By RYAN PADDEN/Courtesy: HORNELLDODGERS.COM
HORNELL, N.Y. — In a game with 33 total hits and a barrage of scoring the Hornell Dodgers fell to the Wellsville Nitros 16-9 in New York Collegiate Baseball League action at Maple City Park, Friday.
The Nitros came out and grabbed the early lead putting up two runs in the first. Harry Montero Jr. (Bloomfield) drove in a run on an RBI groundout while Jacob Sims (Roane State CC) collected an RBI single.
In the second, the Dodgers offense got red hot and took the lead with a six-run rally. Tage Johnson (Houghton), Mike Wick (Webster), and Jack Trotman (St. John Fisher) all collected RBI singles and Adam Fitzgibbon (Saginaw Valley) collected two RBI on a double down the left field line. Fitzgibbon stole home to complete the scoring in the inning.
The Nitros cut the Dodgers lead in the fourth on a two-out double by Sims. They tied it up with three in the fifth. Tyler Culpepper (Roane State CC) drove in one off an RBI infield single while Montero collected a two-out, two-run single to tie the game.
In the sixth, Nicolas Varda (Ashland) hit a two-out single to the left center gap to give the Nitros back the lead 7-6.
In the seventh, the Nitros tallied eight runs to put the game out of reach. After the Nitros had loaded the bases Sims drove in two with a single. Jacob Means (Cowley County CC) followed him with a single of his own driving in one. Sims then scored on a Dodger error while Varda connected on an RBI base hit to right.
Carson Schrode (Tennessee Martin) and Culpepper both earned RBI on fielder’s choice plays with Max Franzone (Dominican) scoring the final run with an RBI single to take the Nitros lead to 15-6
In the bottom half of the seventh the Dodgers chipped away at the Nitros lead putting two more runs on the board. John Ricotta (Monroe CC) capitalized on a Nitros error to reach base and scored when Zach Lopatka (Lackawanna) collected an RBI double to left.
The Nitros continued their scoring in the eighth adding another to their lead on a Varda sacrifice fly. The Dodgers got an RBI single from Ricotta in the bottom half of the inning but couldn’t get any closer.
The Dodgers had 16 hits on the night with Trotman and Johnson both going 3-for-5 at the dish with one RBI a piece.
The Nitros had 17 hits with Sims going 4-for-6 at the plate with four RBI and Franzone going 3-for-5.
On the mound the Nitros Michael DEletto (Central Methodist) got the win with 6.2 innings of work. He allowed eight runs on 12 hits and one walk while striking out two.
The win improves the Nitros to 22-22 while the loss brings the Dodgers to 21-23 on the year.
The Dodgers head to Olean to face the Oilers at Bradner Stadium, Saturday night. First pitch will be thrown out at 7 p.m.
Wellsville travels to Genesee to take on the Rapids for another 7 p.m. start.
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