Baseball
Otselic Valley 16, Cincinnatus 5
CINCINNATUS – The wait for Otselic Valley was worth it. The Vikings, forced to play their home opener on the road due to poor field conditions rolled to an opening-game win on Friday.
Karl Graham drove in three runs for the Vikes, who busted the game open with 12 runs in the top of the third. Cameron Mikula, Doug Day, and Adam Monroe all drove in two runs. Graham finished 3-for-4 and Mikula went 2-for-4. “It was kind of a chilly day to play, but it least we got a game in, and that felt pretty good,” said OV coach Dave Loomis.
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Peri (L) Stacey (5) and Prentice. Marston (W), Graham (6) and Monroe. Doubles: (C) Joe Peri.
Johnson City 5, Norwich 1
NORWICH – Norwich was held hitless until the seventh inning as Johnson City pitcher Matt Ehrets held the Tornado bats in check in Friday’s STAC Central Division game.
Josh Hodges had a double and a triple for JC driving in two runs. The Wildcats expanded a 1-0 lead with four runs in the top of the sixth.
Norwich junior Brendan McInerney broke up the no-hitter with a one-out single. Mackay Hotaling collected an RBI single driving in McInerney. “(Ehrets) had real command of his fastball, and when he got ahead in counts, he did a nice job working in his curveball,” said Norwich coach John Martinson. “He did a nice job, and we just hit the ball to them.”
Ehrets had eight strikeouts, did not walk a batter, and the Wildcats’ defense played error-free. Norwich hosts Owego today.
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Whaley (L), Lindenthaler (3) AND Tom Kalicicki Ehrets (W) and Olin. Doubles: (JC) Josh Hodges. Triples: (UC) Hodges.
Deposit 5, Greene 4
DEPOSIT – Friday, Deposit rebounded from a 14-0 loss to Unadilla Valley earlier in the week rallying for two runs in the bottom of the seventh to deal Greene its second loss of the season.
Zack Decker drove in the tying run for Deposit, and winning pitcher Derek Lewis drove in Decker with the winning run.
Greene created all of its offense in the fourth and fifth innings. After Jack Phillips’ two-run double in the fifth, the Trojans had runners on second and third base with no outs. Lewis then retired the side in order, and completed the final two innings without allowing a Greene baserunner. For the game, Greene’s batters went down in order with the exception of the fourth and fifth frames.
“We hurt ourselves by not capitalizing in the fifth inning,” said Greene coach Steve Burghardt. “We didn’t do anything after scoring three runs. I thought we had a chance to really break it open.”
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Jeff Carlin (L) and Andy Norton. Derek Lewis (W) and Evan Thomas. Doubles: (G) Jack Phillips, (D) Zack Decker (2), Lewis.
Unatego 7, Oxford 4
OTEGO – Josh Lambrecht hit a two-run triple in Unatego’s opening at-bat, and Lambrecht pitched six innings striking out 10 and giving up just two runs in the Spartans’ win over Oxford Friday.
Jeff Lawton had two hits for Oxford, who finished the game with two runs in the seventh. “Despite the loss and couple of errors, I was pleased with the performance,” said Oxford coach Chris Palmer. “We started three freshmen, two sophomores, and just one senior. I thought we hung in there against a good team,” said Oxford coach Chris Palmer.
