KORTRIGHT – On a 2-2 count in the bottom of the seventh, South Kortright’s Conor Woznick lined a shot to center field. His teammate Chris Champlin was already running towards home to score the game-winning run. The walk-off hit by Woznick left Afton on the wrong end of a 7-6 loss to Rams of South Kortright on Monday.

The game was tied at 6-6 with and the Rams were down to their final out as Afton’s Colin Nabinger picked up two strikeouts on the first two batter faced in the inning. Champlin, however, hit the ball to the Crimson Knights’ shortstop and reach on an error.

The next batter for South Kortright was Derek Burns. He drew a walk off Nabinger, giving the Rams two runners for Woznick.

South Kortright took the 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second off but Afton answered one inning later with three runs of their own, taking a one run lead.

The Crimson Knight lead came because of Tyler King’s line drive single to center field, scoring Damion Relyea and Zack Alford. In the at-bat before, Relyea sent a shot to center field, scoring Brody Oleksak from second. 

The Rams took the lead back with four runs in the bottom half of the frame, making the score 6-3.

In the fourth, Afton tacked on another run, cutting the lead down to two runs. As the Crimson Knights held South Kortright scoreless in the bottom of the inning, Afton added another two runs in the fifth to tie the game at 6-6.

Afton recorded 13 hits in the game while South Kortright only had six. Eight of the Crimson Knights hits came off the Rams starter Kenton Pickett.

Relyea led the Crimson Knight offense, going 3-for-4 with two RBIs. King ended his day hitting 2-for-4 with a double and teammate Antonio Derrigo recorded the other double for the Knights, finishing 2-for-3 at the plate. Vince Caiati also had two hits in the game.