Chenango County baseball in the Section IV playoffs
By Robert Jeffrey
B-G rallies from seven run deficit to win 9-8 in Extra-inning drama
BAINBRIDGE- Having already seen impressive displays of defense thus far in the sectional playoffs, it was time that the offensive units starting gearing up for the long haul. And that’s precisely what the Bainbridge-Guilford boy’s baseball team did against the Sidney Warriors.
Despite having home field advantage, the Bobcats fell behind early, down by as many as seven runs in the second inning. However, as the ballgame drew on and the seventh inning slithered closer, as the coils of the Warriors tightened their grip on the game, something needed to change.
In the bottom of the fourth, Sean Jones and Cameron Luca scored to cut the deficit to 8-3.While the Bobcats started to put up a fight, it took a much larger spark to ignite the Bobcats dugout.
Enter Zach Ouimet. Ouimet came in to relieve the shell-shocked Trevor Halaquist who gave up seven runs-four earned in his 1.2 innings of work to the hard-hitting Warriors. From the time Quimet stepped on the mound, the Warriors bats went silent as Quimet recorded the victory, striking out 11 batters over 6.1 innings while allowing one run. With runners on first and second, Ouimet found his pitch from Sidney pitcher Parker Boice- ripping a three run dinger over the right field fence creating a two run ballgame at 8-6.
“Once Zach hit that homerun. That really swung the momentum” said B-G head coach Jim Mosher, “he did a tremendous job for us.”
At the conclusion of the fourth inning, the Bobcats outscored Sidney 3-0, setting up for a dramatic eighth inning.
With the Bobcat defense standing strong, delivering three straight outs with Warrior runners in scoring position to end the threat, B-G was next up to bat.
In the bottom of the eighth, Halaquist led off with a single and Ouimet followed that up with a double, putting runners on second and third with no outs. Thomas Palmatier was walked to load the bases in order to create a force play at every base with the possibility of getting a double-play.
With Collin Puerile stepping into the batter’s box, with Sidney playing a shift opting for five infielders and two outfielders, it took a wild pitch from Justin McMillan to allow Halaquist to score from third in walk-off fashion. “We fell behind early, but we didn’t hang our heads” said Coach Mosher on his team’s comeback win.
The Sidney Warriors conclude their season with a record of (9-9) while the B-G Bobcats (11-7) advance to the quarterfinals of the Section IV Class C playoffs. The Bobcats are back in action today when they take on the number one seed Lansing (13-2) at Lansing High School with first pitch slated for 4:30.
Sidney: 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 – 8 14 2
B-G: 0 1 0 5 1 1 0 1 – 9 14 3
WP- Ouimet LP- McMillan
Doubles: Sidney- Hoskins, Boice. B-G- Quimet (2), Jones, Hyzer, Puerile,
Triples: Sidney- McMillan.
Homeruns: Sidney- McKee. B-G- Quimet
Oxford steals road win vs Franklin
FRANKLIN- With offense a heavily priced commodity in these sectional playoffs, Oxford afforded just enough to bypass their Purple Devil opponents in Friday May 19’s Section IV Class D baseball action.
Oxford’s Jon Heggie scored the first run of the game on an Austin Crawford RBI single in the top of the third inning. Dylan Depew scored on an RBI by Phil Smith to push the Blackhawk lead to 2-0. However, the Franklin offense responded in the bottom half of the inning.
With the runners on second and third with no batters put away in the inning, Tyler Gregory connected on a pitch from Blackhawk pitcher Austin Crawford that was bobbled by Oxford second baseman Levi Bennett as the Purple Devil runners Joe Nowhitney and Collin Campbell scored to tie the game at 2-2. The Blackhawk defense recovered, tying off the blemishes by sandwiching three straight outs after Gregory reached first base.
With solid play from both teams, the game came at a crossroads, to the final paramount; the seventh inning. However, for the Blackhawk baseball team the seventh inning provided the final difference. With one out, Austin Crawford reached first by getting hit by a pitch, followed by a Dylan Depew single, runners were on the corners. Crawford and Depew both scored on Brad Beckwith’s single to boost Oxford to a 4-2 lead. Nick Cirello’s fielder’s choice, backed up by Phil Smith’s single- allowed Cirello to score; 5-2 Oxford. One batter later, Levi Bennett’s single scored Phil Smith, creating a 6-2 lead.
