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
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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
Victor bats crush the ball en route to 15-2 win and rematch with McQuaid
By BILLY HEYEN ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Victor’s bats made loud contact all night long at Frontier Field. The loudest came in the bottom of the fifth inning with Chris Varone at the plate. The Blue Devils were up eight at the time, but after blowing a big lead in last year’s sectional semifinal, they weren’t going to let that happen again. Victor had already set its team-record … [Read more...] about Victor bats crush the ball en route to 15-2 win and rematch with McQuaid
Section V Roundup: Gines gives Brighton double vision; Irondequoit holds Churchville-Chili to five field goals in win and SOTA wins eighth straight
RUSH-HENRIETTA 0 FAIRPORT 6 Jake Schuler scattered six hits over six scoreless innings, and Fairport won its fourth straight game. Schuler struck out six and walked one. The senior right-hander worked out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the first getting a pop up and ground ball. At the plate, Schuler doubled, scored twice and drove in another run. Jackson Sullivan had two … [Read more...] about Section V Roundup: Gines gives Brighton double vision; Irondequoit holds Churchville-Chili to five field goals in win and SOTA wins eighth straight
Section V Roundup: Sutherland takes two; DiGiacomo paces Victor with HR
AMHERST (VI) 0 WEBSTER THOMAS 11 Junior Caden Hahn struck out seven and allowed one hit over six innings for the win. Derek Ogi had a two-run triple in the second to put the Titans up 2-0. In the third, Jim Marasco and Matt Stuewe had base hits and the Devin Mulcahy squeezed in the third run for the Titans. Justin LaLoggia plated two with a single and highlighted an … [Read more...] about Section V Roundup: Sutherland takes two; DiGiacomo paces Victor with HR