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UBL Wednesday: Boprey and Taylor lead DI Blue rally; quartet hurls 2-hitter for DI Red

July 31, 2019 by Carson Werner Leave a Comment

Top: Jack Scanlon leads off first while David Flood holds the bag. Josh Ferris looks in for the sign. Middle left: Will Russotti. Middle right: Ethan Hurwitz leads off second. Malakai Taylor gets ready for the pitch. Bottom: Shane Harisis delivers during the second game of the night.

DI BLUE 5
DI GOLD 3
Malakai Taylor (Mynderse) and Dylan Boprey (Hilton) collected an RBI apiece in a four-run seventh as DI Blue overcame a 3-1 for the come-from-behind victory. Taylor plated Grant Rodriguez (Rush-Henrietta) with a base hit and Boprey followed with a sacrifice fly.

 

Dylan Boprey’s sacrifice fly is part of 4-run 7th as DI Blue takes a 5-3 lead over DI Gold into the bottom of the 7th. pic.twitter.com/VsQ63kf0Ix

— Paul Gotham (@PickinSplinters) July 31, 2019


With two outs, DI Blue scored the first run of the game in the third on a double steal. Joseph Conroy (Bishop Kearney) scored while twin brother Paul Conroy (Bishop Kearney) advanced to second.

 

Conroy Special: Brothers Joey and Paul work the double steal to score the game’s first run. DI Blue 1 DI Gold 0 Middle of the third. pic.twitter.com/bDPpNcn7nH

— Paul Gotham (@PickinSplinters) July 31, 2019


Taking advantage of two errors, DI Gold scored two to take the lead in the bottom of the fourth. Jett Kopalek (Rush-Henrietta) had the lone hit in the inning, driving in Joseph Alphonse (Olympia) with a single.

 

Jett Kopalek gets DI Gold on the board with a single through the left side. pic.twitter.com/syFQ7Gieq2

— Paul Gotham (@PickinSplinters) July 31, 2019


William Russotti pitched the first five innings for DI Gold and gave up one run on two hits. Russotti struck out six.

 

Will Russotti pulls the string for the final out of the top of the 4th. Right-hander fanned 2 in a clean frame. pic.twitter.com/srpu0O5VuO

— Paul Gotham (@PickinSplinters) July 31, 2019


Jacob Keller (Churchville-Chili) had two RBI, scoring Ethan Hurwitz (Sutherland) both times. For the DI Blue, Jake Veniskey (Webster Thomas) tossed three innings of one-hit ball and struck out two in the process. Boprey struck out four over two innings and gave up one run on two hits. Blue worked four consecutive walks to start the decisive seventh inning.

DI RED 7
DI GREEN 3
Four pitchers combined on a two-hitter and DI Red scored four in the second inning to take a lead it did not surrender. DJ Stoianovich plated Jack Scanlon (Aquinas) and Jack VonAhnen (Webster Schroeder) with a bases-loaded single.

 

DJ Stoianovich gets the scoring started for DI Red with a single through the right side. Devyn Cannon comes up throwing from right field. pic.twitter.com/0YSnYTVNLf

— Paul Gotham (@PickinSplinters) August 1, 2019


Ryan Coughlin (Greece Athena) and Stoianovich scored later in the inning on an error. Shane Harisis (Eastridge) started and struck out six over three innings of work. The right-hander retired eight of the last nine he faced.

 

Shane Harisis gets the ground ball. Paul Sofinski finishes it off. Mid 3: DI Red 4 DI Green 2 pic.twitter.com/rjbJ2GvdLG

— Paul Gotham (@PickinSplinters) August 1, 2019


Nolan Schoenberger worked an inning and two-thirds of relief, fanning two in a clean fourth. Stoianovich set down four of the five batters he faced in a scoreless inning and a third of work while Andrew Treviso (Fairport) needed 10 pitches to close out the win. The right-hander struck out the final batter of the game.

 

Dan Tirabassi takes away a hit from DJ Stoianovich pic.twitter.com/os5p9l5YqW

— Paul Gotham (@PickinSplinters) August 1, 2019


Josh Ferris (Churchville-Chili) singled in DI Green’s two-run first. CJ Wiest (Brockport) drove in a run with a sacrifice fly. Max Stuver (McQuaid) drove in a run with two-out triple.

 

Max Stuver goes oppo for a 2-out RBI triple. pic.twitter.com/AwyYGoPs1i

— Paul Gotham (@PickinSplinters) August 1, 2019


Scanlon went 2-for-3 with two runs scored while VonAhnen tripled, walked twice and scored three runs.

 

Doubles out of the box, Jack Scanlon beats the tag at second to lead the bottom of the sixth. pic.twitter.com/e5njgTxPJS

— Paul Gotham (@PickinSplinters) August 1, 2019


Coughlin and Xavier Morales (Webster Schroeder) were the only other players to get a hit for Red. Tristan Murray collected an RBI with a sacrifice fly in the sixth.

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