Baseball
Norwich 4, Susquehanna Valley 3
NORWICH – Norwich gave up an early lead in its last game, and Wednesday, the Tornado rallied from an early deficit to earn their first win of the season.
Josh Whaley came on to pitch three innings for scoreless relief for the win. During that time, the Tornado tied the game with three runs in the bottom of the fifth, and scored the winning run in the sixth..
Josh Borfitz, Mackay Hotaling, and Whaley had single ribbies in the fifth to score Kyle Cashman, Lucas Follett, and Paddy Law respectively. In the sixth, Nick McCullough singled, stole second, moved to third on a flyout by Casey Edwards, and scored on Follett’s RBI triple.
McCullough went 2-for-3, and Follett also had two hits for the Tornado (1-2).
“We have to get rid of some of those errors, but it was really nice to see the bottom of our lineup come through at the plate tonight,” said Norwich coach John Martinson.
Norwich plays at Chenango Valley today.
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Christian Hotaling, Josh Whaley (5,W) and Thomas Kalicicki. Mike Moriarty, Spencer Hogan (6) and James McKeage. Doubles: (SV) Zawiski, Triple: (N) Lucas Follett
G-MU 19, Downsville 18
COPES CORNERS – G-MU won a slugfest over Downsville in a non-league game Wednesday afternoon.
“It was quite a game, and one of those I eventually expected to happen,” said G-MU coach Jim Johnson.
The Raiders’ offense was plentiful, and Andy Delmar’s five hits and four RBI led the way. Three of Delmar’s hits turned into triples. Corin Todd had four hits and two RBI and winning pitcher Jon Scofield finished with three hits and two RBI. Scofield came on to pitch in the third inning, and threw better with each ensuing inning, Johnson said. “It’s a win, and we pounded the ball again,” the G-MU mentor said. “None of our hits were really cheap ones.”
The Raiders (4-1) play Cherry Valley-Springfield on Friday.
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DeMario Reed, Jon Scofield (3, W) and Brendan Zucchi, Corin Todd (6). Joel Shaver (L), Ronny McDonald (5) and Ethan Bass. Doubles: (D) Dalton Polomcean, (G) Andrew Delmar (3), Jon Scofield, C. Todd. Triples: (G) Reed.
B-G 18, Hancock 1
BAINBRIDGE – Looking for its first win of the season, Bainbridge-Guilford found it in a big way.
The Bobcats banged out 19 hits, and routed Hancock on Wednesday afternoon. Travis Colburn continued his hot hitting with a perfect 5-for-5 day with four runs scored and two RBI. Winning pitcher Cody Lake was 4-for-5 with three ribbies. “This is the team I’ve been waiting to see all season long,” said B-G coach Pete Mansheffer. “The hitting was infectious, and it went up and down the lineup.”
Paul Parsons added three hits, four RBI, and three runs scored for the Bobcats (1-7), and Lake allowed five hits and just a single run in the sixth inning. “This is the type of game you would like to bottle up and bring to the field every time,” Mansheffer said. “We played such good baseball tonight, and it was nice to see.”
B-G plays Afton on Friday.
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Cody Lake (W) and Gordie Shields. Warren Drake (L), Cody Wellman (2) and Eric Hicks. Doubles: (BG) Cody Lake (2), Billy Holden, Paul Parsons, G. Shields.
Sidney 12, Unadilla Valley 3
SIDNEY – Sidney’s offense capitalized on early UV mistakes, and put a dozen runs on the board over the first three innings to improve to 5-1 on the season.
Dylan Umbra had a two-run single in the opening inning, and Ryan Robertson added an RBI fielder’s choice as the lead stood at 4-0 after one.
UV pared that in half before the Warriors’ batsmen piled on the runs with two in the bottom of the second and six more in the third.
Two errors compounded UV’s woes in the third, and RBI hits followed from John Wingate, Trevor Macpherson, Andy Kozak, and Umbra.
“Other than that third inning, UV played a pretty clean game,” said Sidney coach Kyle Vibbard. “UV played some great baseball the last three innings, we were just able to take advantage of their mistakes. UV has come a long way, and Tom (Locke, UV coach) is doing a nice job with the program.”
Ian Davis went 2-for-3 on the UV side.
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Nate McDonald (W), Seth Green (7) and Matt Vogel. Travis Conklin (L), Brandon Miles (5) and Zach Montgomery.
Harpursville 8, Oxford 0
HARPURSVILLE – Chad Baxter threw a two-hit shutout for Harpursville striking out 13 in Wednesday’s game.
Jared Decker scored the only run Harpursville would need in the opening inning. Decker tripled, then scored on a wild pitch. Alex Drummond doubled in the second inning, and he came around to score on a fielder’s choice.
“Baxter pitched a really strong game and they played good defense behind him,” said Oxford coach Chris Palmer. “Our batters didn’t give them many opportunities to make mistakes, but we did play well most of the game.”
Adam Pierson broke up Baxter’s no-hit bit with a single in the fourth inning.
The Blackhawks play at Deposit today.
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Chad Baxter (W) and Mason Dean. Andrew Golden (L), Jamie Smolcnop (5); Andrew Pier (6) and Ryan Moore. Doubles: (H) Drummond, Lenny Shugars Triple: (H) Jared Decker, Baxter.
Unatego 7, Greene 4
GREENE – Unatego scored four runs in the top of the sixth inning to create some breathing room in Thursday’s win over Greene.
An error combined with walks led to the four-run uprising for the Spartans. “We had two tough innings in this game that we could have easily gotten out of without giving up a run,” said Greene coach Dave Gorton. “When you make mistakes against good teams, they make you pay.”
Greene had a solo homer from Nic Puglisi in the sixth, and Brian Day doubled in the same inning eventually scoring on an error. Jeff Carlin had two hits in four trips to the plate, the only multi-hit player for the Trojans.
Dale Rifenbark finished with 15 strikeouts in a route-going effort to get the win. “He threw a ton of pitches tonight, and I thought our approach at the plate was terrible,” Gorton said. “We took pitches early in the count that were hittable, and that put us in a hole. We hit backwards all day, and (Rifenbark) had us off balance.”
Greene (4-2) plays at Walton Friday.
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Dale Rifenbark (W) and Cody Komenda. Nic Puglisi (L), Matt Jones (6) and Brian Day. Doubles: (G) Brian Day, (U) Dylan Joyce. HR: (G) Nic Puglisi.
Deposit 4, Afton 2 (8 innings)
AFTON – Afton committed four of its six errors in the top of the eighth, and that allowed Deposit to push across two runs in an extra-innings win over the Crimson Knights Wednesday.
Afton tied the game in the bottom of the seventh with a two-out rally. Chris Anthony reached base on an infield hit, moved to second on a wild pitch, and scored the game-tying tally on a single by Cameron Oswald.
“We hit the ball tonight, we just weren’t getting the timely hits,” said Afton coach Ron Rapp. “Deposit played really good defense, and turned two double plays. They were able to limit the damage.”
Adam Rupakus struck out nine and allowed just seven hits for Afton in a hard-luck loss.
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Adam Rupakus (L) and Dylan Wilson. Nate Mills (W) and Tanner Sexton. Triples: (D) Brett Merrill.
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