Baseball
Norwich 8, Oneonta 7
ONEONTA – Norwich avenged its worst loss this season beating the STAC Central Division champion Yellowjackets on their own diamond Friday night.
Norwich, losers to the ‘Jackets, 29-9, during spring break did not trail in the game, but saw Oneonta rally to tie the game with four runs in the sixth. Nate Eastman’s three-run homer made it a 7-7 game.
Norwich responded in the bottom of the seventh as Josh Whaley doubled, and Casey Edwards was inserted as a pinch-runner for Whaley. Richie Bonney’s long flyball to right center found a gap in the Oneonta defense to score Edwards with the winning run.
“We just beat the division champs, and this proves that when we put things together and play good ball, we can compete with anyone in our league,” said Norwich coach John Martinson.
Whaley pitched two innings of relief for his third win of the season and Norwich’s fourth overall. Bonney was 2-for-4 with two RBI, and Nick McCullough drove in two runs for Norwich.
Eastman had two hits and four RBI for Oneonta.
Norwich plays at Windsor today.
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C. Hotaling (W), Josh Whaley (6, W) and Thomas Kalicicki. Brendan Wolfanger (L) and Casey Hogan. Doubles: (N) P. Law, R. Bonney, J. Borfitz, J. Whaley. (O) Wolfanger, HR: (O) Nate Eastman.
Otselic Valley 16, Stockbridge Valley 7
SOUTH OTSELIC – Otselic Valley sent 18 men to the plate in the sixth inning plating 12 runs to defeat Stockbridge Valley Friday.
The Vikes, despite a losing record and with just five wins, have now beaten two of the top teams in the Central Counties League. Previously, OV (5-6) beat number two Brookfield. “We haven’t had a real great season and we have a lot of new kids,” said OV coach Dave Loomis. “We’re showing signs of becoming a good team. The kids feel good, and couple more wins, we’ll give sectionals a try.”
During the sixth, OV had just four hits benefiting from six Stockbridge walks and five errors. Karl Graham and Trevor Marston had RBI hits during the frame and each finished 2-for-2.
OV plays at DeRuyter today.
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Dylan Comfort (W) and A. Monroe. Pokurny (L), Reeder (6), Clark (6), Dennison (6) and Phillips. Triples: (OV) trevor Marston, Adam Monroe.
Afton 2, B-G 0
BAINBRIDGE – Mike Muller pitched perhaps his best game of the season outdueling B-G hurler Cody Lake Friday afternoon at Bainbridge.
Muller struck out 15, walked five, and gave up three hits in a shutout win. Muller also drove in both Afton runs with an RBI single in the first and a fielder’s choice groundout in the third. “He worked out of trouble a couple of times, but for the most part, he was in control,” said B-G coach Pete Mansheffer of Muller.
Lake allowed three hits as well fanning four and walking none. “Cody mixed his pitches well and the defense played well behind him,” Mansheffer said.
B-G finishes the season 2-13 overall.
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Mike Muller and Wilson; Cody Lake (L) and Gordie Shields, Mike Van Gorder (5).
Delhi 1, Oxford 0
DELHI – Delhi scored a single run in the fifth inning, and pitcher Ben Sandman threw six innings of shutout ball in the Bulldogs’ win over Oxford Friday.
J.J. Darling tripled in the fifth with two outs, and he scored on Ethan Sackett’s double.
Oxford’s biggest – and only – offensive threat came in the first when it loaded the bases with one out. Sandman induced a foul out and a ground out to work out of the jam, and he allowed just one hit the rest of the way. He finished with nine whiffs and no walks.
Kyle Ferrington struck out four and walked none for the Blackhawks (6-11). “It was a well-pitched game and a good game defensively for both teams,” said Oxford coach Chris Palmer. “Sandman did a nice job; we couldn’t get the bats going.”
Oxford is slated for a non-league game at Norwich on Thursday.
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Ben Sandman (W), Sean Kline (7, sv.) and Josh Sikora. Kyle Ferrington (L) and Ryan Moore. Doubles: (D) Ethan Sackett. Triples: (D) J.J. Darling (2).
Softball
Oxford 10, Delhi 1
DELHI – Oxford substituted liberally throughout Friday’s game at Delhi, and Julie Heggie’s bat powered the Blackhawks to a victory over the Bulldogs.
Heggie homered twice and doubled finishing 3-for-4 with four RBI. She doubled in a run in the first, hit a solo homer in the fifth, and blasted a two-run shot in the sixth. “Coming off the loss to B-G, I think we answered a lot of questions in this game,” said Oxford coach Tim Calice, who said his defense played much better.
Jackie Heggie pitched five shutout innings for Oxford (10-6).
