Norwich’s Barnes dominant in opening-day victory
Evening Sun Report
Baseball
Norwich 12, Johnson City 5
NORWICH - Norwich junior pitcher Cody Barnes was nearly unhittable, and the Tornado batters were on the mark early in an opening-day victory Friday at Norwich High School.
Barnes struck out the side twice in five innings of work finishing with 10 strikeouts and one hit allowed. He was helped out right away with NHS starting the game with a seven-run first, and following that up with five more tallies in the second inning.
“We’re pretty excited with the way we hit the ball,” said Norwich coach Rich Turnbull. “We’ve spent so much time on batting practice, and it really paid off today.”
NHS’s John Yacano was a perfect 3-for-3 with two ribbies, Colby Griffin added three hits in four trips to the plate, and Robert Jeffrey doubled twice driving in two runs.
All of that offense was perhaps superfluous as Barnes contained the JC hitters with essentially one pitch. “I bet 98 percent of the pitches he threw today were fastballs,” Turnbull said of his junior lefty hurler. “I figured it was cold weather out, and we wanted to keep it simple and see if they could hit it. He was blowing it right by them.”
Norwich returns to the diamond today when it visits perennial power Chenango Valley.
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Cody Barnes (W), Cody Graves (6) and John Yacano. Kettle (L), Cwikla (3) and Trayling, Meaney (3). Doubles: (N) Colby Griffin, Yacano, Robert Jeffrey (2), Cody Graves. (JC) Meaney.
Bainbridge-Guilford 11, Unadilla Valley 1
BAINBRIDGE – B-G dealt UV its second loss in as many days putting the game away with five runs in the bottom of the fifth Friday afternoon.
Tyler Ouimet and Tim Parsons had three RBI apiece for B-G. Ouimet stroked a two-run, two-out single in the bottom of the first, and Parsons had a two-run, two-out double in the fifth. Corbin Palmer, Ouimet, and Parsons all had two-hit games.
“We really came through in the clutch,” said B-G coach Tim Mattingly, who noted that his team had a number of two-out RBI hits. “We were also pretty solid defensively, and our pitchers, Austin (Bauerle) and Lucas (Butcher) did a nice job of throwing strikes.”
Mason Alford and Dakota Kolvik had 2-for-4 days on the UV side.
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Austin Bauerle (W), Lucas Butcher (6) and Tyler Ouimet. Kurt Haycook (L), Mason Alford (4) and Andrew Radke. Doubles: (UV) Alford. (BG) Tim Parsons, Jacob Mazzarella.
Unatego 4, Sherburne-Earlville 2
SHERBURNE – One big hit for Unatego was enough to propel it past Sherburne-Earlville in a tightly contested non-league game Friday afternoon at S-E.
Quinn Barnhart’s high flyball in the fourth drifted in the wind and fell into right-centerfield for a two-out, three-run double giving the Spartans the advantage.
Those runs held up as S-E managed just single runs in the bottom of the fourth and bottom of the seventh. “That one hit for them was the big one,” said S-E coach Brian Hicks. “All of our pitchers did well, and if we don’t give up that one hit...but that’s baseball.”
S-E’s Felix Rodriguez had a pair of RBI singles scoring Nate Piazzi each time. Piazzi and Matt Crandall also collected two hits.
S-E hosts Camden Tuesday and Cooperstown Wednesday.
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Quinn Barnhart (W), Josh Feyerabend (6) and Lucas DeJoy. Matt Crandall, Matt Smith (4, L), Jesse Yerton (6) and Mick Khoury. Doubles: (U) Barnhart; (SE) Nate Piazzi (S).
Afton 28, G-MU 7
AFTON – Afton scored 19 runs over the first two innings combining hits with an abundance of G-MU mistakes to cash in on its first win in three starts this season.
Ricky Parsons had three hits for the Crimson Knights and drove in four runs. Matt Olin and Josh Davy added two hits apiece. G-MU allowed 18 total base on balls, committed nine fielding errors, and surrendered 18 basehits. “The biggest thing for us in this game is that our pitching was pretty good, and we played good defense behind our pitchers,” said Afton coach Ron Rapp.
Austin Ticknor struck out seven in six innings to earn the victory.
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Austin Ticknor (W), Ricky Parsons (7) and Connor Graven-Briggs, Ben Shearer (5). Dan Primrose (L), Andrew Baker (3), Austin Burnside (5), Tim French (6) and Burnside.
