UV and Norwich still unbeaten in Otsenango Pony League; Scheduled to meet on Thursday
CHENANGO COUNTY – Trailing 4-3 in the top of the seventh inning, Unadilla Valley’s Timmy Postma doubled on the first pitch of the at bat, scoring Dalton Proskine and Cameron Osborne to take a 6-4 lead and the road victory over Greene on Tuesday. With the win, UV’s record stays perfect.
UV held a 2-1 lead midway through the sixth. In the bottom half of the frame, Greene tacked on three more runs when Hunter Poland singled on a hard ground ball to left field, scoring his teammate Kolby Finch.
Two batters later, Tyler Brown and Poland were on the bases with Jake Finnerly up to bat. With a passed ball getting by the UV catcher on Finnerly’s third strike of the at-bat, Brown and Poland were able to reach the plate while Finnerly stood on first and his team captured a 4-3 lead.
In the first inning, Greene got on the board as Finch drover in Liam Flanagan on fly ball to center field.
Answering an inning later was Unadilla Valley’s Colin Grant scoring on a passed ball, tying the game at 1-1. The visiting team added another run in the top of the third when Osborne scored from third on a Gavin Bonczkowski single to the shortstop.
Grant started on the hill for, lasting five and a third innings. His time of the mound allowed just two runs on one hit and striking out seven.
Finch took the ball to start for Greene. He surrendered two runs on seven hits over six innings, striking out seven and walking one. Dallas Roe threw one inning in relief out of the bullpen.
Unadilla Valley racked up 11 hits in the game. Osborne, Bonczkowski, and Grant led the way at the plate with two hits each. Postma captured the RBI column when he batted in the two go-ahead runners in the seventh.
Poland and Finch recorded the only two hits for Greene but the patience of the home team lead to five walks.
Unadilla Valley 6, Greene 4
UV 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 – 6 11 5
Greene 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 – 4 2 0
Norwich 13, Mount Markham 2 (5 Innings)
Norwich continued their undefeated pony league season with a 13-2 win over Mount Markham in just five innings of play. Trey Bates threw a gem from the mound, tossing just 67 pitches for six strikeouts for a complete game win.
Bates allowed just four hits for Mount Markham batter through the five innings on the hill.
Offensively, Norwich scored immediately in the first inning – a trend they have had all season. Tyler Hagen started rout with a lead-off double. Nolan Dodzweit, third in the line-up, drove Hagen and Jordan Jacquette in on a single.
Placing Dodzweit’s in scoring position was Norwich teammate Josh Willis as he hit a single.
With two on the basepaths, Evan Sylstra hit a deep ball that if the Mount Markham field had fences, the ball would have cleared them for a home run. Instead it was a two RBI double to put Norwich ahead 4-0.
Mount Markham scored their runs in the second and fourth innings, both being driven in by singles.
Hagen ended the day going 2-for-3 with two RBI’s. Willis went 2-for-2 with two runners scoring.
The league schedule continues Thursday, June 21 when Greene travels to Sherburne-Earlville at 6 p.m. The battle of the unbeaten’s also happens at 6 p.m. as Norwich heads to Unadilla Valley. Edmeston and Mount Markham square off in Mount Markham.
Note: Sherburne-Earlville faced Edmeston on Tuesday but no score had been reported at the time of Wednesday’s print deadline.
Norwich 13, Mount Markham 2
NOR 4 0 4 5 0 – 13 10 3
MM 0 1 0 1 0 – 2 4 1
UV held a 2-1 lead midway through the sixth. In the bottom half of the frame, Greene tacked on three more runs when Hunter Poland singled on a hard ground ball to left field, scoring his teammate Kolby Finch.
Two batters later, Tyler Brown and Poland were on the bases with Jake Finnerly up to bat. With a passed ball getting by the UV catcher on Finnerly’s third strike of the at-bat, Brown and Poland were able to reach the plate while Finnerly stood on first and his team captured a 4-3 lead.
In the first inning, Greene got on the board as Finch drover in Liam Flanagan on fly ball to center field.
Answering an inning later was Unadilla Valley’s Colin Grant scoring on a passed ball, tying the game at 1-1. The visiting team added another run in the top of the third when Osborne scored from third on a Gavin Bonczkowski single to the shortstop.
Grant started on the hill for, lasting five and a third innings. His time of the mound allowed just two runs on one hit and striking out seven.
Finch took the ball to start for Greene. He surrendered two runs on seven hits over six innings, striking out seven and walking one. Dallas Roe threw one inning in relief out of the bullpen.
Unadilla Valley racked up 11 hits in the game. Osborne, Bonczkowski, and Grant led the way at the plate with two hits each. Postma captured the RBI column when he batted in the two go-ahead runners in the seventh.
Poland and Finch recorded the only two hits for Greene but the patience of the home team lead to five walks.
Unadilla Valley 6, Greene 4
UV 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 – 6 11 5
Greene 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 – 4 2 0
Norwich 13, Mount Markham 2 (5 Innings)
Norwich continued their undefeated pony league season with a 13-2 win over Mount Markham in just five innings of play. Trey Bates threw a gem from the mound, tossing just 67 pitches for six strikeouts for a complete game win.
Bates allowed just four hits for Mount Markham batter through the five innings on the hill.
Offensively, Norwich scored immediately in the first inning – a trend they have had all season. Tyler Hagen started rout with a lead-off double. Nolan Dodzweit, third in the line-up, drove Hagen and Jordan Jacquette in on a single.
Placing Dodzweit’s in scoring position was Norwich teammate Josh Willis as he hit a single.
With two on the basepaths, Evan Sylstra hit a deep ball that if the Mount Markham field had fences, the ball would have cleared them for a home run. Instead it was a two RBI double to put Norwich ahead 4-0.
Mount Markham scored their runs in the second and fourth innings, both being driven in by singles.
Hagen ended the day going 2-for-3 with two RBI’s. Willis went 2-for-2 with two runners scoring.
The league schedule continues Thursday, June 21 when Greene travels to Sherburne-Earlville at 6 p.m. The battle of the unbeaten’s also happens at 6 p.m. as Norwich heads to Unadilla Valley. Edmeston and Mount Markham square off in Mount Markham.
Note: Sherburne-Earlville faced Edmeston on Tuesday but no score had been reported at the time of Wednesday’s print deadline.
Norwich 13, Mount Markham 2
NOR 4 0 4 5 0 – 13 10 3
MM 0 1 0 1 0 – 2 4 1
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