Weekend Wrap: Clark's big day leads Hilton; Livonia and Pal-Mac hold off rallies
Pickin' Splinters
SATURDAY
PITTSFORD MENDON (10-6) 10
GREECE ATHENA (14-4) 9
Trailing 9-5, Mendon mustered five runs to stun Athena in the seventh. Down by three with bases loaded, Daniel Palumbo lined a bases-clearing triple to right to tie the game. Sam Gines followed with a single to take the lead for Mendon and Trey Wallman closed out the game on six pitches for the victory. Cameron Blauvelt and Brendan Kane both finished with three hits and a run scored. Palumbo and Gines each had two hits along with six combined RBI. Tyler Procious, Collin Clark and Brady Miller each contributed two hits as well. Procious and Miller added three and two runs, respectively. Eric Roets tossed three and a third innings in relief. He struck out two, walked eight and allowed two runs on zero hits against. Jaden Madrid was the only player to have multiple hits for Athena. He went 2-for-3 with three runs scored, a RBI and a walk. Connor Osier drilled a three-run shot in the second to put Athena up 7-3. Dylan Bliss and Matt Tallini had a hit and run scored apiece as well.
YORK (9-5) 1
NORTHSTAR CHRISTIAN/HOPE HALL (12-3) 8
Steven Merkel hit his fourth homer of the year in part of a three-hit performance to lead Northstar over York. Gage Wheaton suppressed the opposing offense with 11 strikeouts in four innings of work. Bryce Tyndall filled in for the final two innings on the mound and finished 2-for-3 at the plate. Sophomore Dominic Kurmis went 2-for-4 with a double for Northstar as well. David Cuozzo went 2-for-3 with three stolen bases and the lone run scored for York. Clayton Harris was responsible for driving him in.
HORSEHEADS (15-4) 9
VICTOR (9-10) 11
Andrew Haugh and Aidan Schlarbaum led the offense in game one of the doubleheader. Both went 3-for-4 with a run batted in. Will Tehan, Mason Haarr and Ian Meeks all registered two hits. Haarr contributed four RBI and Meeks added two. Christian Brown tossed four innings for Victor and was relieved by Pierce Mehigan who earned the win over two innings. Danny Melendez picked up the save with three consecutive strikeouts.
HORSEHEADS (15-5) 7
VICTOR (10-10) 8
Ben Weingart finished 3-for-4 with two RBI to extend Victor’s win streak to three games. Jayden Morrell and Andrew Haugh each had two hits. Freshman reliever Weston Elkovitch picked up his first varsity level win with three and two-thirds innings pitched, allowing one hit and striking out three.
PERRY (0-11) 4
BATH-HAVERLING (8-6) 20
The Rams jumped out to an 18-0 lead by the second inning to make quick work of Perry in its final game of the regular season. Ten players for Haverling registered a hit in the four-and-a-half innings of play. Cayden Mattison, Brendan Strong and Gavin Buckley bolstered the offense with three hits apiece. They combined for 10 runs, six RBI and four doubles. Hunter Pickering and Dylan Simons each had two hits, a run scored with four and three RBI, respectively. Nate Musso tallied a hit, crossed home three times and added two RBI. Zach Musso, Owen Smith and AJ Brotz all went 1-for-2 and combined for two runs and two RBI. Zohlan Moran also had a hit and run scored. Brotz earned the win after throwing two innings with a strikeout and two hits allowed on 17 pitches. Mattison, Pickering and Nate Musso each threw an inning in relief.
GANANDA (15-3) 14
LYONS (2-10) 3
Dylan Dohse and Patrick Walsh combined for eight RBI and five runs to lead Gananda over Lyons in four-and-a-half innings. After a leadoff walk from Dohse, Walsh got the Blue Panthers on the board with a two run-shot. The pair finished with three and two hits, respectively. Luke Ciprich also had a multi-hit day, finishing with two hits, two runs and two RBI. Sam O’Neil registered a hit, run and RBI in the contest as well for Gananda. After allowing two runs on three hits and a walk in the opening frame, Gananda’s Andrew Gleason held Lyons to a hit and a run over the next three innings. Ciprich threw one inning with a strikeout in relief.
SODUS (10-5) 3
LYONS (3-10) 4
Donovan Fillmore and Trent Orrange-Paton both went 2-for-4 for Sodus. Austin Cincinello added a hit as well.
