Chenango County varsity baseball roundup
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Norwich Baseball drops two home games – 15-0 to Susquehanna Valley, 6-0 to Oneonta
NORWICH – With the chill in the air and a the rain holding off long enough to get a game of baseball in, the Norwich varsity baseball team took the field on Tuesday, April 25, for a 15-0 beating from the Sabers of Susquehanna Valley.
They were pounding the ball. We looked bad at the plate, we had no plan at the plate,” said Norwich head coach Rich Turnbull. “We didn’t handle some calls that didn’t go our way, and we just didn’t handle the adversity very well. Their kid was thriving off of that. As we were complaining, their pitcher was throwing strikes.”
Norwich managed just three hits in the entire Tuesday game – JT Vinal, Dylan Mack and Brandon Barnes – while SV’s Huffman sniped a solid 11 strikeouts and just one walk in his six innings on the mound.
Norwich surrendered a big inning of scoring to the Sabers in just the second inning – SV jumped from a 1-0 lead after the first to a 7-0 lead – Norwich couldn’t find their footing.
SV slammed the Norwich pitchers all game long, recording 19 hits en route to their crushing 15-0 win over the Purple Tornado.
Norwich was afforded no time to rest, as the team returned to the field the very next day for a home game against the Oneonta Yellowjackets.
SV: 1 6 1 0 1 6 0– 15 19 0
N: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0– 0 4 3
NORWICH – With Oneonta scheduled for an away game in Norwich, the Purple Tornado needed to regroup and fast – following their 15-0 collapse against Susquehanna Valley a day prior.
“Lost to a solid ball club today. (We) improved from last night, got our strikeouts down, but they made some real good plays in the field,” said coach Turnbull. “(Keaton) Mark pitched well for them only giving up three hits, and their fielders made excellent plays. We have to make better contact and generate more opportunities at the plate.”
Norwich enjoyed a much more competitive game on Wednesday, April 26, despite the ultimate loss. Oneonta jumped to a strong 3-0 lead after the first inning of play – however, improved defense and pitching kept the Yellowjackets to just three innings of scoring.
Oneonta sent an additional running in for a score in the fourth, before tagging two more in following the fifth inning.
Norwich would be outhit once again 10-3, however, the gap closed as Turnbull employed Nate Scheer and Mike Trevisani at the mound. Scheer took the loss, as he pitched five and two thirds of an inning – recording seven strikeouts and walking just one. Trevisani added two more strikeouts.
Keaton Mark would walk off the mound with the win, tossing six strikeouts and giving up three walks.
Norwich’s lone hitters in the game were JT Vinal, Nate Scheer, and Mike Trevisani – each had one hit a piece.
Norwich will play next on the road, when they travel to Owego on Friday, April 28, at 4:30 p.m.
N: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0– 0
O: 3 0 0 1 2 0 0– 6
Sherburne-Earlville Baseball goes 1-2 over the week
SHERBURNE – Starting the week off with a bang, Adirondack’s baseball came to town for a 10-0 win over the Sherburne-Earlville Marauders on Monday, April 24.
“We were in the game most of it tonight. It was 4-0 in the fifth inning. We left too many runners in scoring position by not swinging the bats. We also made mental errors on the base paths and in the field that hurt us as well,” said Sherburne-Earlville head coach Jay Tackabury. “Adirondack is a very good team and a fixture at the top of our league.”
Taking on league-leaders is always a tall task, especially when only one hit is recorded against said leader. Adirondack used a ‘chip-away’ method on the Marauders – sending runners in each inning from the third until the seventh. The seventh would see Adirondack pull away in the once close game, adding four runs in the final inning.
S-E’s lone hit came from Wayne Law, who snagged a single.
“I know the score might not show it, but we hung with them most of the game. Cody (Beckwith) pitched very well, we just have to come together as a team and help support our pitchers by making plays and swinging the bats,” said coach Tackabury.
