By BILLY HEYEN ENDICOTT, N.Y. — For all intents and purposes, Friday’s fourth inning ended Victor’s season. The Blue Devils gave up five runs and used four different pitchers to get three outs. They needed to make up those five runs with just nine outs left against a pitcher with what Victor first baseman Chris Varone called a “lively” fastball and good slider and … [Read more...] about Victor’s state semifinal loss doesn’t wipe out ‘brotherhood’ of sectional champs
Andrew Westbrook
Westbrook complete game combines with homer, suicide squeeze to send Victor to state final four
By BILLY HEYEN ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Victor scored three runs on Saturday evening at Frontier Field. They came on two pitches that were at or above the top of the strike zone. Beyond pitch location, the at bats were almost nothing alike. The first was a two-run homer. The second was a successful suicide squeeze. Those two plays encompassed so much of what Victor baseball is … [Read more...] about Westbrook complete game combines with homer, suicide squeeze to send Victor to state final four
Previewing Victor vs. McQuaid in the Section V Class AA final
What: Section V Class AA sectional final Who: No. 1 seed Victor Blue Devils (17-5) vs. No. 2 seed McQuaid Knights (16-6) When: Saturday, May 26 at 10 a.m. Where: Frontier Field Probable starters Senior righthander Andrew Westbrook will start for Victor, Blue Devils head coach Sean Rucker said after their semifinal win Rucker speculated that lefthander Erik … [Read more...] about Previewing Victor vs. McQuaid in the Section V Class AA final
Moffatt, McQuaid outlast Victor
By PAUL GOTHAM VICTOR, N.Y. -- Donnie Moffatt hurled his second complete game in as many starts, and the McQuaid Jesuit Knights stole their way to a 6-4 come-from-behind win over the Victor Blue Devils in non-league action Saturday. Moffatt struck out nine and walked two as McQuaid won its sixth straight game. "He’s in mid-season form and just throwing well," McQuaid … [Read more...] about Moffatt, McQuaid outlast Victor