CUBA-RUSHFORD (10-5) 6
WELLSVILLE (7-4) 16
Liam McKinley collected three hits with two doubles and three RBI to lead Wellsville over Cuba-Rushford. Logan Dunbar drove in four with two singles and a walk. Alex Ordiway finished 2-for-3 with two RBI and two runs scored. Cody Costello, Tim Jones and Dom Sawyer each had a hit and two runs scored for the Lions. Jeremiah Havens tossed three-and-a-third innings and allowed one run on five hits, a walk and three strikeouts. Wellsville trailed 5-2 in the fourth before exploding for eight runs in the fourth, two in the fifth and four in the sixth. The hit total finished 10-9 in Wellsville’s favor and the game was called in the sixth inning due to mercy rule.
ARKPORT (7-5) 7
WELLSVILLE (8-4) 8
Logan Dunbar and Jeremiah Havens combined for six-and-two-thirds innings of one-hit baseball to allow Wellsville to steal a win in extras. Dunbar threw the first three to start, striking out six, walking one and allowing no hits against. Havens entered an inning later in a 7-7 ballgame and proceeded to close out the close out the game into the eighth. Havens compiled eight strikeouts and allowed just one hit in three-and-two-thirds. Alex Ordiway spearheaded the offense with two hits, a double, a run scored and three RBI. Alex Green also had a multi-hit day with two singles and a run scored. Liam McKinley worked three walks, scored a run, slapped a single and drove in a runner. John Layfield also had a hit and run scored for the Lions.
HOLLEY/KENDALL (3-10) 0
LYNDONVILLE (11-3) 13
FILLMORE (10-4) 19
WHITESVILLE (0-10) 3
BELFAST (7-5) 16
HINSDALE (1-11) 4
BELFAST (8-5) 15
ARCHBISHOP WALSH (VI) 0
BYRON-BERGEN (4-10) 1
ATTICA (11-4) 11
LETCHWORTH (4-10) 0
LEROY (6-9) 13
CANISTEO-GREENWOOD (3-8) 2
CAMPBELL-SAVONA (6-3) 6
BLOOMFIELD (7-5) 2
NAPLES (8-6) 5
Declan Smith had two hits in the loss for Bloomfield. Aaron Walsh, Cal Rogers and Eric Sandle each contributed a hit as well. Walsh tossed six innings and gave up four earned runs. Naples' Owen Hulbert went 3-for-3 in the winning effort.
MARION (5-9) 15
EAST ROCHESTER (8-8) 4
BLOOMFIELD (7-6) 1
RED JACKET (13-2-1) 5
FRIDAY
HILTON (11-7) 10
PENFIELD (17-3) 5
Carter Clark went 4-for-4 at the plate with two singles, a double and a home run and six RBI for the Cadets and also earned the victory on the mound, striking out seven, while scattering five hits. Tyler Cerame also homered and pitched the final two innings for Hilton. The Cadets got four in the first, highlighted by Cerame’s three-run homer. Clark then hit a two-run double in the third and a two-run homer in the fifth. The Patriots got three of their five runs in the sixth on a Gage Ziehl single, a double play grounder and a wild pitch. Ziehl also homered in the first inning for Penfield.
GATES-CHILI (8-12) 0
WEBSTER THOMAS (14-4) 1
Mitchell Kelly scored the only run of the game on an error in the third inning. The Titans used five pitchers, who scattered five hits and struck out 12, Ian McNabb earning the victory. Ryan Kilner went the distance for the Spartans, allowing only four hits and striking out eight.
VICTOR (8-10) 15
BRIGHTON (4-11) 1
Mason Haarr earned the win for the Blue Devils, going four innings with no walks and striking out three. Ben Weingart went 3-for-3 with four RBI and Ethan Behnke added three hits. Christian Brown, Ian Meeks, Andrew Haugh and Jayden Morrell all had two hits for Victor.
FAIRPORT (10-8) 20
GREECE OLYMPIA/ODYSSEY (2-15) 0
Braden Consaul hit two home runs, driving in four and also picked up the victory on the mound, striking out 11 in four innings while allowing one hit for the Red Raiders. James Stanek also homered, driving in five for Fairport, who put up nine runs in the fourth inning. The Red Raiders finish the regular season with five wins in their last seven games.