Beckwith tossed out five strikeouts and four walks in the loss, while Trevor May added five walks and no strikeouts in relief. Impressively, each pitcher only allowed two hits a piece.
SE: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0– 0 1 3
A: 0 0 1 1 2 2 4– 10 4 3
HERKIMER – Following the rough loss, S-E would rebound for a road win against the Herkimer Magicians at 10-6, on Tuesday, April 25.
“We rebounded nicely tonight against Herkimer. Ben Osborne Threw six solid innings for us, and our bats finally woke up,” said coach Tackabury. “Tonight was a good confidence booster that I hope carries into the rest of our games. I’m proud of my team’s effort tonight.”
HERKIMER – The S-E bats woke up on Tuesday, as the team combined for 11 hits coming from seven players.
Pitching in the win for S-E was Ben Osborne for six innings, striking out five and allowing two walks and all six of Herkimer’s hits. Dawson Lagoe would come in for one inning for relief, adding two walks and a strikeout.
Derek Newman of Herkimer would take the loss for the Magicians, tossing six strikeouts and seven walks in the process.
Herkimer would jump out to a nice 6-3 lead after just two innings, but with nerves calmed heading into the third inning S-E was able to recover and pull out the comeback win on the road – impressively adding six runs in the fifth inning.
Lagoe would finish 2-3 with two runs and one RBI, Kyle Cole and Brandon Howard each finished 2-5 with two runs, and Jordan Zimmerman finished 2-4 with an RBI. Wayne Law would go 0-5 but added two RBI.
SE: 2 1 0 1 6 0 0– 10
H: 5 1 0 0 0 0 0– 6
HOLLAND PATENT – The Holland Patent Golden Knights baseball team most recently handed the Sherburne-Earlville Marauders a loss at 5-0 on Wednesday, April 26.
“We hung with them, allowing only six hits. We made a couple physical and mental mistakes early that cost us a few runs, but hit the ball hard several times against a good pitcher in Beer,” said coach Tackabury. “We’re getting closer to putting it all together.”
Taking the loss for S-E on the mound was Trevor May – four innings, with three strikeouts and three walks and five hits. Joe Purdy would come in for relief for the final two innings, allowing another two walks and one hit.
The Golden Knights failed to do anything offensively past the third inning – that is what proved to make their opening three innings so important. HP came out swinging, to the tune of six hits – moving two runners in for scores in both the first and second innings, while adding the fifth run in the third.
The Marauders would see four different batters record one hit, as they all managed to go 1-3 at the plate – Dawson Lagoe, Joe Purdy, Cody Beckwith, and Brandon Howard.
Sherburne-Earlville (2-6 overall), will play next on the road on Friday, April 28, when they travel to Canastota for a 4:30 p.m. game.
SE: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0– 0
HP: 2 2 1 0 0 0 0– 5
Sidney Baseball defeats Greene 15-6 on Wednesday
GREENE – With the Greene Trojans playing through a sputtering offense, the defense proved not to be much help in the process, as the Warriors overcame the ranks of the Trojans for a 15-4 beatdown of Greene.
The score was 4-4 following the completion of the third inning – with Sidney adding three runs in the first and Greene adding three for the tie in the third.
That is when it all went quite. Greene failed to find home plate for the next three innings, in that timeframe, Sidney would manage to secure six of their runs – adding five more in the seventh.
Hoskins of Sidney would take the win, pitching three innings and only tossing two strikeouts and three walks – while Scott and Vibbard each added in three strikeouts and three walks and two strikeouts and three walks a piece.
Taking the loss for the Trojans Alec Frair who pitched the first five innings to the tune of two strikeouts and three walks to go with nine hits. Nick Shoemaker and Brandyn Scott each added an inning a piece with Shoemaker adding a strikeout and Scott adding four walks.
Greene was able to mount somewhat of a rally, however, faced with a 15-4 deficit, their two runs in the seventh inning proved futile.
