Baseball

Bainbridge-Guilford 2, Oxford 1 (8 innings)
BAINBRIDGE – Bainbridge-Guilford extended its season – and the career of retiring skipper Tim Mattingly – in walk-off fashion Wednesday in the Section IV Class C playoffs.
Bloop singles to centerfield by Pete Ouimet and Ryan Jones set the stage for Sean Jones’ one-out line-drive single that scored a sliding Ouimet without a play at the plate. “Both teams had opportunities to score runs today, and I think the pitching on boths sides was outstanding,” Mattingly said after the victory. “Kevin (Davis) threw a heck of a game for Oxford, and Petey (Ouimet), for such a big game as a sophomore, he just hung in there for us and pounded the strike zone. The defense was solid, and Kyle (Hanvey) tracked down two shots in the gap. It was a good, clean baseball game.”
B-G scored first when Austin Carr doubled to left field in the second inning and scored on Bailey Green’s single up the middle.
Oxford evened the score in the fourth. After Davis was hit by a pitch and Richard Ryan walked, the Blackhawks loaded the bases on Dylan DePew’s single to centerfield. Davis then scored on Daniel Lawton’s misplayed groundball to shortstop. On the play Ryan was forced out at third base, and Ouimet got out of the jam inducing a groundout.
B-G threatened in the fourth with back-to-back one-out singles by Mitchell Mertz and Sean Jones. Davis pitched out of the jam with back-to-back strikeouts.
Davis shut down another Bobcats rally in the fifth. After Hanvey and Trevor Halaquist reached with one out, Davis retired the next two batters with routine infield groundouts. For the game, B-G left eight runners on base.
Oxford’s best opportunity to unlock the tie occurred in the eighth. Davis and Ryan drew one-out walks, but Ouimet earned his fifth and sixth strikeouts of the game – both looking – to retire the side.
Ouimet used 123 pitches striking out six and walking three to grab the victory. Meanwhile, Davis fanned eight and did not walk a batter in the hard-luck defeat.
Hanvey, Mertz, and Sean Jones all had two hits in the victory as B-G (10-5) will travel to Tioga for its next sectional playoff game. Oxford finishes with a 9-8 mark.
Oxford
AB R H BI
K. Crawford 4 0 0 0
Neer 4 0 0 0
Davis 2 1 1 0
Ryan 2 0 0 0
Heggie 4 0 2 0
Depew 4 0 1 0
Lawton 3 0 0 1
A. Crawford 3 0 0 0
Marshman 2 0 0 0
Totals: 28 1 4 1
B-G
AB R H BI
Hanvey 4 0 2 0
Halaquist 4 0 1 0
Moffitt 0 0 0 0
Ouimet 4 1 1 0
R. Jones 4 0 1 0
Mertz 4 0 2 0
S. Jones 4 0 2 1
Carr 3 1 1 0
Green3 0 1 1
Luca3 0 0 0
Totals: 33 2 11 2
Doubles: (BG) Carr. Stolen bases: (BG) Hanvey (2), Dylan Moffitt.
Score by Innings
Oxf. 000 100 00 1 4 2
B-G 010 000 01 2 11 2
Pitching
IP H ER BB K
Oxford
Davis (L) 7.1 11 2 0 8
B-G
Ouimet (W) 8.0 4 1 3 6

Otselic Valley 10, Blessed Virgin Mary 7
SYRACUSE – Jonathan Liuzzo smashed a grand slam during Otselic Valley’s nine-run fourth inning lifting his club to a comeback victory over Blessed Virgin Mary Wednesday.
Liuzzo had two of his team’s four hits finishing with three runs scored and four RBI. Tanner Costa doubled and drove in two runs for OV, and Kyle Haitian pitched 6 1-3 innings for the victory. Haitian struck out nine and gave up four hits.
OVA 000 900 1 10 4 2
BVM 400 100 2 7 4 2
Kyle Haitian (W), Connor Smith (7) and Tanner Costa. C. Capper, Fullerton (4, L), Matties (4) and Fullerton, Jones (4), Fullerton (4). Doubles: (OV) Matt Neal, Costa. HR: (OV) Jonathan Liuzzo.

Little Falls 10, Sherburne-Earlville 1
LITTLE FALLS – Kobe Jackson pitched six strong innings for Little Falls giving up just one run, and Jackson helped his own cause with two hits – one a double – driving in two runs in Wednesday’s victory over visiting Sherburne-Earlville.
“We played better in the field tonight, but we still have a lot to work on,” said S-E baseball coach Jay Tackabury, whose club was error-free in its season finale. “Our hitting was absent, whereas Little Falls consistently put the ball in play.”
Sean Ward added a double and an RBI for Little Falls, who improved to 12-4 on the season.