Evening Sun Report
Baseball
Unadilla Valley 10, Hancock 9
NEW BERLIN – Unadilla Valley senior Brett Smith broke a 9-9 tie in the bottom of the seventh with a walk-off homer as Unadilla Valley rallied from a early deficit to defeat defending Section IV Class D champion Hancock Thursday afternoon.
Smith, down to his last strike with a 1-2 count, connected on a fastball that richocheted over the outfielder’s head for the easy round-tripper. Smith also pitched four innings of relief to earn the victory.
“Brett really carried us with his bat and his pitching, plus I felt we played some pretty decent defense from the mid innings and on,” said UV coach Gary Alford. “The boys never gave in.”
Hancock led 5-0 after two innings scoring on five basehits and two walks.
UV jumped back into the game scoring five runs in the fifth. Jesse Ranger had a two-run single, Kurt Haycook added an RBI, and Smith scored Haycook with a sacrifice fly.
UV (4-1) is at Afton Monday.
Hanc. 410 210 1 9 11 2
UVal 001 251 1 10 7 2
Kurt Haycook, Brett Smith (4, W) and Zach Montgomery. K. Drake, Phillips (5,L) and Holton. Doubles: (H) Wainman, Drake, Triples: (H) Rocco Christian. HR: (UV) Brett Smith.
Oxford 13, Harpursville 10
HARPURSVILLE – Oxford completed a perfect 3-0 week and nudged its way back to the .500 mark rallying to beat Harpursville Thursday afternoon.
Adam Pierson’s RBI single scored Matt Moore with the tying run in the seventh. Andrew Golden followed with a two-run single, and Eric Dilfer added insurance with an RBI.
Nate Head pitched a scoreless seventh to pick up the victory for Oxford (4-4), who finished with 15 hits and has raised its team batting average well over 50 points this week. “To be honest, I think we were hitting below our talent level early in the season, and we saw some good pitching,” said Oxford coach Chris Palmer. “We’re not striking out as much, and by putting it in play, we’re giving ourselves more chances.”
Pierson was 3-for-5 with three runs and three RBI, Golden also had three hits and three RBI, while Cameron Heggie and Richard Ryan had two hits apiece.
Jim Kelley tripled and drove in four runs to lead Harpursville.
Oxf. 001 440 4 13 15 4
Harp. 000 622 0 10 8 5
Cameron Heggie, Nate Head (4, W) and Ryan Moore. Jon Arnold, Darling (5), Andrews (6, L) and Mason Dean. Doubles: (H) Van Etten. (O) Adam Pierson. Triples: (H) Kelly.
Deposit 9, B-G 4
BAINBRIDGE - Deposit willingly accepted Bainbridge-Guilford’s charity en route to road victory Thursday.
The Lumberjacks drew 10 walks from three separate B-G pitchers, and five of those baserunners came in to score. Over the first two innings, four of the five runs scored by Deposit came after the baserunners were issued walks. “I knew coming in to the season that we were kind of inexperienced with our pitching, and it showed tonight,” said B-G coach Tim Mattingly.
Evan Thomas was 3-for-5 with two RBI for Deposit, and Derek Lenio picked up the win. Unlike his pitching counterparts, Lenio did not issue a walk.
B-G’s Corbin Palmer had two hits including a solo home run, and Billy Holden was 2-for-4 with one RBI.
Dep. 320 103 0 9 7 2
B-G 100 101 1 4 8 3
Derek Lenio (W) and Evan Thomas. Corbin Palmer (L), Butcher (4), Mark Cordner and Van Gorder. HR: (BG) Palmer.
G-MU 11, Morris 9
MORRIS – G-MU overcame a multitude of early errors rallying from a five-run deficit to earn its third win of the season Thursday afternoon.
The Raiders erupted from eight runs in the top of the fourth against the host Mustangs, who built a 7-2 lead after three innings. The Raiders, for their part, committed nine errors during the game - most of those in the first three frames.
“We played ourselves into that early hole, and I wasn’t happy at the time,” said G-MU coach Rick Mohrein. “But we fought our way out of it, capitalized on some of their mistakes, and we hit the ball.”
DeMario Reed’s two-run double keyed eight-run rally. Jason Barrows led G-MU with three hits and one RBI, Reed had two hits, and Austin Burnside finished 2-for-5.
Barrows struck out seven in five innings for the win, and Reed fanned four over the last two innings to pick up the save.
G-MU plays Remsen Saturday in the Richfield Springs Tournament.
G-MU 200 810 0 11 11 9
Morris 232 002 0 9 4 4
Jason Barrows (W), DeMario Reed (6, sv) and Austin Burnside. Kerry Smith, Andrew Dougherty (5) and Matt Morlock. Doubles: (G) Reed, Christian Merlo, Triples: (G) Barrows.
Greene 10, Walton 6
GREENE – Greene moved its record to 3-1 in Midstate Athletic Conference play scoring four runs over the final two innings to pull away for the victory Thursday.
Ninth-place hitter Zach Lindow came through with a pair of RBI singles for the Greene – in the second and third innings – as the Trojans jumped out to a 6-0 lead after 2 1/2 innings. Jeff Carlin had an RBI single in the sixth, and Josh Hurlburt contributed a run-scoring single in the seventh. “We put the ball in play. A couple of their errors were tough ones, but a couple were easy,” said Greene coach Steve Burghardt. “We made four errors, too, but they were spread out and not as costly.”
Greene hosts Cincinnatus Friday.
Gre. 042 001 3 10 7 4
Wa 002 121 0 6 9 6
Lane Whittaker (W), Corbin Neudel (6), and Kurt Bartholomew. Dalton Kaminsky (L) and Joe Sinistore. Doubles: (W) Kaminsky, Nick Shiels, (G) Cole Browning.
Sidney 12, Afton 4
AFTON – Sidney’s offense erupted for nine runs in the top of the seventh turning a one-run deficit and a tight contest into a comfortable victory Thursday.
Dylan Van Pelt singled to start the uprising and promptly stole second. DaShon Boyles drove Van Pelt in with a single, and Boyles moved to third on an error and scored the go-ahead run on a passed ball. Boyles capped the scoring lacing a solo home run. “We played excellent for six innings. Josh Davy pitched outstanding and kept them off balance for six innings, and the defense was holding,” said Afton coach Ron Rapp. “In the blink of an eye, we were already down four runs.”
