounced back from consecutive losses last week getting a solid pitching performance from sophomore Christian Hotaling.
Hotaling logged six innings striking out three, walking none, and allowing just five hits. Tim Clark pitched a scoreless seventh to preserve the victory.
“We needed this win, and we were aggressive at the plate,” said Norwich coach John Martinson. “We knew we were better than what we had shown the previous two games, and we finally put it all together. We hope it carries over against Seton Catholic Central.”
Clark led with three hits, two runs, and two RBI, Mike Moon went 2-for-2 including a solo homer in the first, and Josh Borfitz finished 2-for-5 with an RBI.
Norwich plays the Saints at NYSEG Stadium today.
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Ch. Hotaling (W), T. Clark (7, sv) and Patrick Coates. Roy Graham (L), Jordan Godbout (4) and James McKeague. Doubles: (N) C. Hotaling, M. Hotaling, Josh Borfitz. (S) Pat McKeague. HR: (N) Mike Moon.

Milford 11, G-MU 10 (9 innings)
MILFORD – Milford scored five runs in the bottom of the seventh to force extra innings, and Scott Seeley played the role of hero twice in three innings driving in the winning run for the Wildcats’ win.
Seeley smacked a two-out, two-strike homer in the bottom of the seventh scoring three runs to knot the game up. “It’s a heartbreaker and we weren’t looking past this (to Edmeston Wednesday),” said G-MU coach Jim Johnson. “This one just got away from us.”
Tyler Wildfeir and Luke Acanfora had three hits for G-MU, Tim Sloan added two hits and two RBI, and Alex Schmidt also drove in two runs for the Raiders.
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Scott Seeley, Logan Griffiths (2, W) and Tom Kostureck. Tyler Wildfeir, Cody Hall (7,L) and Corin Todd. Doubles: (G) Wildfier, Tim Sloan (2), Acanfora, C. Hall. Triples: (G) Luke Acanfora. HR: (M) Scott Seeley.

Greene 4, Unadilla Valley 3
GREENE – Greene jumped out on top early, and pitcher Nick Puglisi held the Storm in check for the Trojans’ second win this season.
“Nick has pitched very well three games in a row,” said Greene coach Dave Gorton. “He’s starting to pound the strike zone, and the kids are making plays behind him.”
The Trojans had four hits strung together in the first getting RBI singles from Dan Carlin and Braden Williams. Justin Van Wert’s sacrifice fly made it a 3-1 game.
Williams finished 2-for-3 with two RBI, and Dave Fors had two hits for the victors.
Jake Curtis and Justin Peek picked up single ribbies for UV.
Greene (2-11) plays at Unatego Wednesday.
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Nick Puglisi (W) and Dan Carlin. Darin Garcia (L), Tyler Peet (6) and Jake Curtis. Doubles: (G) Ni. Puglisi, UV) Ian Davis. Triples: (UV) Josh Wright.

S-E 11, Mount Markham 10
WEST WINFIELD – Sherburne-Earlville averted an upset to winless Mount Markham tying the game with three runs in the sxith, and getting the winning run in its last at-bat.
Mike McCredy and Chris Harvey had RBI singles in the sixth pulling the Marauders (4-1, 9-5) even in the sixth. McCredy’s single in the seventh scored Mike Doscher with the winning run in the seventh after Mount Markham’s cutoff throw to second base went astray. “We made it hard for ourselves, but it’s still a win, and our focus is to keep getting league wins,” said S-E coach Brian Hicks.
The Marauders found themselves in trouble in the fifth when Mount Markham erased a 7-4 S-E lead with six runs in the fifth. Billy Craine came on in relief to put out the fire, and pitched a scoreless sixth to earn the victory. Caleb Brown struck out the side in the seventh to earn the save. “Billy had a great outing for us; he cooled them right down,” Hicks said.
McCredy finished 4-for-5 with a three-run homer in the first, four RBI, and three runs scored. Harvey added a pair of RBI hits.
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Phil Price, Jake Sampson (5), Bill Craine (5, W), C. Brown (7, SV) and Steve Buddenhagen. Ladler, Chaffee (5), Ratliff (6, L) and Orsino. Doubles: (SE) Ethan Sconzo. HR: (SE) M. Mike McCredy.

B-G 5, Afton 3
BAINBRIDGE – Bainbridge-Guilford broke a scoreless tie scoring four runs in the bottom of the fifth in a win over local rival Afton Monday.
Andrew Maddalone was 2-for-2 and Brian Engel had two hits and two runs for the Bobcats. James Ruff delivered the most timely of hits driving in two with a double in the fifth.
Casey Mohrein finished 2-for-4 on the Afton side of the ledger.
The Bobcats play at Harpursville Wednesday.
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Adam Berkeley (L), Mike Muller (5) and Jake Snyder. Dustin Rutz (W) and Kyle Davy. Doubles: (BG) James Ruff.