Greene’s four hits on the day came by way of four players – Zach Orzell, Brandyn Scott, Brevon Gilmore and Noah Kennedy.
Both teams would play sloppy baseball on Wednesday, with Sidney having seven errors and Greene recording six – despite the loss.
Next up for Greene, they will be playing at home on Thursday, April 27, at 4:30 p.m., when they host Delaware Academy.
G: 1 0 3 0 0 0 2– 6 4 6
S: 3 0 1 0 2 4 5– 15 14 7
Unadilla Valley baseball extends losing streak to six
NEW BERLIN – The Unadilla Valley varsity baseball team has seen a string of struggles throughout the 2017 season – starting a string of three losses this week with a 7-3 loss to Harpursville on Monday, April 24.
The Storm would find themselves in a 4-0 hole following the first two innings, however would battle in the game to a 5-3 game heading into the final two. That is when they sputtered, closing games has been an issue for the 2017 UV Storm.
The Hornets swarmed to the call, adding two runs in the sixth inning to close out the 7-3 win.
Taking the loss on Monday was Payton Stirone, who pitched four innings with only one strikeout and two walks – allowing four hits. Teddy Postma would come in for the final three innings for UV, adding one strikeout and allowing three additional hits.
The Hornets employed Ryan Kachmar to the mound for four innings, where he promptly struck out nine batters en route to his teams win. Harpursville’s Dattoria added six more strikeouts of the UV batters.
UV’s four hits in the game would four different players – Stirone, Jared White, Postma, and Brandon Kneale.
The Hornets would produce seven errors in the game, however, the Storm failed to capitalize.
UV: 0 0 1 1 1 0 0– 3 4 3
H: 1 3 0 1 0 2 0– 7 7 7
NEW BERLIN – The UV Storm were afforded zero down time, coming off a tough-fought loss at home and being handed yet an even tougher loss to Delhi at 2-1 on Tuesday, April 25.
With the game tied at 1-1, Delhi moved to the plate for their attempt at bat in the top of the seventh inning of play.
Delhi’s Stanton stepped to the plate with one out on the board, smacked a single ground ball to left field. What should have been a routine play for the Storm turned into a late-game fiasco, as an error on the play – allowing Delhi’s Branigan to steal second, and advance home for a lead-changing score.
Although Jared White was able to connect with a ball in the late stages of the seventh inning, three strikes surrounding his single allowed Delhi to escape with the 2-1 win.
Cameron Osborne would be credited with the loss for UV, as he pitched the first 3.1 innings, earning two strikeouts and no walks. Andrew Jackson would finish the game off with four strikeouts and two walks.
Despite Delhi outhitting UV 9-5, Uv would play solid ball in the defense to hold the game close – however, two errors on both sides proved costly as it would ultimately be the deciding factor in the game.
Adam Lomont would end the game 2-2 at the plate with an RBI for the Storm – while Jared White, Teddy Postma, and Matt Duhham each grabbed a hit a piece.
UV: 0 0 0 0 0 1 0– 1 5 2
D: 0 1 0 0 0 0 1– 2 9 2
WALTON – The losses were not finished for the Storm, who gave it yet another go-around on Wednesday, April 26, losing to the Walton Warriors at 9-2.
The road game for the Storm slipped away early as Walton jumped to 7-0 lead, after adding three runs in the second and four runs in the third.
Walton attacked UV at the plate, as the Storm managed to just hit five balls, despite Walton doubling that with 10 hits in their home win.
Unadilla Valley was able to piece together a run in the fourth and sixth innings, but never came close to a comeback attempt on the road.
Timmy Postma was credited with the loss, pitching two innings with three walks and no strikeouts. Teddy Postma and Adam Lamont would come in, to help secure one strikeout and no walks in one inning and two strikeouts and four walks in three innings, respectively.
Walton would combined for six strikeouts and four walks in the game.
Timmy Postma would finish 2-3 on the day for UV, while Edwin Thomsen, Matt Dunham, and Payton Stirone each added a hit in the road loss.
