Saints Advance to State Final, Mechanicville Falls in Semi’s

Saratoga Catholic 5   Burke Catholic 2

Hitting Stars:  Saints – Ronan Rowe 2-4, 3B, 2 RBI’s     Max Britten 1B, RBI

Take Away:  With the game tied 2-2 entering the final frame the Saints plated three, highlighted by Rowe’s run-scoring triple sending Spa Catholic to the Class C state title game on Saturday.  Carson Mosher and Luke Dejnozka combined on a four-hitter for the 26-1 Saints.  

Babylon 5   Mechanicville 4

Hitting Stars:  Babylon – John Stricoff 1B, RBI     Aiden Kistner 1B, RBI     Jake Ostertag 1B, RBI      Mechanicville – AJ Messercola 2 1B’s, 2B, 2 RBI’s     Jake Fedorowicz 1B, 2 RBI’s     

Take Away:  Mechanicville jumped out to a 4-0 lead after the first inning on two-run singles by Messercola and Fedorowicz but were kept off the board the rest of the way.  Babylon plated a pair in the third and tied the game in the fourth on RBI singles by Kistner and Ostertag.  Babylon took the lead in the seventh on an RBI single by Stricoff and Mechanicville was retired in order in the bottom half of the frame.

Mechanicville ends an outstanding year at 18-7 including Sectional and Regional titles.   

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