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Norwich Baseball drops two home games – 15-0 to Susquehanna Valley, 6-0 to Oneonta

NORWICH – With the chill in the air and a the rain holding off long enough to get a game of baseball in, the Norwich varsity baseball team took the field on Tuesday, April 25, for a 15-0 beating from the Sabers of Susquehanna Valley.

They were pounding the ball. We looked bad at the plate, we had no plan at the plate,” said Norwich head coach Rich Turnbull. “We didn’t handle some calls that didn’t go our way, and we just didn’t handle the adversity very well. Their kid was thriving off of that. As we were complaining, their pitcher was throwing strikes.”

Norwich managed just three hits in the entire Tuesday game – JT Vinal, Dylan Mack and Brandon Barnes – while SV’s Huffman sniped a solid 11 strikeouts and just one walk in his six innings on the mound.

Norwich surrendered a big inning of scoring to the Sabers in just the second inning – SV jumped from a 1-0 lead after the first to a 7-0 lead – Norwich couldn’t find their footing.

SV slammed the Norwich pitchers all game long, recording 19 hits en route to their crushing 15-0 win over the Purple Tornado.

Norwich was afforded no time to rest, as the team returned to the field the very next day for a home game against the Oneonta Yellowjackets.

 

SV: 1 6 1 0 1 6 0– 15 19 0

N: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0– 0 4 3

 

NORWICH – With Oneonta scheduled for an away game in Norwich, the Purple Tornado needed to regroup and fast – following their 15-0 collapse against Susquehanna Valley a day prior.

“Lost to a solid ball club today. (We) improved from last night, got our strikeouts down, but they made some real good plays in the field,” said coach Turnbull. “(Keaton) Mark pitched well for them only giving up three hits, and their fielders made excellent plays. We have to make better contact and generate more opportunities at the plate.”

Norwich enjoyed a much more competitive game on Wednesday, April 26, despite the ultimate loss. Oneonta jumped to a strong 3-0 lead after the first inning of play – however, improved defense and pitching kept the Yellowjackets to just three innings of scoring.

Oneonta sent an additional running in for a score in the fourth, before tagging two more in following the fifth inning.

Norwich would be outhit once again 10-3, however, the gap closed as Turnbull employed Nate Scheer and Mike Trevisani at the mound. Scheer took the loss, as he pitched five and two thirds of an inning – recording seven strikeouts and walking just one. Trevisani added two more strikeouts.

Keaton Mark would walk off the mound with the win, tossing six strikeouts and giving up three walks.

Norwich’s lone hitters in the game were JT Vinal, Nate Scheer, and Mike Trevisani – each had one hit a piece.

Norwich will play next on the road, when they travel to Owego on Friday, April 28, at 4:30 p.m.

 

N: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0– 0

O: 3 0 0 1 2 0 0– 6

 

Sherburne-Earlville Baseball goes 1-2 over the week

SHERBURNE – Starting the week off with a bang, Adirondack’s baseball came to town for a 10-0 win over the Sherburne-Earlville Marauders on Monday, April 24.

“We were in the game most of it tonight. It was 4-0 in the fifth inning. We left too many runners in scoring position by not swinging the bats. We also made mental errors on the base paths and in the field that hurt us as well,” said Sherburne-Earlville head coach Jay Tackabury. “Adirondack is a very good team and a fixture at the top of our league.”

Taking on league-leaders is always a tall task, especially when only one hit is recorded against said leader. Adirondack used a ‘chip-away’ method on the Marauders – sending runners in each inning from the third until the seventh. The seventh would see Adirondack pull away in the once close game, adding four runs in the final inning.

S-E’s lone hit came from Wayne Law, who snagged a single.

“I know the score might not show it, but we hung with them most of the game. Cody (Beckwith) pitched very well, we just have to come together as a team and help support our pitchers by making plays and swinging the bats,” said coach Tackabury.

Beckwith tossed out five strikeouts and four walks in the loss, while Trevor May added five walks and no strikeouts in relief. Impressively, each pitcher only allowed two hits a piece.