Next up for Unadilla Valley (0-6-1 overall), they will be playing on the road against Oxford on Thursday, April 27, at 4:30 p.m.
Notably, Oxford is the one team on the schedule in which the game ended in a tie.
UV: 0 0 0 1 0 1 0– 2 5 4
W: 0 3 4 0 2 0 x– 9 10 3
Oxford baseball drops two games to open the week
AFTON – The Oxford Blackhawks are searching for that ever elusive second win of the season, starting this most recent week of losses with a heartbreaking 6-5 loss on the road, against the Afton Crimson Knights on Monday, April 24.
After trailing 5-0 to Afton coming out of a disastrous third inning, the Blackhawks looked to be in trouble. However, coach Chris Palmer rallied his Blackhawks for what almost was a miraculous comeback.
Oxford added two runs a piece in both the fourth and fifth innings – courtesy of a Dylan Depew who smacked a double in the fourth inning followed by a double in the fifth – while Afton would mostly go silent, only tacking on one run in the fifth. Afton held the lead coming out of the 0-0 sixth inning at 6-4.
“They started the inning with a bloop single,” said Oxford head coach Chris Palmer with regard to Afton’s five-run third inning. “We committed two errors around a strike out. They used the extra chances to hit three doubles and score five runs.”
However, despite the bad inning, a rally was in place. Depew stepped to the plate again for the Blackhawks, hitting a single to left field, allowing Jon Heggie – who just hit a double – to find his way home for the score. Despite the heroics of some, the win was not in the cards, as Afton’s McGuire Tuttle was able to secure the final out and therefore the win.
Tuttle finished with four strikeouts and one walk for the Crimson Knights, while Brett Hubbard added two strikeout and one walk.
Taking the loss for Oxford was Austin Crawford, who pitched for three innings grabbing three strikeouts and no walks – before Heggie came in and added four strikeouts and two walks.
Oxford’s Depew finished 4-4 with three RBI, and a run. Depew is currently batting .667 on the season. Jon Heggie finished 2-4 with two runs, while Beckwith, Christian and Smith each added a hit.
Afton was led at the plate by KJ Ives and McGuire Tuttle who each finished 2-4 – Ives having two runs and an RBI, and Tuttle having three RBI.
“Overall we played well. Afton is a good team,” said coach Palmer.
O: 0 0 0 2 2 0 1– 5 9 4
A: 0 0 5 0 1 0 x– 6 7 2
OXFORD – Following the heartbreaking loss in Afton, Oxford was given a day to recover – that would prove too much, as they were then blown out at home against Deposit-Hancock at 17-4.
The home game on Wednesday, April 26, was nothing short of a disaster for the Blackhawks who were crushed – mentally from the 6-5 loss – and in all categories in the Wednesday game.
Deposit-Hancock jumped to a solid 4-0 lead after the first inning – adding runs in all but the second and seventh inning.
Oxford was never able to gain momentum in the home thrashing, getting outhit at the plate 17-4, and committing three errors to Deposit-Hancock’s one.
Oxford’s Phil Smith was credited with the loss, pitching three innings and gaining one strikeout and allowing six hits and seven walks. Beyond Smith, coach Palmer called upon the likes of four additional pitchers – Matt Roach (1K, three walks), Brad Beckwith (0K three walks), Levi Bennett (0K three walks), and Josh Christian (1K two walks).
Nothing worked.
Multiple batters in Deposit-Hancock’s lineup drove in multiple RBI and hits on the day as Oxford was simply buried alive.
Deposit-Hancock saw Shaver take the win on the mound, earning eight strikeouts and four walks in the process. Simmons would come in and add three more strikeouts and one walk.
Oxford saw Jon Heggie finish 2-3 with two RBI, with Christian and Connor Lawton each adding a hit.
Next up for Oxford (1-6-1), they will be rematching the Unadilla Valley Storm in Oxford at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 27.