Baseball
Norwich 12, Johnson City 5
NORWICH - Norwich junior pitcher Cody Barnes was nearly unhittable, and the Tornado batters were on the mark early in an opening-day victory Friday at Norwich High School.
Barnes struck out the side twice in five innings of work finishing with 10 strikeouts and one hit allowed. He was helped out right away with NHS starting the game with a seven-run first, and following that up with five more tallies in the second inning.
“We’re pretty excited with the way we hit the ball,” said Norwich coach Rich Turnbull. “We’ve spent so much time on batting practice, and it really paid off today.”
NHS’s John Yacano was a perfect 3-for-3 with two ribbies, Colby Griffin added three hits in four trips to the plate, and Robert Jeffrey doubled twice driving in two runs.
All of that offense was perhaps superfluous as Barnes contained the JC hitters with essentially one pitch. “I bet 98 percent of the pitches he threw today were fastballs,” Turnbull said of his junior lefty hurler. “I figured it was cold weather out, and we wanted to keep it simple and see if they could hit it. He was blowing it right by them.”
Norwich returns to the diamond today when it visits perennial power Chenango Valley.
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Norw. 750 000 x 12 12 4
Cody Barnes (W), Cody Graves (6) and John Yacano. Kettle (L), Cwikla (3) and Trayling, Meaney (3). Doubles: (N) Colby Griffin, Yacano, Robert Jeffrey (2), Cody Graves. (JC) Meaney.
Bainbridge-Guilford 11, Unadilla Valley 1
BAINBRIDGE – B-G dealt UV its second loss in as many days putting the game away with five runs in the bottom of the fifth Friday afternoon.
Tyler Ouimet and Tim Parsons had three RBI apiece for B-G. Ouimet stroked a two-run, two-out single in the bottom of the first, and Parsons had a two-run, two-out double in the fifth. Corbin Palmer, Ouimet, and Parsons all had two-hit games.
“We really came through in the clutch,” said B-G coach Tim Mattingly, who noted that his team had a number of two-out RBI hits. “We were also pretty solid defensively, and our pitchers, Austin (Bauerle) and Lucas (Butcher) did a nice job of throwing strikes.”
Mason Alford and Dakota Kolvik had 2-for-4 days on the UV side.
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B-G 310 250 x 11 11 1
Austin Bauerle (W), Lucas Butcher (6) and Tyler Ouimet. Kurt Haycook (L), Mason Alford (4) and Andrew Radke. Doubles: (UV) Alford. (BG) Tim Parsons, Jacob Mazzarella.
Unatego 4, Sherburne-Earlville 2
SHERBURNE – One big hit for Unatego was enough to propel it past Sherburne-Earlville in a tightly contested non-league game Friday afternoon at S-E.
Quinn Barnhart’s high flyball in the fourth drifted in the wind and fell into right-centerfield for a two-out, three-run double giving the Spartans the advantage.
Those runs held up as S-E managed just single runs in the bottom of the fourth and bottom of the seventh. “That one hit for them was the big one,” said S-E coach Brian Hicks. “All of our pitchers did well, and if we don’t give up that one hit...but that’s baseball.”
S-E’s Felix Rodriguez had a pair of RBI singles scoring Nate Piazzi each time. Piazzi and Matt Crandall also collected two hits.
S-E hosts Camden Tuesday and Cooperstown Wednesday.
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Quinn Barnhart (W), Josh Feyerabend (6) and Lucas DeJoy. Matt Crandall, Matt Smith (4, L), Jesse Yerton (6) and Mick Khoury. Doubles: (U) Barnhart; (SE) Nate Piazzi (S).
Afton 28, G-MU 7
AFTON – Afton scored 19 runs over the first two innings combining hits with an abundance of G-MU mistakes to cash in on its first win in three starts this season.
Ricky Parsons had three hits for the Crimson Knights and drove in four runs. Matt Olin and Josh Davy added two hits apiece. G-MU allowed 18 total base on balls, committed nine fielding errors, and surrendered 18 basehits. “The biggest thing for us in this game is that our pitching was pretty good, and we played good defense behind our pitchers,” said Afton coach Ron Rapp.
Austin Ticknor struck out seven in six innings to earn the victory.
G-MU 020 000 5 7 6 9
Aft. 8(11)1 116x 28 18 0
Austin Ticknor (W), Ricky Parsons (7) and Connor Graven-Briggs, Ben Shearer (5). Dan Primrose (L), Andrew Baker (3), Austin Burnside (5), Tim French (6) and Burnside.
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