Kieran Coffey

Sun Sports Contributor

SHERBURNE – Errors have proved costly for the Sherburne-Earlville varsity baseball team, especially in the past few weeks. They had a combined 11 errors in two of their games last week resulting in a 6-4 loss to Sauquoit Valley, and a 16-3 hammering from Clinton last Thursday, May 11.

In their 6-4 loss to Sauquoit Valley, the Marauders fell down early, and were in a 4-1 hole after just the fourth inning.

They mounted a comeback in the fifth, striking for three runs, and were down by just a run, but Sauquoit Valley struck for another insurance run in the seventh inning to secure the tight two-run victory.

“We played a good game overall. Sauquoit Valley is a very good baseball team in our league and we held our own against them,” said S-E head coach Jay Tackabury following the loss. “We still made a few mistakes early that cost us runs, which turned out to be the difference in the ballgame.”

Best in the loss for the Marauders was pitcher Joseph Purdy. Along with pitching five stellar innings, he went two-for-three at the plate in the loss, with a double, triple and three RBI’s.

 

SV: 0 1 1 2 1 0 1–6 10 1

SE: 0 0 0 1 3 0 0– 4 9 5

 

ADIRONDACK – On May 10, the Marauders faced off against Adirondack. They struggled to find their footing once more, and were hammered on a final score of 10-1.

Lack of production on offense was what hurt S-E in this loss. They only mustered up five hits throughout the game, driving in just one run.

Best in that loss for the Marauders was Trevor May, who had the only extra base hit of the game for his team in the loss, smashing a double, and Brandon Howard, who had the only RBI on the day for S-E.