Crawford, proceeded to shut down the remaining Franklin hitters, sending them down 1-2-3 clinching the victory for Oxford. Crawford went the distance in the ballgame, striking out 16 batters while only allowing one run on three walks and four hits, as Oxford went onto win 6-2.
Phil Smith went 2 for 4 with two RBIs, Brad Beckwith recorded two RBIs with Crawford and Bennett each driving in a run. Depew went 3 for 3 with two runs scored.
Franklin concludes their season with a (7-4) record, while Oxford advances to a record of (6-8-1) and travel to Downsville in a Section IV Class D quarterfinal match-up with first pitch at 4:30pm.
Oxford: 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 – 6 10 2
Franklin: 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 – 2 4 3
WP- Crawford LP- Serrao
Unatego shuts down Greene in Section IV Class C win
UNATEGO- Through a mixture of pitchers, the Unatego Spartans executed the perfect offensive and defensive plans, overwhelming their Trojan opponents from Greene- winning by a score of 15-0 on Friday May 19.
Unatego’s pitching between Seth Burnham who threw six innings of work, allowing four hits, while striking out seven and Caden Clow who struck out two in one inning of work to aid the Spartans and move onto the quarterfinals of the sectional playoffs. For the Trojans Zach Orzell struck out two, while allowing seven runs on eight hits over three innings pitched.
Overwhelming the Trojan defense with a barrage of hard hit baseballs, the Spartans recorded 17 hits on the afternoon. The Spartans struck early and often by knocking out three runs in the first and fourth innings, added in by four runs in the third inning and five runs in the sixth inning. Unatego’s incredible scoring ability began in the bottom of the first when Caden Clow hit a two-run shot, scoring himself and Andrew Santobuono in the process.
Alec Frair provided the small glimpse of offense that Greene saw on the afternoon, recording two hits in his three plate appearances. Matt Bergholtz and Nick Shoemaker each had one hit as well.
The Trojans from Greene conclude their season with a record of (7- 10), while the Spartans from Unatego (13-7) advance into the second round of the section IV class C baseball playoffs to play Elmira Notre Dame.
Greene: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 4 2
Unatego: 3 0 4 3 0 5 X – 15 17 0
WP- Burnham LP- Orzell
Doubles: Unatego- Marshall
Triples: Unatego- Thayer, Havens, Marshall. Greene- Frair
Homeruns: Unatego-Clow
B-G rallies from seven run deficit to win 9-8 in Extra-inning drama
BAINBRIDGE- Having already seen impressive displays of defense thus far in the sectional playoffs, it was time that the offensive units starting gearing up for the long haul. And that’s precisely what the Bainbridge-Guilford boy’s baseball team did against the Sidney Warriors.
Despite having home field advantage, the Bobcats fell behind early, down by as many as seven runs in the second inning. However, as the ballgame drew on and the seventh inning slithered closer, as the coils of the Warriors tightened their grip on the game, something needed to change.
In the bottom of the fourth, Sean Jones and Cameron Luca scored to cut the deficit to 8-3.While the Bobcats started to put up a fight, it took a much larger spark to ignite the Bobcats dugout.
Enter Zach Ouimet. Ouimet came in to relieve the shell-shocked Trevor Halaquist who gave up seven runs-four earned in his 1.2 innings of work to the hard-hitting Warriors. From the time Quimet stepped on the mound, the Warriors bats went silent as Quimet recorded the victory, striking out 11 batters over 6.1 innings while allowing one run. With runners on first and second, Ouimet found his pitch from Sidney pitcher Parker Boice- ripping a three run dinger over the right field fence creating a two run ballgame at 8-6.
“Once Zach hit that homerun. That really swung the momentum” said B-G head coach Jim Mosher, “he did a tremendous job for us.”
At the conclusion of the fourth inning, the Bobcats outscored Sidney 3-0, setting up for a dramatic eighth inning.
With the Bobcat defense standing strong, delivering three straight outs with Warrior runners in scoring position to end the threat, B-G was next up to bat.
In the bottom of the eighth, Halaquist led off with a single and Ouimet followed that up with a double, putting runners on second and third with no outs. Thomas Palmatier was walked to load the bases in order to create a force play at every base with the possibility of getting a double-play.
With Collin Puerile stepping into the batter’s box, with Sidney playing a shift opting for five infielders and two outfielders, it took a wild pitch from Justin McMillan to allow Halaquist to score from third in walk-off fashion. “We fell behind early, but we didn’t hang our heads” said Coach Mosher on his team’s comeback win.
