Evening Sun Report
Baseball
S-E 8, Waterville 0
SHERBURNE – Sherburne-Earlville head coach Brian Hicks kept his promise Tuesday night after the Marauders completed an unbeaten season in Center State Conference play.
Hicks told his team earlier in the season that he would allow the players to shave his head and trademark mustache if it completed an unbeaten league season.
“If this is all I have to do to win a league championship, I would do this every day,” Hicks said after getting his locks and ‘stache shorn. “Once they went 5-0 the first time through the league, I think it was their main goal to finish unbeaten.”
S-E (10-0, 15-3), winners of 12 straight games, scored all of its runs over the first three innings to aid winning pitcher Caleb Brown. Brown hit a two-run double to start a four-run second inning. Steve Buddenhagen followed with an RBI double, and Jake Sampson completed the inning with an RBI single.
Mike Doscher hit a two-run double in the third. Joe Moses, who bats seventh in the lineup, went 3-for-3 with two runs, an RBI, and a double.
Brown pitched four innings of one-hit ball for his eighth win, and Phil Price came on to hurl three-innings of one-hit relief.
The Marauders host Hamilton Friday.
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Caleb Brown (W), Phil Price (5) and Jake Sampson, Brown (5). Taylor Jacquays (L) and Sean Strong. Doubles: Mike Doscher, C. Brown, S. Buddenhagen, J. Sampson, Joe Moses.
Norwich 11, Oxford 3
OXFORD – Norwich finished the regular season with its fourth straight victory getting a two-hit complete game from junior pitcher Christian Hotaling.
Hotaling fanned 12, walked six, and took a no-hitter into the fifth inning. Oxford’s Eddie Grundner hit a two-out RBI single to break up the no-hitter, the only hard-hit ball of the game for the Blackhawks, said their head coach, Chris Palmer. “Defensively, both teams played well, and Norwich was in command from the second inning on,” said Oxford coach Chris Palmer. “We had some problems with our control, and Norwich was aggressive on the bases.”
Oxford’s pitchers issued nine total walks and hit three Norwich batters. The Tornado finished with eight stolen bases to match their total of hits.
A two-run single by Hotaling capped Norwich’s four-run second inning raising the Tornado’s lead to 5-1. Hotaling had two hits, and Tim Clark finished 1-for-2 with three stolen bases and two runs scored.
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Christian Hotaling (W) and Tom Kalicicki. Curtis Whitehill (L), Brett Trask (5), Tom Gould (6) and Ryan Moore. Doubles: (N) Josh Borfitz.
G-MU 28, Worcester 0
COPES CORNERS – G-MU moved one win from clinching at least a tie for the Tri-Valley League Division One title blowing out Worcester Tuesday in five innings.
Andrew Delmar pitched four scoreless innings allowing one hit to improve his record to 4-0 on the season. Delmar homered twice during a 10-run second inning and finished with three hits and four RBI. Cody Hall hit a grand slam in the third inning finishing with three hits and seven RBI. Jon Scofield added his second straight three-hit game, and Corin Todd finished with three hits.
G-MU (8-1, 13-3) plays at Laurens today. A win against Laurens sets up a one-game divisional playoff game against Edmeston on Thursday or Friday.
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Andrew Delmar (W), Alex Schmidt (5) and Corin Todd. Jason McHargue (L), John Buscene (2), Devin Dobson (3) and Ryan Sklenko, McHargue (1), Myralja (3). Doubles: (G) Chris Lanza, Cody Hall, Andrew Delmar. (W) Keegan Althiser. Triples: (G) Jon Scofield. HR: (G) Andrew Delmar (2), Cody Hall.
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