GREECE ARCADIA (2-15) 1
EASTRIDGE (3-16) 9
The Lancers got on the board with an Evan Brown two-run single in the first. They tacked on two in the second and then four more in the fourth on RBI singles from Tom Bareham, Brown and Brennan Russo. P.J. Cutaia went the distance on the mound for the Lancers, allowing five hits, one unearned run and striking out seven. Tyler Reichert scored the Titans’ run on a passed ball in the seventh. Keenan Calenzo collected three hits of Eastridge’s 12 hits in the game.
RCAC Championship
SCHOOL OF THE ARTS 8
EAST 5
Abel Austin hurled six-plus innings and his offense sent eight to the plate in a decisive four-run third. The game MVP retired the first five batters he faced and after a two-out rally pushed across a run in the second, he limited East to one more run over the next four innings. READ MORE.
RCAC Consolation Game
LEADERSHIP (1-13) 4
FRANKLIN (7-7) 14
Melqui Montalvo and Nextah Vega each went 3-for-3 with three runs scored and three RBI for the Quakers, one of Montalvo’s hits was a home run.
BATH-HAVERLING (7-6) 5
LIVONIA (11-3) 7
Tied 1-1 in the fifth, the Bulldogs strung together three straight hits with Shawn Minnehan bringing home Jake Smith with the go-ahead run. Alex Benitez added a two-run single in the sixth. Robbie Stewart added two hits and two RBI for Livonia. The Rams scored four in the seventh on four straight hits before Minnehan got the final out for the Bulldogs.
LYNDONVILLE (10-3) 19
ALEXANDER (7-8) 3
NOTRE DAME (12-4) 5
OAKFIELD-ALABAMA (11-2) 13
PEMBROKE (0-14) 0
ATTICA (10-4) 16
Freshman Wyatt Bryman pitched a five-inning no-hitter with seven strikeouts. Zack Strzelek added his fourth homer of the year and four RBI for the Blue Devils.
AVON (10-4) 7
PAVILION (6-8) 1
Jake Jones went two hitless innings, striking out four for the Braves to earn the win. He also started the scoring for Avon in the first with a double to score Xavi Rivera. Michael Rowland doubled home two in the second for the winning RBI. Hudson Volpe also had two hits and a run scored for Avon.
PERRY (0-12) 3
YORK (9-4) 8
Seniors David Cuozzo and Jake Van Wyk each went 3-for-3 on their Senior Night. Cuozzo stole four bases and each scored two runs for the Golden Knights. Clayton Harris, also a senior, drove in two runs as well.
GENESEO (2-10) 3
LEROY (5-9) 12
The Oatkan Knights had an eight-run fourth inning, highlighted by a Ty Strollo RBI double and a two-run double by John Panepento. LeRoy added four in the sixth, starting with a triple by Kenny Saunders. Geneseo scored all their runs in the fifth on an error and a two-run double by Zach Bzduch. Ethan Miller earned the win on the mound, allowing four hits over five innings and striking out seven.
PAL-MAC (13-2) 9
WAYNE (10-6) 7
The Red Raiders scored five runs in the top of the sixth, highlighted by a three-run triple by Noah Brooks for a 9-2 lead. The Eagles responded with a two-run triple from Brady Ruffell, an RBI single by Josh Armstrong and an inside-the-park home run from Michael Prentice. Alex Wootton and Paul Goodness had two hits each for Pal-Mac.
BLOOMFIELD (7-4-2) 1
RED JACKET (12-1-1) 1
HONEOYE (12-5) 6
RED JACKET (12-2-1) 5
Cam Allison went 4-for-4 at the plate with two RBIs and Charlie Farrell went five innings, allowing no earned runs and drove in two at the plate as well for the Bulldogs. Senior Quaid Griffin pitched the final two innings for the save. Mason Pollot and Trever Hill record two hits and an RBI each for the Indians. The Bulldogs finish the regular season with five wins in their last six games.
MIDLAKES (1-14) 4
GENEVA (10-4) 7
The Panthers scored all seven runs in the bottom of the sixth as Bryant Santiago drove in runs in both at-bats in the inning and Kevin Bucklin singled in two runs. The Screaming Eagles scored four in the fourth, John DeBoover had an RBI single and later scored on a passed ball.
NEWARK (10-5) 11
MYNDERSE (5-9) 0
SCIO/FRIENDSHIP (7-3) 14
WHITESVILLE (0-9) 1
ARKPORT/CANASERAGA (7-4-1) 3
AVOCA/PRATTSBURGH (13-1) 12
HAMMONDSPORT (0-11) 0
ADDISON (9-2) 10