Baseball
Bainbridge-Guilford 9, Greene 8 (8 innings)
GREENE – Bainbridge-Guilford rallied for two runs in the seventh to force extra innings, and scored three in the top of the eighth in holding off the Trojans yesterday in the completion of Wednesday night’s suspended contest.
The Bobcats scored their two runs in the seventh with two outs and no runners on base. Devon Rivera singled and Corbin Palmer hit a ground-rule double. Two wild pitches allowed B-G (8-1) to score the tying run.
The Bobcats continued to surge in the top of the eighth. Mark Cordner had an RBI sacrifice fly, and Lucas Butcher along with Rivera had single ribbies to create a comfortable three-run lead.
In the bottom half of the inning, Greene nearly recovered its shortfall of runs. Alex Csigi and Dalton Brower had single RBIs closing the deficit to one. With runners on second and third, B-G pitcher Austin Bauerle recorded a game-ending strikeout.
“It was an amazing game,” said Greene coach Steve Burghardt. “At the end, it wasn’t like they were piling on and we were in tears. It was like we just finished a prizefight, and there was that sense of relief and that mutual respect.”
Greene had an early lead, and easily could have padded the advantage with a couple more timely hits. The Trojans left at least one runner in scoring position in every inning, and 12 runners in scoring position for the game. “Their pitchers worked out of a lot of trouble,” Burghardt said. “One clutch hit anywhere, and it probably does it for us.”
Butcher was credited by Burghardt with two run-saving plays at shortstop, and B-G rightfielder Cole Webb made a diving grab of Lane Whittaker’s line drive to save at least two more runs. On Greene’s side, outfielder Joe Beckwith had a web gem of his own recording a diving grab.
Butcher and Palmer had two hits for B-G, while Trevor Parrish had two hits and an RBI for Greene (7-4).
Greene travels to Unadilla Valley today.
B-G 100 030 23 9 10 1
Gre 111 120 0 2 8 9 3
Devon Rivera, Corbin Palmer (3), Bauerle (7, W) and Mark Cordner. Alex Csigi, Justin Ekstrom (6, L), Kurt Bartholomew (8), Hurlburt (8), Kozisky (8) and Dalton Brower, Bartholomew (6), Brower (8). Doubles: (G) Browning, (BG) Buther, Cole Webb, Palmer.
Sherburne-Earlville 16, Waterville 0 (5 innings)
WATERVILLE – Coming off a tight loss one night earlier, Sherburne-Earlville bounced back Thursday afternoon with a shutout victory over Waterville.
Winning pitcher Matt Piazza allowed just three hits striking out eight and walking none. Piazzi and Jesse Yerton also scored three runs apiece in the rout.
S-E plays at Sauquoit Valley Saturday.
S-E 219 40 16 7 0
Wat. 000 00 0 3 5
Nate Piazzi (W) and Mick Khoury. Z. Sawyer (L), B. Bridge (3) and E. Schenk. Doubles: (SE) Piazzi, Kevin Vibbard, Jesse Yerton
Softball
Waterville 13, Sherburne-Earlville 12
WATERVILLE - Sherburne-Earlville fell one run short in its comeback bid Thursday at Waterville.
The Marauders trailed 11-3 after three innings, but big innings in the fourth, fifth, and seventh drew it to within one. “We just couldn’t finish today. It definitely was a tough one,” said S-E coach Scott Fitzpatrick, whose club lost its second one-run game this week. “We just couldn’t keep our hits bunched together enough.”
S-E’s Savannah Irwin had three hits and four RBI, and Emma Hodges had four hits and three runs batted in. Brooke Wright and Desiree Brown also had three-hit days as S-E finished with a season-high 19 hits in the game.
