Take Away: The Saints used a five-run second and added three more in the third frame to build an 8-1 lead and cruised from there, behind a strong outing from Byrne, to the home “W” over Greenwich.
Tamarac 6 Stillwater 3
WP: J. Smith 4 IP 1 Hits 1 ER 1 BB 8 K’s LP: A. Murray .2 IP 3 Hits 6 Runs 6 ER 5 BB’s 2 K’s
Hitting Stars: Bengals – N. Desso 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI’s A. Quackenbush 2-4, 2 RBI’s A. Shufon 2-3, 2B, RBI Stillwater – D. Kramek 2-4, 2 SB’s
Take Away: Tamarac scored all six runs in the top of the first and held off Stillwater the rest of the way to earn the road victory.
Mechanicville 5 Hoosick Falls 1
WP: AJ Messercola 6.1 IP 4 Hits 1 Run 0 ER 3 BB’s 13 K’s LP: Nichols 7 IP 6 Hits 5 Runs 4 ER 4 BB’s 4 K’s
WP: Lainey Bochette 5 IP 2 Hits 2 Runs 1 ER 4 BB’s 13 K’s LP: Keller 2.2 IP 6 Hits 12 Runs 1 ER 5 BB’s 6 K’s
Hitting Stars: Valley – E. Waldron 2-3, HR, 2 RBI’s Lainey Bochette 2-2, 2B, 4 RBI’s 2 SB L. Gibson 2-2, 2B, RBI Cambridge – Zimmerman 1-3
Take Away: Leading 5-2 after one inning of play, the Valley scored 14 times over the next three frames to notch the one-sided home “W”.
Tamarac 16 Stillwater 0
WP: Erin Lee 3 IP 1 Hit 0 Runs 1 BB 2 K’s LP: P. Chatt 5 IP 9 Hits 16 Runs 4 ER 3 BB’s 1 K
Hitting Stars: Bengals – A. Ferris 2-4, 2B, 5 RBI’s C. Kautz 2-4, 2B, RBI A. Tomaro 1-4, HR, 3 RBI’s
Take Away: Tamarac ran out to a 12-0 lead after two frames and cruised from there to the road win over Stillwater. Tamarac bats rattled for nine hits with seven Bengals filling the hit column.
Waterford 8 Berlin/New Lebanon 2
WP: T. Machia 7 IP 2 Hits 2 Runs 1 ER 3 BB’s 9 K’s LP: L. Turetsky 4 IP 4 Hits 6 Runs 4 ER 2 BB’s 5 K’s
Hitting Stars: Fordians – T. Fraim 2-3, 3 SB’s T. Philo 2-4, 2 RBI’s N. Bailey 1-3, 3 RBI’s B/NL – L. Turetsky 1-3, RBI
Take Away: The Fordian plated three in the first, added a pair of runs in the second and never looked back in posting the home “W” on Thursday.
Stillwater 15 Watervliet 4
WP: J. Luskin 4 IP 2 Hits 0 Runs 3 BB’s 3 K’s LP: B. Kelly 3 IP 3 Hits 6 Runs 3 ER 8 BB’s 4 K’s
Hitting Stars: Stillwater – D. Kramek 2-4, 4 RBI’s A. Murray 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI’s J. Luskin 2-4, RBI D. West 1-3, 2 RBI’s Vliet – L. Soroka 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI’s
Take Away: Stillwater parlayed 10 hits, 14 free passes and 5 Watervliet errors into 15 runs and the road win on Thursday.
Hartford 8 Stillwater 4 Wednesday
WP: Durkee 3 IP 4 Hits 2 Runs 2 ER 3 BB’s 2 K’s LP: K. Burdo 1.1 IP 2 Hits 3 Runs 3 ER 6 BB’s 2 K’s
Hitting Stars: Tanagers – G. Durkee 3-3, 2B, 3 RBI’s A. Swezey 2-4, RBI D. Happy 1-2, 2B Stillwater – D. Kramek 3-4, 2 RBI’s 2 SB’s T. West 1-3, 2B
Take Away: Nursing a 3-2 advantage entering the bottom of the fifth, Hartford plated four in the frame and held off Stillwater the rest of the way to notch the home win.
WP: R. Pelizza 6 IP 6 Hits 2 ER 2 BB’s 4 K’s LP: T. Karz 3.1 IP 4 Hits 4 Runs 3 ER 5 BB’s 3 K’s
Hitting Stars: IC – G. Graham 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI’s G. Reardon 1-3, RBI Bengals – J. Smith 2-4, 2B, HR, RBI D. Gerik 1-3, 2B, RBI N. Desso 2-3 D. Plante 2-3
Take Away: Crane built a 3-0 advantage after three innings and rode that cushion to the home win over the Bengals. Tamarac outhit their hosts 8-6 but Crane took advantage of seven walks, and three Bengal errors while stealing seven bases in the victory.
Shaker 5 Spa Catholic 0
WP: Jay Bailey LP: Carson Mosher
Hitting Stars: Shaker Kirin Casey 1B Saints – Kihl Kelly 2-3
Take Away: The Saints pitching allowed just one hit in the game, but Shaker parlayed 11 walks and a HBP into five runs and a road win in Saratoga. Spa Catholic’s Carson Mosher and Luke Dejnozka combined for 15 strikeouts in the loss.
Take Away: Greenwich led 6-0 after two frames and rode that cushion to the nonleague “W” over Fort Plain/ Canjo. The Witches outhit their guests 9-4 and also played errorless baseball in the win.
Stillwater 7 Ft. Ann 5
WP: D. Kramek 2 IP 4 Hits 2 ER 1 BB 4 K’s S. Havens 2 IP 3 Hits 4 ER 4 BB’s 5 K’s
Hitting Stars: Stillwater – D. West 2-4, 2B, RBI R. Brown 2-4 A. Murray 1-3, 2 RBI’s L. Anuszewski 2-3, 2 2B’s, RBI
Take Away: In a game tied at 3-3 entering the final frame, Stillwater plated four in the top half and held off the Cardinals in the bottom of the inning to notch the nonleague road win.
Tamarac 20 Waterloo 19 (8) (Friday)
WP: C. Hawk 3 IP 6 Hits 8 Runs 3 ER 5 BB’s 4 K’s LP: J. Clefre 2.1 IP 4 Hits 8 Runs 1 ER 6 BB’s 2 K’s
Hitting Stars: Bengals – J. Smith 2-2, 2 3B’s, 4 RBI’s K. Blakesley 2-5, 2B, 3 RBI’s N. Desso 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI’s T. Karz 2-5, 3B Waterloo – K. Mahoney 4-5, 3B, 5 RBI’s R. Tam 3-6, RBI
Take Away: In a wild that saw 39 runs, 25 hits, 26 walks, and 16 errors, Tamarac pushed across the winning run in the bottom of the eighth to earn the victory at Clum’s Corners.
Take Away: In a close game throughout, Spencer Tate drilled a two-out walk off single to give the Falls the well-earned “W” over Thomas Edison in a game played at the Lumber Yard Complex in Cortland.
Softball
Tamarac 8 Shaker 5 Saturday
WP: Toni DeLorenzo 7 IP 6 Hits 3 ER 6 BB’s 3 K’s LP: Cherninsky 7 IP 10 Hits 8 Runs 7 BB’s 9 K’s