O: 0 1 2 0 0 0 1– 4 3 3
D/H: 4 0 3 3 5 1 0– 17 14 1
Norwich Baseball drops two home games – 15-0 to Susquehanna Valley, 6-0 to Oneonta
NORWICH – With the chill in the air and a the rain holding off long enough to get a game of baseball in, the Norwich varsity baseball team took the field on Tuesday, April 25, for a 15-0 beating from the Sabers of Susquehanna Valley.
They were pounding the ball. We looked bad at the plate, we had no plan at the plate,” said Norwich head coach Rich Turnbull. “We didn’t handle some calls that didn’t go our way, and we just didn’t handle the adversity very well. Their kid was thriving off of that. As we were complaining, their pitcher was throwing strikes.”
Norwich managed just three hits in the entire Tuesday game – JT Vinal, Dylan Mack and Brandon Barnes – while SV’s Huffman sniped a solid 11 strikeouts and just one walk in his six innings on the mound.
Norwich surrendered a big inning of scoring to the Sabers in just the second inning – SV jumped from a 1-0 lead after the first to a 7-0 lead – Norwich couldn’t find their footing.
SV slammed the Norwich pitchers all game long, recording 19 hits en route to their crushing 15-0 win over the Purple Tornado.
Norwich was afforded no time to rest, as the team returned to the field the very next day for a home game against the Oneonta Yellowjackets.
SV: 1 6 1 0 1 6 0– 15 19 0
N: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0– 0 4 3
NORWICH – With Oneonta scheduled for an away game in Norwich, the Purple Tornado needed to regroup and fast – following their 15-0 collapse against Susquehanna Valley a day prior.
“Lost to a solid ball club today. (We) improved from last night, got our strikeouts down, but they made some real good plays in the field,” said coach Turnbull. “(Keaton) Mark pitched well for them only giving up three hits, and their fielders made excellent plays. We have to make better contact and generate more opportunities at the plate.”
Norwich enjoyed a much more competitive game on Wednesday, April 26, despite the ultimate loss. Oneonta jumped to a strong 3-0 lead after the first inning of play – however, improved defense and pitching kept the Yellowjackets to just three innings of scoring.
Oneonta sent an additional running in for a score in the fourth, before tagging two more in following the fifth inning.
Norwich would be outhit once again 10-3, however, the gap closed as Turnbull employed Nate Scheer and Mike Trevisani at the mound. Scheer took the loss, as he pitched five and two thirds of an inning – recording seven strikeouts and walking just one. Trevisani added two more strikeouts.
Keaton Mark would walk off the mound with the win, tossing six strikeouts and giving up three walks.
Norwich’s lone hitters in the game were JT Vinal, Nate Scheer, and Mike Trevisani – each had one hit a piece.
Norwich will play next on the road, when they travel to Owego on Friday, April 28, at 4:30 p.m.
N: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0– 0
O: 3 0 0 1 2 0 0– 6
Sherburne-Earlville Baseball goes 1-2 over the week
SHERBURNE – Starting the week off with a bang, Adirondack’s baseball came to town for a 10-0 win over the Sherburne-Earlville Marauders on Monday, April 24.
“We were in the game most of it tonight. It was 4-0 in the fifth inning. We left too many runners in scoring position by not swinging the bats. We also made mental errors on the base paths and in the field that hurt us as well,” said Sherburne-Earlville head coach Jay Tackabury. “Adirondack is a very good team and a fixture at the top of our league.”
Taking on league-leaders is always a tall task, especially when only one hit is recorded against said leader. Adirondack used a ‘chip-away’ method on the Marauders – sending runners in each inning from the third until the seventh. The seventh would see Adirondack pull away in the once close game, adding four runs in the final inning.
S-E’s lone hit came from Wayne Law, who snagged a single.
“I know the score might not show it, but we hung with them most of the game. Cody (Beckwith) pitched very well, we just have to come together as a team and help support our pitchers by making plays and swinging the bats,” said coach Tackabury.
