By RYAN PADDEN/Courtesy of HORNELLDODGERS.COM
HORNELL, N.Y. — The Hornell Dodgers collected 16 hits and cruised to a 15-6 win over the Rochester Ridgemen in New York Collegiate Baseball League at Maple City Park, Sunday.
The Dodgers took the lead early in the first. John Ricotta (Monroe CC) and Connor Brandon (Concordia-Chicago) each collected RBI singles to give the Dodgers the 2-0 lead.
In the third, the Ridgemen got their first run of the game scoring Devin Cerrato (Covenant) on a Dodger throwing error to cut into the Dodgers lead to 2-1.
The Dodgers answered back in the bottom end of the with three runs of their own. Ricotta collected an RBI double. Brandon hit an RBI ground out, and Ty Reginelli (Wofford) added an RBI single.
Joseph Done (Northwester) hit a solo homer in the fourth to cut it to 5-2, but the Dodgers offense got red hot in the fifth and put the game out of reach. Tanner Klein (Mansfield) got things going with an RBI single, Anthony Santoro (Monroe CC) and Mike Wick (Webster) added RBI doubles. Reginelli scored on a Ridgemen wild pitch. The Dodgers continued the big inning with a Adam Fitzgibbon (Saginaw Valley State) RBI double, a Ricotta two-run double, and a RBI single by Klein to make it 14-2.
Tage Johnson (Houghton) collected an RBI double in the sixth to make it 15-2.
The Ridgemen cut into the lead scoring three runs in the eighth. Done knocked in one on a single to left with Brooks Pitaniello (Harding) driving in one more with a single of his own. Casey Claflin (Northwestern Ohio) drove in the final run to cut the Dodgers lead to 15-5.
In the ninth the Ridgemen added on final run on a Jared Piper (Hillsdale) solo homer to straight away center making the score 15-6.
The Dodgers collected 16 hits on the night with Adam Fitzgibbon going 4-for-5 at the dish with one RBI and four runs scored.
For the Ridgemen, Done went 2-4 and Piper went 2-5 at the plate.
Connor Ryan (Mercyhurst) got the win on the mound for the Dodgers with seven innings of work. He allowed two runs on five hits. He walked one and struck out six.
The win improves the Dodgers to 20-21 and cuts their magic number to two for clinching a spot in the playoffs.
The loss takes the Ridgemen to 9-31 on the season.
The Dodgers will continue their two game home stand tomorrow night playing the Genesee Rapids at Maple City Park. The first pitch will be tossed out at 7 p.m.
Rochester hosts Olean for a 7 p.m. start at Basket Road Field.
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