 

SE: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0– 0 1 3

A: 0 0 1 1 2 2 4– 10 4 3

 

HERKIMER – Following the rough loss, S-E would rebound for a road win against the Herkimer Magicians at 10-6, on Tuesday, April 25.

“We rebounded nicely tonight against Herkimer. Ben Osborne Threw six solid innings for us, and our bats finally woke up,” said coach Tackabury. “Tonight was a good confidence booster that I hope carries into the rest of our games. I’m proud of my team’s effort tonight.”

HERKIMER – The S-E bats woke up on Tuesday, as the team combined for 11 hits coming from seven players.

Pitching in the win for S-E was Ben Osborne for six innings, striking out five and allowing two walks and all six of Herkimer’s hits. Dawson Lagoe would come in for one inning for relief, adding two walks and a strikeout.

Derek Newman of Herkimer would take the loss for the Magicians, tossing six strikeouts and seven walks in the process.

Herkimer would jump out to a nice 6-3 lead after just two innings, but with nerves calmed heading into the third inning S-E was able to recover and pull out the comeback win on the road – impressively adding six runs in the fifth inning.

Lagoe would finish 2-3 with two runs and one RBI, Kyle Cole and Brandon Howard each finished 2-5 with two runs, and Jordan Zimmerman finished 2-4 with an RBI. Wayne Law would go 0-5 but added two RBI.

 

SE: 2 1 0 1 6 0 0– 10

H: 5 1 0 0 0 0 0– 6

 

HOLLAND PATENT – The Holland Patent Golden Knights baseball team most recently handed the Sherburne-Earlville Marauders a loss at 5-0 on Wednesday, April 26.

“We hung with them, allowing only six hits. We made a couple physical and mental mistakes early that cost us a few runs, but hit the ball hard several times against a good pitcher in Beer,” said coach Tackabury. “We’re getting closer to putting it all together.”

Taking the loss for S-E on the mound was Trevor May – four innings, with three strikeouts and three walks and five hits. Joe Purdy would come in for relief for the final two innings, allowing another two walks and one hit.

The Golden Knights failed to do anything offensively past the third inning – that is what proved to make their opening three innings so important. HP came out swinging, to the tune of six hits – moving two runners in for scores in both the first and second innings, while adding the fifth run in the third.

The Marauders would see four different batters record one hit, as they all managed to go 1-3 at the plate – Dawson Lagoe, Joe Purdy, Cody Beckwith, and Brandon Howard.

Sherburne-Earlville (2-6 overall), will play next on the road on Friday, April 28, when they travel to Canastota for a 4:30 p.m. game.

 

SE: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0– 0

HP: 2 2 1 0 0 0 0– 5

 

Sidney Baseball defeats Greene 15-6 on Wednesday

GREENE – With the Greene Trojans playing through a sputtering offense, the defense proved not to be much help in the process, as the Warriors overcame the ranks of the Trojans for a 15-4 beatdown of Greene.

The score was 4-4 following the completion of the third inning – with Sidney adding three runs in the first and Greene adding three for the tie in the third.

That is when it all went quite. Greene failed to find home plate for the next three innings, in that timeframe, Sidney would manage to secure six of their runs – adding five more in the seventh.

Hoskins of Sidney would take the win, pitching three innings and only tossing two strikeouts and three walks – while Scott and Vibbard each added in three strikeouts and three walks and two strikeouts and three walks a piece.

Taking the loss for the Trojans Alec Frair who pitched the first five innings to the tune of two strikeouts and three walks to go with nine hits. Nick Shoemaker and Brandyn Scott each added an inning a piece with Shoemaker adding a strikeout and Scott adding four walks.

Greene was able to mount somewhat of a rally, however, faced with a 15-4 deficit, their two runs in the seventh inning proved futile.

Greene’s four hits on the day came by way of four players – Zach Orzell, Brandyn Scott, Brevon Gilmore and Noah Kennedy.

Both teams would play sloppy baseball on Wednesday, with Sidney having seven errors and Greene recording six – despite the loss.