Beckwith tossed out five strikeouts and four walks in the loss, while Trevor May added five walks and no strikeouts in relief. Impressively, each pitcher only allowed two hits a piece.
SE: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0– 0 1 3
A: 0 0 1 1 2 2 4– 10 4 3
HERKIMER – Following the rough loss, S-E would rebound for a road win against the Herkimer Magicians at 10-6, on Tuesday, April 25.
“We rebounded nicely tonight against Herkimer. Ben Osborne Threw six solid innings for us, and our bats finally woke up,” said coach Tackabury. “Tonight was a good confidence booster that I hope carries into the rest of our games. I’m proud of my team’s effort tonight.”
HERKIMER – The S-E bats woke up on Tuesday, as the team combined for 11 hits coming from seven players.
Pitching in the win for S-E was Ben Osborne for six innings, striking out five and allowing two walks and all six of Herkimer’s hits. Dawson Lagoe would come in for one inning for relief, adding two walks and a strikeout.
Derek Newman of Herkimer would take the loss for the Magicians, tossing six strikeouts and seven walks in the process.
Herkimer would jump out to a nice 6-3 lead after just two innings, but with nerves calmed heading into the third inning S-E was able to recover and pull out the comeback win on the road – impressively adding six runs in the fifth inning.
Lagoe would finish 2-3 with two runs and one RBI, Kyle Cole and Brandon Howard each finished 2-5 with two runs, and Jordan Zimmerman finished 2-4 with an RBI. Wayne Law would go 0-5 but added two RBI.
SE: 2 1 0 1 6 0 0– 10
H: 5 1 0 0 0 0 0– 6
HOLLAND PATENT – The Holland Patent Golden Knights baseball team most recently handed the Sherburne-Earlville Marauders a loss at 5-0 on Wednesday, April 26.
“We hung with them, allowing only six hits. We made a couple physical and mental mistakes early that cost us a few runs, but hit the ball hard several times against a good pitcher in Beer,” said coach Tackabury. “We’re getting closer to putting it all together.”
Taking the loss for S-E on the mound was Trevor May – four innings, with three strikeouts and three walks and five hits. Joe Purdy would come in for relief for the final two innings, allowing another two walks and one hit.
The Golden Knights failed to do anything offensively past the third inning – that is what proved to make their opening three innings so important. HP came out swinging, to the tune of six hits – moving two runners in for scores in both the first and second innings, while adding the fifth run in the third.
The Marauders would see four different batters record one hit, as they all managed to go 1-3 at the plate – Dawson Lagoe, Joe Purdy, Cody Beckwith, and Brandon Howard.
Sherburne-Earlville (2-6 overall), will play next on the road on Friday, April 28, when they travel to Canastota for a 4:30 p.m. game.
SE: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0– 0
HP: 2 2 1 0 0 0 0– 5
Sidney Baseball defeats Greene 15-6 on Wednesday
GREENE – With the Greene Trojans playing through a sputtering offense, the defense proved not to be much help in the process, as the Warriors overcame the ranks of the Trojans for a 15-4 beatdown of Greene.
The score was 4-4 following the completion of the third inning – with Sidney adding three runs in the first and Greene adding three for the tie in the third.
That is when it all went quite. Greene failed to find home plate for the next three innings, in that timeframe, Sidney would manage to secure six of their runs – adding five more in the seventh.
Hoskins of Sidney would take the win, pitching three innings and only tossing two strikeouts and three walks – while Scott and Vibbard each added in three strikeouts and three walks and two strikeouts and three walks a piece.
Taking the loss for the Trojans Alec Frair who pitched the first five innings to the tune of two strikeouts and three walks to go with nine hits. Nick Shoemaker and Brandyn Scott each added an inning a piece with Shoemaker adding a strikeout and Scott adding four walks.
Greene was able to mount somewhat of a rally, however, faced with a 15-4 deficit, their two runs in the seventh inning proved futile.
