I've been busy with the SUNYAC Tournament and the kids at home (Noah got five stitches in his forehead last week, and Danielle had her sixth birthday and started t-ball). Been a few since the last update...
Congrats to Kenny Johnston being named All Tournmament. It could have gone to a number of guys. Lowe, Gallagher, Casilio and Nowak all had five hits in the series as well. We hit over .300 as a team facing the top arms in the conference.
The 9-8 loss to Oswego was tough. So many things happened in that game. An Oswego parent came up to a few of us after the game to say what a great game it was (easy for him to say). Back and forth and competitive, but certainly entertaining.
We had a few chances to add a few more runs. Brian Sheehan smoked a ball down the line for a sure double. Unfortunately, the Oswego firstbaseman was right there and it ended up being a line-drive double play. Johnny Bennett slipped rounding third, and that could have been another run. But if you know Bennett, he came right back and gunned down a runner at the plate to preserve a two-run lead late in the game.
Huggy took the loss on the mound, but he was out there because he is our top competitor. He threw three innings the day before and worked a quick 7th and 8th innings. There is not a player on our team that has earned more respect than Zach.
On the positive side, we had a great win over New Paltz. We faced their ace and perennial SUNYAC strikeout leader Chris Chismar, and got revenge for an early season 5-0 shutout he spun on us at the Wig.
The game started badly. A walk, an error on our pitcher Sean Larson (threw away a potential double-play ball) and a homerun put us in a 3-0 hole. Fortunately, Lars buckled down and the offense came around. He needs to work on his fielding. A big part of pitching.
Lars allowed one more run in the fifth and worked six complete.
We had a chance to score in the second inning. First and third and one out. An infield pop up and strikeout ended our rally, but the team did not panic.
Down 3-1, Kenny doubled in two runs in the third to tie the game. He then got a great jump in an attempt to steal third and scored easily to put us up, 4-3. Kenny never stops hustling. If he wasn't going, he would not have scored. Kenny drove in one more run in the top of the ninth to put us up two. Good thing, because New Paltz got the leadoff runner on.
Kyle Grey managed to end the threat. Kyle worked the final three innings and gave up one run.
We hit the ball against Cortland in the opening game, but had too many mental and physical errors to overcome. Erik Krohl had a couple hits. He came on strong with the bat at the end of the season. Sheehan added a couple hits. We had 10 as a team. Evan Carmello threw a scoreless eighth. He's pitched well down the stretch and both times against Cortland.
This week, its back to the books. Another week, and it'll be time for summer ball. The Fall Season is just around the corner.
I'd like to give a shout out to a couple of alums -- Jeremy Boylan and Tim Cowan. Jeremy works at the Ramada, in addition to being the local historian, in Cortland where we stayed. Tim was in Jeremy's his wedding. Tim (who lives in Fredonia) also drafted Danielle for t-ball this season. She is playing with Tim's sons, Matthew and Andrew. Two games in and Animal Hospital is 2-0! Great job, Tim.
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