Baseball
Johnson City 4, Norwich 1
JOHNSON CITY – Norwich went from a half-game lead in the STAC Central Division to trailing the Wildcats by half a game after Monday’s showdown.
Johnson City answered Norwich’s run in the top of the sixth with all four of its runs. “Other than that one inning, it was a well pitched game on both sides,” said Norwich coach John Martinson. “Their pitcher had a nice fastball and dropped in a curve. It was a breakout inning for both teams, and (Johnson City) was able to move runners around.”
Nick McCullough singled and stole second in the top of the sixth. He scored Norwich’s lone run on a Colby Griffin single.
Norwich (6-3, 7-3-1) hosts Oneonta Thursday.
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Cutting (W) and Owens. Mackay Hotaling (L), Justin Lindenthaler (6) and Thomas Kalicicki. Doubles: (JC) Pellicciatti, Hodges.
Otselic Valley 5, DeRuyter 3
SOUTH OTSELIC – Otselic Valley broke out for four runs in the fourth inning to take the lead against DeRuyter in Monday afternoon’s win.
Chuckie Bishop had an RBI double to score Karl Graham, and Travis Sheldon followed with an RBI double. Graham and Sheldon later scored on RBI groundouts.
Sheldon finished 2-for-3 and Doug Day added two hits. Winning pitcher Dylan Comfort gave up six hits.
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Dylan Comfort (W) and Adam Monroe. Rudenberg and Coveny. Doubles: (D) Zach Thomas, (OV) Chuckie Bishop, Travis Sheldon.
Cooperstown 14, Sherburne-Earlville 1
SHERBURNE – Cooperstown opened the game with five runs in the first, and the offense did not cease for the Redskins in a lopsided win over the Marauders Monday.
Kevin Huggins went 3-for-4 for Cooperstown with four runs scored and two RBI. Cooperstown finished with 18 hits against an S-E team that was coming off back-to-back wins last weekend.
“Every kid in their starting lineup had a hit, and our five errors probably led to nine unearned runs,” said S-E coach Brian Hicks. “This time of the year, you can’t have that. We just didn’t play well.”
Carter Cole finished with two hits for S-E, who play at Canastota today.
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Nicholas Knull (W) and Jarrett Hotaling. Jobi Gage (L), Matt Smith (1), Cole Hodges (6) and Jake Bohnert. Doubles: (SE) Mike Wilson, (C) Knull, Greg Broderson, Hotaling. Triples: (C) Hotaling.
S-E 15, Waterville 9 (Saturday)
WATERVILLE – S-E scored in every inning, and raked Waterville pitching for a season-high 25 hits in Saturday’s victory.
Mike Wilson was 4-for-4 with three RBI. Matt Piazza had three hits and three RBI, while Jake Bohnert, Jobi Gage, Cole Hodges, and Mick Khoury all drove in two runs apiece.
Dallas Moryl pitched 5 1-3 innings for the win.
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Dallas Moryl (W), Matt Smith (6) and Jake Bohnert. Doubles: Matt Crandall, Cole Hodges, Carter Cole.
Edmeston 14, G-MU 4
COPES CORNERS – It was a rough home opener for G-MU Monday afternoon, who played their first seven games this season on the road.
Edmeston pitcher Zak Ruffles overpowered the Raiders’ hitters finishing with 14 strikeouts. Nate Truax added two hits and four RBI to the Edmeston offense.
“We didn’t play the best defense behind our starting pitcher (Andrew Delmar), and that made it tough for him to pitch,” said G-MU coach Rick Mohrein. “I tell the guys that if you put the ball in play, good things will happen. They did that, and we did not put the ball in play with the exception of one inning.”
Derek Rowlands and Blake Pavelka added two hits for the Panthers.
G-MU’s Austin Burnside drove in two runs in his team’s four-run fourth inning.
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Zak Ruffles (W) and Blake Pavelka. Andrew Delmar (L), Austin Burnside (6) and Corin Todd. Doubles: (E) Zak Ruffles, Nate Truax.
Sidney 12, Oxford 4
ONEONTA – Sidney won its tenth straight game Monday, and remained unbeaten in the Midstate Athletic Conference.
Dylan Umbra was 2-for-4 with three RBI, and Andy Kozak had two hits, two RBI, and three runs scored to lead the Sidney offense.
“Sidney is a very deep team and their fielding is excellent,” said Oxford coach Chris Palmer. “They’re a well-coached, solid team.”
Andrew Golden had two hits for Oxford (4-6), who host Unadilla Valley today.
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Dylan Van Pelt (W), Seth Green (7) and Matt Vogel. Cameron Heggie (L), Eric Dilfer (2), Devin Rifanburg (3), Adam Pierson (5), Ryan Moore (6) and Ryan Moore, Matt Moore (6). Doubles: (S) Andy Kozak, Van Pelt. Triples: (S) Jon Wingate, Andy Kozak.
Softball
Johnson City 1, Norwich 0
JOHNSON CITY – Norwich (1-10) played its second error-free game over the past three, and if not for a standout defensive play by Johnson City, may have picked up its first STAC win this season.
Norwich’s Jamie Berger singled in the sixth and moved to third after a passed ball and a groundout. Norwich batter Molly Moore roped a line drive to centerfield that looked like a surefire basehit. Dani Faber made a diving catch for the Wildcats to preserve the one-run lead.