Greene’s four hits on the day came by way of four players – Zach Orzell, Brandyn Scott, Brevon Gilmore and Noah Kennedy.
Both teams would play sloppy baseball on Wednesday, with Sidney having seven errors and Greene recording six – despite the loss.
Next up for Greene, they will be playing at home on Thursday, April 27, at 4:30 p.m., when they host Delaware Academy.
G: 1 0 3 0 0 0 2– 6 4 6
S: 3 0 1 0 2 4 5– 15 14 7
Unadilla Valley baseball extends losing streak to six
NEW BERLIN – The Unadilla Valley varsity baseball team has seen a string of struggles throughout the 2017 season – starting a string of three losses this week with a 7-3 loss to Harpursville on Monday, April 24.
The Storm would find themselves in a 4-0 hole following the first two innings, however would battle in the game to a 5-3 game heading into the final two. That is when they sputtered, closing games has been an issue for the 2017 UV Storm.
The Hornets swarmed to the call, adding two runs in the sixth inning to close out the 7-3 win.
Taking the loss on Monday was Payton Stirone, who pitched four innings with only one strikeout and two walks – allowing four hits. Teddy Postma would come in for the final three innings for UV, adding one strikeout and allowing three additional hits.
The Hornets employed Ryan Kachmar to the mound for four innings, where he promptly struck out nine batters en route to his teams win. Harpursville’s Dattoria added six more strikeouts of the UV batters.
UV’s four hits in the game would four different players – Stirone, Jared White, Postma, and Brandon Kneale.
The Hornets would produce seven errors in the game, however, the Storm failed to capitalize.
UV: 0 0 1 1 1 0 0– 3 4 3
H: 1 3 0 1 0 2 0– 7 7 7
NEW BERLIN – The UV Storm were afforded zero down time, coming off a tough-fought loss at home and being handed yet an even tougher loss to Delhi at 2-1 on Tuesday, April 25.
With the game tied at 1-1, Delhi moved to the plate for their attempt at bat in the top of the seventh inning of play.
Delhi’s Stanton stepped to the plate with one out on the board, smacked a single ground ball to left field. What should have been a routine play for the Storm turned into a late-game fiasco, as an error on the play – allowing Delhi’s Branigan to steal second, and advance home for a lead-changing score.
Although Jared White was able to connect with a ball in the late stages of the seventh inning, three strikes surrounding his single allowed Delhi to escape with the 2-1 win.
Cameron Osborne would be credited with the loss for UV, as he pitched the first 3.1 innings, earning two strikeouts and no walks. Andrew Jackson would finish the game off with four strikeouts and two walks.
Despite Delhi outhitting UV 9-5, Uv would play solid ball in the defense to hold the game close – however, two errors on both sides proved costly as it would ultimately be the deciding factor in the game.
Adam Lomont would end the game 2-2 at the plate with an RBI for the Storm – while Jared White, Teddy Postma, and Matt Duhham each grabbed a hit a piece.
UV: 0 0 0 0 0 1 0– 1 5 2
D: 0 1 0 0 0 0 1– 2 9 2
WALTON – The losses were not finished for the Storm, who gave it yet another go-around on Wednesday, April 26, losing to the Walton Warriors at 9-2.
The road game for the Storm slipped away early as Walton jumped to 7-0 lead, after adding three runs in the second and four runs in the third.
Walton attacked UV at the plate, as the Storm managed to just hit five balls, despite Walton doubling that with 10 hits in their home win.
Unadilla Valley was able to piece together a run in the fourth and sixth innings, but never came close to a comeback attempt on the road.
Timmy Postma was credited with the loss, pitching two innings with three walks and no strikeouts. Teddy Postma and Adam Lamont would come in, to help secure one strikeout and no walks in one inning and two strikeouts and four walks in three innings, respectively.
Walton would combined for six strikeouts and four walks in the game.
Timmy Postma would finish 2-3 on the day for UV, while Edwin Thomsen, Matt Dunham, and Payton Stirone each added a hit in the road loss.
