Softball
Oneonta 11, Norwich 1
NORWICH – Oneonta combined its speed game on offense with the power pitching of Brianna Baker to beat the Purple Tornado Tuesday afternoon.
Oneonta finished with 14 hits, many of those slap bunts that pressured the NHS defense. Cami Cleveland and Baker had three-hit days for the ‘Jackets, while Erin Mushtare and Hayley Dower went 2-for-4.
Baker did allow seven hits to Norwich, but she finished with 17 strikeouts. “She is probably one of the three hardest throwers we’ve seen,” said Norwich coach Scott Moore of Baker. “She moves the ball around well, and she had us sitting on our heels.”
Molly Moore and Hannah Eddy went 2-for-3 on the Norwich side of the ledger. The Purple Tornado girls play at Johnson City Friday and travel to the Windsor Tournament on Saturday.
OHS 220 012 4 11 14 0
NHS 010 000 0 1 7 5
Brianna Baker (W) and Erin Mushtare. Hannah Eddy (L) and Jordan Sanford. Doubles: (N) Molly Moore, Kat DeTomi. (O) Cami Cleveland, Hayley Dower, Mushtare. Triples: (O) Shelby Cleveland.
Baseball
Oneonta 5, Norwich 4
NORWICH – Oneonta's Mason Montgomery drove in two runs, and doubled and scored a run in the pivotal fourth inning to give Oneonta a five-run lead in Tuesday's victory over Norwich (2-5).
Norwich closed to within one run scoring four times in the bottom of the fourth. After one run came in on an error, Colby Griffin, Ricky Runyon, and Cody Barnes followed with ribbies.
The Tornado left eight runners on base in the game (Oneonta left one) including two runners in scoring position in the sixth inning. "We played good baseball tonight and we've been playing good baseball the past three games," said Norwich coach Rich Turnbull. "We just didn't get a hit at the right time tonight."
Norwich pitcher Cody Graves was the hard-luck loser. Graves scattered seven hits, struck out 11, and walked just two. Graves finished the game striking out six of the final eight batters, and didn't allow a run the final three innings. "That was the best I have seen Cody pitch on the varsity level," Turnbull said.
Norwich is at Johnson City Friday.
OHS 201 200 0 5 7 2
NHS 000 400 0 4 10 1
Kragh Deleuth (W) and Zach King. Cody Graves (L) and John Yacano. Doubles: (O) Mason Montgomery.
Greene 5, Oxford 4
GREENE – Greene rallied from three runs down scoring four in the last of the sixth to defeat Oxford Tuesday.
Down 4-1, an errant pickoff attempt with the bases loaded scored one run for Greene, Dalton Brower had an RBI groundout, and Luke Day singled in the tying run. Day stole second, and eventually scored on an infield hit and ensuing throwing error.
Oxford led early getting RBIs from Andrew Golden and Richard Ryan. Matt Moore had three hits for Oxford, and his single and run scored helped the Blackhawks build a three-run lead.
Zach Lindow pitched six innings for Greene to get the win, and Alex Kozisky earned the save. Oxford had runners on second and third with two outs before Kozisky recorded a strikeout to end the game.
Zach Lindow had two hits for Greene (7-3), who host B-G today.
Oxfd. 200 002 0 4 7 2
Gre. 010 004 x 5 6 2
Zach Lindow (W), Alex Kozisky (7, sv) and Dalton Brower. Cameron Heggie (L) and Matt Moore. Doubles: (O) Jeff Lawton, Moore (2). (G) Alex Shoemaker. Triples: (O) Andrew Golden.
CV-Springfield 18, G-MU 3
CHERRY VALLEY – Cherry Valley-Springfield quickly gained the lead against G-MU scoring in all but one inning in Monday’s win.
The Patriots had 16 hits against three Raiders pitchers, and also took advantage of nine G-MU errors. “We made a lot of mistakes that we haven’t made in the games where we were successful,” said G-MU coach Rick Mohrein. “They took advantage of our errors with timely hitting, and we struggled to make contact. It definitely showed that we haven’t had batting practice in a couple of days.”
Ethan Johnson and Jon French had 3-for-4 days to lead CV-S, and each drove in a pair of runs.
Tim French had two hits and one ribbie for G-MU, who play Milford on Wednesday.
G-MU 200 001 3 3 9
CV-S 404 532 18 16 2
Christian Merlo (L), Jason Barrows (1), Tim French (4) and Andrew Baker, Mike Lewis (5). Jon French (W), Ethan Johnson (6) and Tristan Fralick. Doubles: (G) Austin Burnside; (CVS) Ethan Johnson, Shawn Lowry.
