By PAUL GOTHAM OLEAN, N.Y. -- It was a promise more than three months in the making, and Olean’s Austin Bizzle (Alabama St.) made good on his word. Bizzle went the distance Saturday night in front of 2,000 at Bradner Stadium as the Olean Oilers opened the 2015 New York Collegiate Baseball League season with a 5-0 victory over the reigning champion Hornell Dodgers. “He … [Read more...] about Bizzle hurls Olean to opening night triumph
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Oliveros leads Wings to split
Courtesy of RedWingsBaseball.com ROCHESTER, NY – The Rochester Red Wings and Syracuse Chiefs split a Saturday afternoon doubleheader at Frontier Field. Danny Ortiz hit a two-run homer in the Wings’ 5-4 first game loss; Lester Oliveros struck out nine in four innings to lead the Wings to a 5-2 game two win and the split. Game One: Reynaldo Rodriguez’s hit streak was … [Read more...] about Oliveros leads Wings to split
Sean Pisik, Adam Scott and the NYCBL rundown
Keeping up with this summer's NYCBL roster. Scott (Oneonta) throws complete game shutout SPARTANBURG, S.C. – On a cold and wet Sunday afternoon, the Wofford College baseball team defeated Harvard 7-0 at Russell C. King Field. Freshman pitcher Adam Scott threw a complete game shutout for the Terriers and the offense scored seven runs on nine hits. Read more... Dilts and … [Read more...] about Sean Pisik, Adam Scott and the NYCBL rundown
Tribune bats wear out Finger Lakes
By PAUL GOTHAM ROCHESTER, NY -- For the first three innings of Tuesday's doubleheader, the Monroe Community College Tribunes managed just one hit and failed to score a run. The Tribunes exploded for runs in six of their next seven at bats. Jimmy Latona paced a relentless offense that pounded out 24 hits as Monroe swept the Finger Lakes Community College Lakers 7-1/17-0 … [Read more...] about Tribune bats wear out Finger Lakes
Hunter Pence, J.D. Martinez, Tyler Brunneman and the NYCBL rundown
Keeping up with the NYCBL alum. Hunter Pence (Schenectady '02) and heckling in the internet age Hunter Pence, the lanky, affable outfielder for the San Francisco Giants, is widely admired for his abilities on the field and for his quirkiness off of it. He was selected, for the second straight year, as the Giants’ winner of the Heart & Hustle award, given by the … [Read more...] about Hunter Pence, J.D. Martinez, Tyler Brunneman and the NYCBL rundown