The Sidney Warriors conclude their season with a record of (9-9) while the B-G Bobcats (11-7) advance to the quarterfinals of the Section IV Class C playoffs. The Bobcats are back in action today when they take on the number one seed Lansing (13-2) at Lansing High School with first pitch slated for 4:30.
Sidney: 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 – 8 14 2
B-G: 0 1 0 5 1 1 0 1 – 9 14 3
WP- Ouimet LP- McMillan
Doubles: Sidney- Hoskins, Boice. B-G- Quimet (2), Jones, Hyzer, Puerile,
Triples: Sidney- McMillan.
Homeruns: Sidney- McKee. B-G- Quimet
Oxford steals road win vs Franklin
FRANKLIN- With offense a heavily priced commodity in these sectional playoffs, Oxford afforded just enough to bypass their Purple Devil opponents in Friday May 19’s Section IV Class D baseball action.
Oxford’s Jon Heggie scored the first run of the game on an Austin Crawford RBI single in the top of the third inning. Dylan Depew scored on an RBI by Phil Smith to push the Blackhawk lead to 2-0. However, the Franklin offense responded in the bottom half of the inning.
With the runners on second and third with no batters put away in the inning, Tyler Gregory connected on a pitch from Blackhawk pitcher Austin Crawford that was bobbled by Oxford second baseman Levi Bennett as the Purple Devil runners Joe Nowhitney and Collin Campbell scored to tie the game at 2-2. The Blackhawk defense recovered, tying off the blemishes by sandwiching three straight outs after Gregory reached first base.
With solid play from both teams, the game came at a crossroads, to the final paramount; the seventh inning. However, for the Blackhawk baseball team the seventh inning provided the final difference. With one out, Austin Crawford reached first by getting hit by a pitch, followed by a Dylan Depew single, runners were on the corners. Crawford and Depew both scored on Brad Beckwith’s single to boost Oxford to a 4-2 lead. Nick Cirello’s fielder’s choice, backed up by Phil Smith’s single- allowed Cirello to score; 5-2 Oxford. One batter later, Levi Bennett’s single scored Phil Smith, creating a 6-2 lead.
Crawford, proceeded to shut down the remaining Franklin hitters, sending them down 1-2-3 clinching the victory for Oxford. Crawford went the distance in the ballgame, striking out 16 batters while only allowing one run on three walks and four hits, as Oxford went onto win 6-2.
Phil Smith went 2 for 4 with two RBIs, Brad Beckwith recorded two RBIs with Crawford and Bennett each driving in a run. Depew went 3 for 3 with two runs scored.
Franklin concludes their season with a (7-4) record, while Oxford advances to a record of (6-8-1) and travel to Downsville in a Section IV Class D quarterfinal match-up with first pitch at 4:30pm.
Oxford: 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 – 6 10 2
Franklin: 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 – 2 4 3
WP- Crawford LP- Serrao
Unatego shuts down Greene in Section IV Class C win
UNATEGO- Through a mixture of pitchers, the Unatego Spartans executed the perfect offensive and defensive plans, overwhelming their Trojan opponents from Greene- winning by a score of 15-0 on Friday May 19.
Unatego’s pitching between Seth Burnham who threw six innings of work, allowing four hits, while striking out seven and Caden Clow who struck out two in one inning of work to aid the Spartans and move onto the quarterfinals of the sectional playoffs. For the Trojans Zach Orzell struck out two, while allowing seven runs on eight hits over three innings pitched.
Overwhelming the Trojan defense with a barrage of hard hit baseballs, the Spartans recorded 17 hits on the afternoon. The Spartans struck early and often by knocking out three runs in the first and fourth innings, added in by four runs in the third inning and five runs in the sixth inning. Unatego’s incredible scoring ability began in the bottom of the first when Caden Clow hit a two-run shot, scoring himself and Andrew Santobuono in the process.
Alec Frair provided the small glimpse of offense that Greene saw on the afternoon, recording two hits in his three plate appearances. Matt Bergholtz and Nick Shoemaker each had one hit as well.
The Trojans from Greene conclude their season with a record of (7- 10), while the Spartans from Unatego (13-7) advance into the second round of the section IV class C baseball playoffs to play Elmira Notre Dame.
Greene: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 4 2
Unatego: 3 0 4 3 0 5 X – 15 17 0
WP- Burnham LP- Orzell
Doubles: Unatego- Marshall
Triples: Unatego- Thayer, Havens, Marshall. Greene- Frair
Homeruns: Unatego-Clow
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