Game called with bases loaded leads to Hellcat loss
NORWICH – The Chenango Hellcats, took to the field next on Tuesday, June 21, when they hosted Johnson City., losing 14-11.
“We ran out of daylight, 14-11 (in favor of JC) going into the bottom of the seventh,” said Hellcats head coach Jason Miller. “We clawed back into it, and even took the lead for a little bit. When they called it, we had bases loaded with no out.”
The game was one for the books, as the The Hellcats and Johnson City battled back and forth in the contest. It was JC who would jump out early over The Hellcats with 7-2 lead after just two innings.
“Conor (Graven-Briggs) hit a dinger and it lit a fire, thats where it all started out,” said coach Miller.
The Hellcats would rally from their 7-2 deficit after just two innings, putting up one in the third, and five in the fourth to take the 8-7 lead.
However, JC would not be denied, as they racked up six runs in the fifth inning, besting The Hellcats three in that inning, to take the lead once again at 13-11.
“We didn’t have a ton of errors but we played safe, letting the ball drop in front of us and stuff like that,” said coach Miller of a timid defensive showing.
Miller's Hellcats would cut their errors back tremendously to just one in the game, while JC would commit six.
Pitching for JC were four different players – Colgan, Palmer, Dyman, N. Trayling – who in total secured seven strikeouts, and allowed 16 hits.
Pitching for The Hellcats were three players – Joe Devona, Tommy Voce, and Joe Purdy – who in total recorded seven strikeouts and allowed 15 hits.
It a long drawn out game, and a 14-11 lead in favor of JC, The Hellcats were in a position to score and potentially win late in the seventh. That of course, was before a foul ball was ricocheted of a bat and struck a parent in the face, causing a delay to the game. With bases loaded and no outs, due to the time constraints and impeding darkness of night, the umpires decided to call the game at that point, effectively ending The Hellcats comeback attempt and handing JC their first win of the season.
“I think we could've won that game if we had more time,” said coach Miller.
Hellcat batters: Joe Devona 3-5 with two runs and an RBI, Paden Burlison 4-5 with two runs and five RBI's, Vince Caiati 2-4 with an RBI, Johnathan Predmore 1-4 with an RBI, Conor Graven-Briggs 1-4 with a run, Nate Scheer 1-1 with three runs, Kyle Crawford 2-4 with a run, Tommy Voce 1-2 with a run, and Joe Purdy 1-1 with a run.
Next up for The Chenango County Hellcats (2-8), they home, hosting the OCO Elites on Thursday, June 23, at 6 p.m.
Notably the OCO Elites are an older ball club, 20U, from the Unadilla Valley area.
“They played good, but I know they are a real hungry bunch. I can't talk about mental toughness enough, you can't win baseball without mental toughness. What happens is we lose to a team that is not better than us,” said coach Miller. “This isn’t the world series, its legion baseball and I want them to go out and have some fun.”
H: 0 2 1 5 3 0 0 0– 11
JC: 2 5 0 0 6 1 0– 14
“We ran out of daylight, 14-11 (in favor of JC) going into the bottom of the seventh,” said Hellcats head coach Jason Miller. “We clawed back into it, and even took the lead for a little bit. When they called it, we had bases loaded with no out.”
The game was one for the books, as the The Hellcats and Johnson City battled back and forth in the contest. It was JC who would jump out early over The Hellcats with 7-2 lead after just two innings.
“Conor (Graven-Briggs) hit a dinger and it lit a fire, thats where it all started out,” said coach Miller.
The Hellcats would rally from their 7-2 deficit after just two innings, putting up one in the third, and five in the fourth to take the 8-7 lead.
However, JC would not be denied, as they racked up six runs in the fifth inning, besting The Hellcats three in that inning, to take the lead once again at 13-11.
“We didn’t have a ton of errors but we played safe, letting the ball drop in front of us and stuff like that,” said coach Miller of a timid defensive showing.
Miller's Hellcats would cut their errors back tremendously to just one in the game, while JC would commit six.
Pitching for JC were four different players – Colgan, Palmer, Dyman, N. Trayling – who in total secured seven strikeouts, and allowed 16 hits.
Pitching for The Hellcats were three players – Joe Devona, Tommy Voce, and Joe Purdy – who in total recorded seven strikeouts and allowed 15 hits.
It a long drawn out game, and a 14-11 lead in favor of JC, The Hellcats were in a position to score and potentially win late in the seventh. That of course, was before a foul ball was ricocheted of a bat and struck a parent in the face, causing a delay to the game. With bases loaded and no outs, due to the time constraints and impeding darkness of night, the umpires decided to call the game at that point, effectively ending The Hellcats comeback attempt and handing JC their first win of the season.
“I think we could've won that game if we had more time,” said coach Miller.
Hellcat batters: Joe Devona 3-5 with two runs and an RBI, Paden Burlison 4-5 with two runs and five RBI's, Vince Caiati 2-4 with an RBI, Johnathan Predmore 1-4 with an RBI, Conor Graven-Briggs 1-4 with a run, Nate Scheer 1-1 with three runs, Kyle Crawford 2-4 with a run, Tommy Voce 1-2 with a run, and Joe Purdy 1-1 with a run.
Next up for The Chenango County Hellcats (2-8), they home, hosting the OCO Elites on Thursday, June 23, at 6 p.m.
Notably the OCO Elites are an older ball club, 20U, from the Unadilla Valley area.
“They played good, but I know they are a real hungry bunch. I can't talk about mental toughness enough, you can't win baseball without mental toughness. What happens is we lose to a team that is not better than us,” said coach Miller. “This isn’t the world series, its legion baseball and I want them to go out and have some fun.”
H: 0 2 1 5 3 0 0 0– 11
JC: 2 5 0 0 6 1 0– 14
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