EVENING SUN REPORT

Baseball

Seton 5, Norwich 1

BINGHAMTON– In an

evenly matched game at

NYSEG Stadium, with only

one error, two future college

pitchers battled as Seton

overcame Norwich.

Seton pitcher Michael

Korchak threw a complete

game, striking out 13, allowing

only four hits and one

earned run, he is committed

to play at Bucknell next

year.. Norwich ace, Cody

Barnes had nine strikeouts in

five innings and allowed just

three hits, he is committed to

play for Division II

Lemoyne next season.

Defending Class C State

Champions, Seton, scored

five runs on five hit by moving

their baserunners, stealing

four bases on Thursday.

Barnes gave up his hits early

in the game and walked

three batters as Seton scored

on a passed ball and a balk.

“We played solid baseball,

obviously we want to win

but we’re happy with the

way we played. I was happy,

the stuff we did wrong is fixable,”

said Norwich varsity

baseball head coach Rich

Turnbull.

Seton’s Neil McCormack

went 3-3 with a double and a

triple, two runs scored and

two RBI. He will be Barnes’

teammate next year at

LeMoyne. Norwich plays at

NYSEG Stadium annually

and the size of the outfield

lead to some spectacular

defensive plays. “It’s a lot

different when your playing

on a Minor League field,”

said Turnbull. Derek

Manwarren was positioned

in right center when a looper

into right field had him on

his horse. He cough the ball

on the run and collided with

the fence, that was the first

of two pretty plays in the

outfield. Centerfielder Josh

Haynes made a harrowing

diving catch in right-center,

the runner did not believe he

would make the play and

advanced to second without

tagging up. Haynes popped

up and gunned him out at

first in the bottom of the

sixth inning. The Tornado

plays it’s second game at

home today against Windsor

at 4:30.

Score by Inning R H E

Nor. 000 000 1 1-4-1

Set. 201 002 5-5-0

(W) Michael Korchak and Tyler Krowiak.

Cody Barnes (L) Cody Brady (6) and

John Yacano. Doubles: (S) Neil

McCormack . Triples: (S) Neil

McCormack.

Unatego 8, Oxford 2

UNATEGO–Unatego’s

three sport All-Star Kellen

Komenda threw five scoreless

innings on his way to a

win over Oxford Thursday.

The outing was not without

effort for Komenda as

the Blackhawks worked him

up to 94 pitches in those five

innings. The wide receiver

and guard, allowed two hits,

walked four and struck out

ten, he also scored two runs

for Unatego. “He threw a little

harder than what we saw

in the first couple games,”

said Oxford varsity baseball

head coach Chris Palmer.

Oxford left eight runners on

base and struggled to get

runs across home plate. “We

had two solid scoring opportunities,

we couldn’t get the

key hit to score the runs,”

said Palmer.

In the third inning

Blackhawk Jeff Lawton lead

off with a walk and ended up

on third, in scoring position.

Starting pitcher, Richard

Ryan hit a ground ball the

third base and Lawton was

caught in a run down.

Oxford failed to score. At

the start of the fifth, John

Heggie walked, Cameron

Heggie walked and with runners

on first and second, senior

catcher Matt Moore

drove a single over the centerfielders

head. The ball

dropped, but hesitance on

the part of the baserunners

failed to score a run. “We

had the bases loaded with

one out but we couldn’t cash

in,” said Palmer, “I think not

scoring there was a big

momentum change and

Unatego capitalized on that.”

Oxford (2-1) plays today at Deposit and

will travel to Florida as a team over

spring break.

Score by Inning R H E

Ox. 000 001 1 2-5-2

Una. 100 061 8-5-2

Richard Ryan, Dylan Depew (L) (5), Kyle

Crawford (6) and Matt Moore. Kellen

Komenda (W), Rely Hanrahan (6) and