By RYAN McDONOUGH OLEAN, N.Y. – The Rochester Ridgemen defeated the Olean Oilers, 9-5, in a New York Collegiate Baseball League game on July 18 at Bradner Stadium. Down 4-1 going into the top of the eighth inning, Rochester took the lead and broke the game open with eight runs. Aaron Vallance (Wayland Baptist) and Ryan O’Hearn (Hillsdale) highlighted the inning with a … [Read more...] about Rochester scores eight in the eighth, beats Olean
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Soria, Ridgemen stay in playoff hunt with sweep of Twins
By PAUL GOTHAM GENEVA, N.Y. -- Shane Soria (Westmont) brought home two runs including the game-winner in extra innings, and the Rochester Ridgemen came from behind to clinch a doubleheader sweep (6-3/6-4) of the Geneva Twins in New York Collegiate Baseball League action at McDonough Park, Tuesday. Soria plated Devan O'Bryan (St. Louis CC Meramec) and Alex Stack … [Read more...] about Soria, Ridgemen stay in playoff hunt with sweep of Twins
Valentin’s big day leads Ridgemen past streaking Twins
By CAMERON BOON WEBSTER, NY -- The most hits in a game Armando Valentin (Benedict) has had all season coming into Tuesday night’s affair with the Geneva Twins was three. His game-high for RBI in a game was two. Valentin broke the former and tied the latter with a 4-for-5 performance, driving in a pair of runs and delivering a huge 7-1 victory for his Rochester Ridgemen in … [Read more...] about Valentin’s big day leads Ridgemen past streaking Twins
Taute sparks Ridgemen to “Holy Wars” victory
By CAMERON BOON WEBSTER, N.Y. -- In his first eight offensive appearances for the Rochester Ridgemen, Tyler Taute’s (MidAmerica Nazarene) stat line was a less than impressive 2-for-17 with two runs scored, one RBI and a pair of strikeouts. In the two games since then, he is 3-for-7 with four RBI and Sunday night he had two of those. Taute's two-run triple down the right … [Read more...] about Taute sparks Ridgemen to “Holy Wars” victory
Ridgemen, Oilers use big innings to split DH
By CAMERON BOON WEBSTER, N.Y. -- One big inning can set the stage for an entire game, and in this case, it was two big innings that gave the Rochester Ridgemen and Olean Oilers a split of their doubleheader Saturday afternoon at Basket Road Field. Olean scored four runs in the fifth inning of game one to take a 4-2 victory, then Rochester answered with a three-run third in … [Read more...] about Ridgemen, Oilers use big innings to split DH