Next up for Unadilla Valley (0-6-1 overall), they will be playing on the road against Oxford on Thursday, April 27, at 4:30 p.m.
Notably, Oxford is the one team on the schedule in which the game ended in a tie.
UV: 0 0 0 1 0 1 0– 2 5 4
W: 0 3 4 0 2 0 x– 9 10 3
Oxford baseball drops two games to open the week
AFTON – The Oxford Blackhawks are searching for that ever elusive second win of the season, starting this most recent week of losses with a heartbreaking 6-5 loss on the road, against the Afton Crimson Knights on Monday, April 24.
After trailing 5-0 to Afton coming out of a disastrous third inning, the Blackhawks looked to be in trouble. However, coach Chris Palmer rallied his Blackhawks for what almost was a miraculous comeback.
Oxford added two runs a piece in both the fourth and fifth innings – courtesy of a Dylan Depew who smacked a double in the fourth inning followed by a double in the fifth – while Afton would mostly go silent, only tacking on one run in the fifth. Afton held the lead coming out of the 0-0 sixth inning at 6-4.
“They started the inning with a bloop single,” said Oxford head coach Chris Palmer with regard to Afton’s five-run third inning. “We committed two errors around a strike out. They used the extra chances to hit three doubles and score five runs.”
However, despite the bad inning, a rally was in place. Depew stepped to the plate again for the Blackhawks, hitting a single to left field, allowing Jon Heggie – who just hit a double – to find his way home for the score. Despite the heroics of some, the win was not in the cards, as Afton’s McGuire Tuttle was able to secure the final out and therefore the win.
Tuttle finished with four strikeouts and one walk for the Crimson Knights, while Brett Hubbard added two strikeout and one walk.
Taking the loss for Oxford was Austin Crawford, who pitched for three innings grabbing three strikeouts and no walks – before Heggie came in and added four strikeouts and two walks.
Oxford’s Depew finished 4-4 with three RBI, and a run. Depew is currently batting .667 on the season. Jon Heggie finished 2-4 with two runs, while Beckwith, Christian and Smith each added a hit.
Afton was led at the plate by KJ Ives and McGuire Tuttle who each finished 2-4 – Ives having two runs and an RBI, and Tuttle having three RBI.
“Overall we played well. Afton is a good team,” said coach Palmer.
O: 0 0 0 2 2 0 1– 5 9 4
A: 0 0 5 0 1 0 x– 6 7 2
OXFORD – Following the heartbreaking loss in Afton, Oxford was given a day to recover – that would prove too much, as they were then blown out at home against Deposit-Hancock at 17-4.
The home game on Wednesday, April 26, was nothing short of a disaster for the Blackhawks who were crushed – mentally from the 6-5 loss – and in all categories in the Wednesday game.
Deposit-Hancock jumped to a solid 4-0 lead after the first inning – adding runs in all but the second and seventh inning.
Oxford was never able to gain momentum in the home thrashing, getting outhit at the plate 17-4, and committing three errors to Deposit-Hancock’s one.
Oxford’s Phil Smith was credited with the loss, pitching three innings and gaining one strikeout and allowing six hits and seven walks. Beyond Smith, coach Palmer called upon the likes of four additional pitchers – Matt Roach (1K, three walks), Brad Beckwith (0K three walks), Levi Bennett (0K three walks), and Josh Christian (1K two walks).
Nothing worked.
Multiple batters in Deposit-Hancock’s lineup drove in multiple RBI and hits on the day as Oxford was simply buried alive.
Deposit-Hancock saw Shaver take the win on the mound, earning eight strikeouts and four walks in the process. Simmons would come in and add three more strikeouts and one walk.
Oxford saw Jon Heggie finish 2-3 with two RBI, with Christian and Connor Lawton each adding a hit.
Next up for Oxford (1-6-1), they will be rematching the Unadilla Valley Storm in Oxford at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 27.
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