CORTLAND – The Chenango Hellcats shuffled some scheduling around to ensure the playing of their previously rained out league game against Cortland-Homer – however, the home to would slice open the Hellcats for an 8-1 win.

“(We) need to get the bats going early on,” said Hellcats head coach Ben Barnes. “We left seven runners in scoring position.”

The Hellcats fell behind early in the contest, played at Beaudry Park in Cortland on Wednesday, June 28, going down 1-0 after the first inning and 3-0 after the bottom of the third inning.

With only five hits in the entire game, and leaving nine runners on base, the Hellcats struggled throughout the game.

Taking the loss on the road for the Hellcats was Tommy Voce, who pitched 4.1 innings for four strikeouts and four walks. Seth Simmons added 1.2 innings pitched and one strikeout.

Already leading the Hellcats 3-0, Cortland-Homer smacked home another run in the fourth inning, before ripping the Hellcats wide open for a four-run fifth inning – taking the lead to 8-0.