Evening Sun Report
Baseball
Sherburne-Earlville 4, Clinton 3
CLINTON – Sherburne-Earlville became the first Section III team to beat Clinton this season knocking off the state-ranked Warriors Thursday.
Marauders pitcher Matt Smith did not strike out or walk a batter, and the S-E defense played error-free behind Smith.
Aiding Smith on offense were Mick Khoury and Carter Cole. Khoury had a two-out RBI single in the third to give the Marauders a 2-1 lead, and Carter Cole’s two-run single in the fourth provided S-E with the winning runs.
Smith finished the game retiring the final six Clinton batters in order, and the win moves S-E within one game of the Warriors in the Center State Conference Division One race. “We fielded every groundball and every flyball, that’s how good our defense was,” said S-E coach Brian Hicks. “We did a great job fielding the ball, and this is probably my biggest coaching win, ever.”
The Marauders are now 6-2 in division play. Number nine hitter, Felix Rodriguez, and Cole had two hits.
B-G 8, Greene 3
BAINBRIDGE – Bainbridge-Guilford’s offense broke loose for six runs in the fifth inning Thursday, and junior hurler Austin Bauerle pitched a complete-game victory in B-G’s second MAC league win of the season.
Lucas Butcher’s RBI single scored Jake Mazzarella with the go-ahead run, and Corbin Palmer followed with an RBI single as part of a six-hit inning for the Bobcats. “We were able to string some hits together, and it was probably our best game of the season,” said B-G coach Tim Mattingly. “All phases of the game kind of worked for us today.”
Palmer and Butcher each had two hits and two RBI in the win. Greene’s Nick Viglucci was a perfect 3-for-3.
Bauerle allowed just two earned runs and scattered seven hits.
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Austin Bauerle (W) and Tyler Ouimet. Zach Lindow (L), C. Browning (5) and Browning, Bartholomew (5). Doubles: (BG) HR: (BG) Corbin Palmer.
Cincinnatus 5, Otselic Valley 4 (8 innings)
CINCINNATUS – Cincinnatus plated the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning in Wednesday’s Central Counties League win over Otselic Valley.
Jason Lindley scored two runs for Cincy, and Josh Heath had the lone RBI for the Red Lions. Joe Peri pitched two innings of relief to pick up the victory.
Otselic Valley’s Connor Smith finished 3-for-4, Chuck Bishop was 2-for-3, and Tyler Armstrong doubled in the fourth inning driving in two runs.
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Josh Ender, Joe Peri (7) and Heath. Trevor Marston, Dylan Comfort (7,L) and Howard Straight. Doubles: (OV) Chuck Bishop, Tyler Armstrong.
Unadilla Valley 18, Oxford 6
NEW BERLIN – Unadilla Valley pounded Oxford pitching for 21 basehits, and improved to 8-2 on the season with Thursday’s victory over the Blackhawks.
Zach Montgomery had three hits and five RBI, Justin Hofer went 3-for-3 with two RBI, and Kurt Haycook finished with two hits and two ribbies.
Haycook pitched six innings and gave up just one run to earn the victory.
Oxford’s Andrew Golden and Ryan Moore had two hits and one run scored apiece.
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Kurt Haycook (W), Nate Shackleton (7), Brett Smith (7) and Kyle King, Andrew Radke (7).Richard Ryan (L), Eric Dilfer (2), Adam Pierson (3), Ryan Moore (4), Kyle Crawford (6) and Ryan Moore, Adam Pierson (4). Doubles: (UV) Brandon Miles, Montgomery, Triples: (UV) Haycook.
Softball
Sherburne-Earlville 4, Clinton 3
CLINTON - Sherburne-Earlville scored three runs in the top of the sixth to rally past Clinton Thursday for its second win of the season.
Kayla Nelson hit a two-run single, and advanced to third on two stolen bases. Nelson came home with the winning run on a passed ball.
S-E’s defense worked out of trouble in the last two innings. Pitcher Destinie Holmquist caught a pop-up to end one threat, and the Marauders turned a double play in the final inning to close the door on Clinton.
“We’ve had some breakdowns and hiccups, but this is an excellent win for us,” said S-E coach Michelle Parker. “Tonight we put it together and played seven good innings of softball.”
Alexis Paul pitched the first four innings and Holmquist finished up with three scoreless innings to earn the victory.
Paul and Holmquist combined to strikeout four, walk one, and allow just four Clinton basehits.
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