Hellcats drop Cooperstown
COOPERSTOWN – The Chenango Hellcats traveled over the hill to play Cooperstown on July 5, a non-league game which saw The Hellcats hold onto the win at 6-5, extending their winning streak to three games.
Notably Cooperstown is 21U team, while The Chenango Hellcats are 19U team, Cooperstown therefore allowed The Hellcats to utilize two of their coaches, Ben Barnes and Cameron Heggie, both are assistant coaches of the team and currently are active members of their collegiate teams.
“It shouldn’t have been as close as it was, we just started catching momentum in the fourth, said Hellcats head coach Jason Miller. “We got a run on a bunt, it was great. Then strung together two runs and then three runs.”
The game would remain knotted up at no score until The Hellcats saw the solid bunt from Vince Caiati sent Conor Graven-Briggs home for the run.
The Hellcats would tack on two runs in the fifth to take the 3-0 lead, before mistakes in their fielding cost them four runs to Cooperstown, as they surrendered the late lead, at 4-3.
The Hellcats would commit two errors in the game, compared to Cooperstown's three.
Despite a bad fifth inning, The Hellcats would not sit idly by and watch the game slip away, as they came right back out in the sixth to string together three more runs, reclaiming the lead 6-4.
“We were a hitting machine tonight, we were pounding the ball. Our bats were on fire, and everyone contributed. We were hitting everything. Once we got the timing down it was just great,” said coach Miller.
The Hellcats would massively outhit their competition at the plate, recording ten hits to Cooperstown's three.
Pitching for The Hellcats was Ben Barnes for the first four innings, before Conor Graven-Briggs was called upon to relieve Barnes and close out the game. Barnes would record five strikeouts and six walks, while Graven-Briggs would have two more strikeouts and four walks. The Cooperstown pitchers would combine for five strikeouts and just one walk.
Hellcat batters: Cameron Heggie 1-3 with two RBI's, Paden Burlison 2-4 with one RBI, Joe Devona 0-4, Conor Graven-Briggs 1-4 with a run and an RBI, Vince Caiati 2-3 with a run and an RBI, Johnathan Predmore 1-4 with a run and an RBI, Nate Scheer 0-3 with a run, Cristobal Caballero 0-3 with a run, and Ben Barnes 3-3 with a run.
Next up for The Hellcats (7-8 overall, 5-4 league) they will be hosting Post 1194 Hillcrest on July 6, at home at 6 p.m.
“Real proud of my guys, we had a little break. But these guys are really coming together. It wasn’t a league game, but it was a good tune up for us coming into this last stretch here, because it'll be a grind before the post season,” said coach Miller.
H: 0 0 0 1 2 3 0– 6
C: 0 0 0 0 4 0 1– 5
Notably Cooperstown is 21U team, while The Chenango Hellcats are 19U team, Cooperstown therefore allowed The Hellcats to utilize two of their coaches, Ben Barnes and Cameron Heggie, both are assistant coaches of the team and currently are active members of their collegiate teams.
“It shouldn’t have been as close as it was, we just started catching momentum in the fourth, said Hellcats head coach Jason Miller. “We got a run on a bunt, it was great. Then strung together two runs and then three runs.”
The game would remain knotted up at no score until The Hellcats saw the solid bunt from Vince Caiati sent Conor Graven-Briggs home for the run.
The Hellcats would tack on two runs in the fifth to take the 3-0 lead, before mistakes in their fielding cost them four runs to Cooperstown, as they surrendered the late lead, at 4-3.
The Hellcats would commit two errors in the game, compared to Cooperstown's three.
Despite a bad fifth inning, The Hellcats would not sit idly by and watch the game slip away, as they came right back out in the sixth to string together three more runs, reclaiming the lead 6-4.
“We were a hitting machine tonight, we were pounding the ball. Our bats were on fire, and everyone contributed. We were hitting everything. Once we got the timing down it was just great,” said coach Miller.
The Hellcats would massively outhit their competition at the plate, recording ten hits to Cooperstown's three.
Pitching for The Hellcats was Ben Barnes for the first four innings, before Conor Graven-Briggs was called upon to relieve Barnes and close out the game. Barnes would record five strikeouts and six walks, while Graven-Briggs would have two more strikeouts and four walks. The Cooperstown pitchers would combine for five strikeouts and just one walk.
Hellcat batters: Cameron Heggie 1-3 with two RBI's, Paden Burlison 2-4 with one RBI, Joe Devona 0-4, Conor Graven-Briggs 1-4 with a run and an RBI, Vince Caiati 2-3 with a run and an RBI, Johnathan Predmore 1-4 with a run and an RBI, Nate Scheer 0-3 with a run, Cristobal Caballero 0-3 with a run, and Ben Barnes 3-3 with a run.
Next up for The Hellcats (7-8 overall, 5-4 league) they will be hosting Post 1194 Hillcrest on July 6, at home at 6 p.m.
“Real proud of my guys, we had a little break. But these guys are really coming together. It wasn’t a league game, but it was a good tune up for us coming into this last stretch here, because it'll be a grind before the post season,” said coach Miller.
H: 0 0 0 1 2 3 0– 6
C: 0 0 0 0 4 0 1– 5
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