Evening Sun Report
Baseball
Greene 3, Oxford 2
GREENE – Greene edged past Oxford scoring two runs in the bottom of the sixth in Thursday afternoon’s opening-game victory.
Brendan Kinne led off the sixth with a triple, and scored when Alex Kenyon reached on an error. Jeff Carlin’s RBI single scored Kenyon with the winner.
“The first time out, we played really well, and our pitching was great,” said Greene coach Dave Gorton.
Nic Puglisi pitched four innings for Greene and struck out eight, and Matt Jones came on for the three scoreless innings striking out four for his first varsity win. Jones allowed Oxford to load the bases in the fifth with no outs, but struck out the next two batters and induced a ground out to end the threat.
Carlin went 2-for-4 and Nate Patrick had two hits and one ribbie for Greene.
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Nic Puglisi, Matt Jones (5, W) and Brian Day. Kyle Ferrington, Andrew Golden (4, L) and Ryan Moore. Doubles: (G) Matt Jones, triples: (G) Brendan Kinne.
Harpursville 14 Unadilla Valley 9
NEW BERLIN – Ryan Dalpiaz had four of Harpursville’s eight hits, and finished with two runs scored and an RBI in the Hornets’ win at UV Thursday.
The Storm bolstered Harpursville’s offense issuing eight walks and committing five errors. “We started to walk guys later in the game, and combined with our errors, we just didn’t help ourselves out,” said UV coach Tom Locke.
Brett Smith went 3-for-4 on the UV side with an RBI.
Wednesday, Hancock’s Cody Wellman hit a walk-off solo homer to start the bottom of the seventh giving his club a hard-earned 9-8 victory over the Storm.
Brandon Miles had two hits and an RBI for UV (0-2)
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Ryan Dalpiaz (W), Jared Decker (7) and Mason Dean. Travis Conklin, Brett Smith (5, L), Frankie Schroeder (7) and Zach Montgomery. Doubles: (H) Chad Baxter. (UV ) Ryan Harrington.
Hancock 9, Unadilla Valley 8
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Resti, Travis Drake (W, 6) and Hicks. Dylan Webb, Brandon Miles (5, L) and Ian Davis. Doubles: (H) Singer 2. (UV) Z. Montgomery, D. Webb, Ian Davis. Triples: (UV) Ian Davis, John Lopez, Br. Miles. HR: (H) Wellman
Sidney 7, Afton 1
AFTON – Playing on Afton’s field due to unplayable conditions on own home diamond, Sidney adapted quickly as the “home” team on the Knights’ field, and won going away in its season opener Thursday.
Tanner Westcott had a go-ahead two-run single in the fourth for Sidney, and Westcott singled in two more runs during a five-run sixth to polish off a 3-for-3 day.
Kevin Davie struck out eight and allowed one run in five innings for the win, and Andy Kozak had four strikeouts in two innings of scoreless relief. “For our first time on an actual baseball field this season, I was pretty happy,” said Sidney coach Kyle Vibbard. “We hit the ball hard at times, and play good defense. This early in the year, we’re just happy to be outside.”
Adam Rupakus allowed two runs in five innings for Afton to take the loss.
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Kevin Davie (W), Andy Kozak (6) and Matt Vogel. (A) Adam Rupakus (L), Chris Anthony (6) and Dylan Wilson. Doubles: (S) Tanner Westcott.
Morris 14, Otselic Valley 13
MORRIS – Morris rallied for five runs in the bottom of the seventh to edge the Vikings in Thursday’s non-league matchup.
OV’s Trevor Marston and Chase Marston had two hits and two RBI apiece.
Justin Utter and Joe Utter added two hits and two ribbies apiece in a winning effort.
Combined, the two teams made 20 errors.
“It was a beautiful day to play, but neither team put together a very good game in the field,” said OV coach Dave Loomis. “Both teams hit the ball okay and pitched okay, it’s just both teams struggled defensively.”
OV plays at Madison on Monday.
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