DII BLUE (6-2) 4
DII RED (2-6) 3
Brady Beganny hit a go-ahead RBI double in the sixth inning as DII Blue rallied from an early 3-0 deficit. Beganny led the offense with a pair of base knocks and two RBI in three at-bats as DII Blue scored two runs in the fourth and sixth innings.
Brady Beganny gives DII Blue its first lead of the night with a one-out double in the sixth. @ubl_baseball pic.twitter.com/hDtrnuPLlR
— Paul Gotham (@PickinSplinters) August 30, 2021
Nicholas O’Toole (Greece Athena) drove in a run. Jacob Natale (Penfield) and Connor Smith (Webster Thomas) both collected a hit to assist the offense. Dylan Cole (Greece Athena) and Conor Forkey (Fairport) both drew a pair of walks and scored two runs. On the mound, Henry Shutts (Gananda) whiffed six batters in two hitless innings. Dylan Dumont (Webster Schroeder) and Natale both struck out a pair in two frames of relief. Smith earned the save with a scoreless inning. For DII Red, Joseph Guisto (Fairport) led with a hit and an RBI. Tommy Anken (Penfield) and Timothy Leary (Northstar Christian) both drove in a run. Jackson Frisa (Spencerport) scored two runs and legged out a base knock in a pair of plate appearances.
Jackson Frisa leads the third with a single and scores from first on a JoJo Guisto double to right center. @ubl_baseball pic.twitter.com/kdFx6zQ7EJ
— Paul Gotham (@PickinSplinters) August 30, 2021
On the bump, Anken started and pitched three shutout frames of two-hit ball.
No. 3 DI BLUE (4-6) 0
No. 1 DI RED (9-0) 6
Tommy DiFranco (Penfield) whiffed five batters over five frames of two-hit ball to lead DI Red to a championship victory and undefeated season. After allowing a leadoff single to start the contest, DiFranco settled in and retired 12 consecutive hitters. DiFranco limited the damage to a pair of singles and was the beneficiary of a pickoff to get him through his fifth and final inning. Overall, he recorded six outs on the ground and three in the air. DiFranco helped his own cause at the dish with an RBI single as part of a four-run fourth. He added two runs scored and a walk as well.
Tommy DiFranco works a 1-2-3 second. No score heading to the bottom of the second in the 2021 @ubl_baseball Championship Game. pic.twitter.com/YpeKvr12Xk
— Paul Gotham (@PickinSplinters) August 31, 2021
James Poligone (Fairport) led the offense with a two-run double. Steven Merkel (Northstar Christian) drove in a run and scored once. Zachary Harnischfeger (Greece Athena) and Nathan Zicari (Webster Thomas) both collected a pair of base knocks. Harnischfeger crossed the plate twice as well. Merkel and Tobey Wright (Rush-Henrietta) both had three strikeouts in their relief outings.
James Poligone plates 2 with a 2-out double to highlight a 4-run fourth. DI Red 4-0 2021 @ubl_baseball Championship Game. pic.twitter.com/rE8JFd5HG8
— Paul Gotham (@PickinSplinters) August 31, 2021
For DI Blue, Donovan Wallace (Greece Athena) compiled seven strikeouts over four innings. Blake Bucenec (Fairport) and Mason Haarr accounted for the team’s lone hits.
Leave a Reply