PONY League Baseball: Oxford defeats Sherburne in extra innings
Oxford’s Ben Sheridan makes the tag to catch Landyn Morgan stealing third. Both of Oxford and Sherburne’s defenses made tremendous plays with multiple pick-offs and caught multiple runners stealing (Photo by Morgan Golliver)
SHERBURNE – The Oxford Blackhawks and the Sherburne Marauders put on a show in Thursday’s matchup. Both teams had great defensive plays and went into extra innings tied at three. Oxford won the game 4-3 as Landen Olinski scored on Degan Endress’ RBI in the top of the eighth inning. Nic Dodzweit then pitched a clean and scoreless inning to seal the victory.
After great pitching and tremendous defensive work, including multiple pick-offs, both teams caught runners attempting to steal. Oxford scored first in the top of the fifth inning. The Blackhawks took a 3-0 lead on a two-out rally. Conner Dunagan and Caden Rifanburg both got on base with back-to-back singles. Dunagan had excellent base running and scored off Rifanburg’s single. Rifanburg, along with Olinski, came in to score as well off a two-out, two-run RBI double from Dodzweit.
Just when Oxford thought their late lead was enough, Sherburne took advantage of the Blackhawks’ mishaps and tied the game. Landyn Morgan led the bottom of the fifth off with a single before the next two batters struck out. Cameron Mason walked on four pitches before Caleb Neuenschwander reached on an error that lead to one run coming home. One run came in off another error, which led to Caleb coming in to score himself.
Levi Neuenschwander reached on an infield single to keep the inning going, where he stole second, but as he tried to steal third, he was caught by Olinski and Ben Sheridan.
Sherburne had another chance to score with a runner in scoring position in the sixth inning off Cooper Roy’s lead-off double, but failed to do so on Dodzweit’s solid pitching.
The game remained notched at three until extra innings. Olinski, the go-ahead runner, was hit by a pitch for the third time to lead off the eighth. He stole second and raced in to score on Endress’ RBI single, which proved to be the game-winner. Dodzweit struck out two batters to end the game.
On the mound, Oxford’s Caden Rifanburg and Sherburne’s Owen Brown both lasted four and two-third innings, each allowing three runs. Nic Dodzweit (seven) and Rifanburg combined for 13 strikeouts on the winning side while Brown (nine) and Caleb Neuenschwander combined with 16 strikeouts in the loss.
Oxford (2-2) travels to Bainbridge-Guilford while Sherburne (0-3) heads to Whitney Point. Both games are scheduled for Monday and will start at 6 p.m.
Box Score:
Runs by Inning: R H E
OX:
0-0-0-0-3-0-0-1 4 5 4
SH:
0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0 3 4 2
After great pitching and tremendous defensive work, including multiple pick-offs, both teams caught runners attempting to steal. Oxford scored first in the top of the fifth inning. The Blackhawks took a 3-0 lead on a two-out rally. Conner Dunagan and Caden Rifanburg both got on base with back-to-back singles. Dunagan had excellent base running and scored off Rifanburg’s single. Rifanburg, along with Olinski, came in to score as well off a two-out, two-run RBI double from Dodzweit.
Just when Oxford thought their late lead was enough, Sherburne took advantage of the Blackhawks’ mishaps and tied the game. Landyn Morgan led the bottom of the fifth off with a single before the next two batters struck out. Cameron Mason walked on four pitches before Caleb Neuenschwander reached on an error that lead to one run coming home. One run came in off another error, which led to Caleb coming in to score himself.
Levi Neuenschwander reached on an infield single to keep the inning going, where he stole second, but as he tried to steal third, he was caught by Olinski and Ben Sheridan.
Sherburne had another chance to score with a runner in scoring position in the sixth inning off Cooper Roy’s lead-off double, but failed to do so on Dodzweit’s solid pitching.
The game remained notched at three until extra innings. Olinski, the go-ahead runner, was hit by a pitch for the third time to lead off the eighth. He stole second and raced in to score on Endress’ RBI single, which proved to be the game-winner. Dodzweit struck out two batters to end the game.
On the mound, Oxford’s Caden Rifanburg and Sherburne’s Owen Brown both lasted four and two-third innings, each allowing three runs. Nic Dodzweit (seven) and Rifanburg combined for 13 strikeouts on the winning side while Brown (nine) and Caleb Neuenschwander combined with 16 strikeouts in the loss.
Oxford (2-2) travels to Bainbridge-Guilford while Sherburne (0-3) heads to Whitney Point. Both games are scheduled for Monday and will start at 6 p.m.
Box Score:
Runs by Inning: R H E
OX:
0-0-0-0-3-0-0-1 4 5 4
SH:
0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0 3 4 2
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