Baseball

Canastota 11, Sherburne-Earlville 9

SHERBURNE – A costly error led to five fifth-inning runs for Canastota, who beat Sherburne-Earlville on Tuesday.

The Marauders committed just two errors in the game, and the second one came in the fifth with two outs. After that, Canastota plated five runs to extend its lead to 11-5. Rich Mitchell’s double scored two runs in the inning.

“The kids played really well, the one error just cost us,” said S-E coach Brian Hicks.

Dallas Moryl had two hits and four RBI for S-E. Moryl hit a two-run double in the third, and added a two-run single in the seventh.

S-E junior Cole Hodges pitched five-plus effective innings of relief. “Cole coming in and giving us five good innings was remarkable,” Hicks said. “He pitched super.”

Mick Khoury and Carter Cole also had two hits for S-E.

Can.240 050 0 11 13 3

S-E 014 011 2 9 10 2

Rich Mitchell (W), Cameron Haddad (6), Jeff Merrell (7, sv) and Andrew Frost. Jobi Gage (L), Cole Hodges (2), Matt Smith (7) and Jake Bohnert. Doubles: (SE) Cody Winton, Dallas Moryl, Mick Khoury, Anthony Palmer, Matt Piazzi. (C) Rich Mitchell, Merrell. Triples: (SE) Carter Cole. (C) An Sgalatia.

McGraw 6, Otselic Valley 0

MCGRAW – Aaron Hitt threw a one-hit shutout, the only OV basehit coming from sophomore Travis Sheldon in Tuesday’s contest.

Chris Sweeney drove in two runs for the winners, Mark Hitt was 2-for-3, and Nick Cowen finished 3-for-4 at the plate.