Baseball

Round the bases: early spring action

Bulldogs’ bats come alive in first win of the season

By RICHARD A. ROSS

MONTICELLO, NY — For Sullivan West, a team looking to right the shi p after three straight losses, nothing could have provided a better tonic than a solid pitching effort.

Will O’Brien (1-0) delivered that remedy with a complete game performance on April 11 against Monticello. O’Brien allowed two runs on four hits. His effort was aided by the timely resurgence of the Bulldogs’ batters. Lloyd Shaffer, Jim Maloney, John Glassel and Joe Meyer each had two RBI. Garrett Owen, Kevin Brewer and Matt Berger drove in a run apiece as Sullivan West (1-3) batted .333 as a team against the Panthers. Julio Manguel went 2-for-2 and Trevor Gavin had an RBI for Monticello (1-1). The two teams were scheduled to hook up twice more this week, including games at Jeffersonville on April 12 and at Monticello on April 14. See next week’s River Reporter for results.

Fallsburg wins its season opener behind fine pitching from Gates

FALLSBURG, NY — Using control, changing speeds and his plane of pitches, Fallsburg’s Chris Gates buzzed through Livingston Manor’s lineup on April 7, allowing only three hits in six innings as the Comets (1-0) got off on the right foot in their opener against the Wildcats (0-1). Gates struck out six and went 1-4, and at bat he drove in two runs.

For most of the game, Gates and Manor’s Marvin Bonilla were locked in a pitching duel. Bonilla went 2-for-3. Teammates Kelly Lackey and Derek Irwin also registered hits for the Wildcats. Harris Seletsky, who pitched a hitless seventh inning, relieved Gates. Justin Kruckmeyer doubled and had two hits for Fallsburg.

The week’s results

Marlboro 6, Millbrook 1

John S. Burke Catholic 5, S.S. Seward 4

Saugerties 11, Liberty 0

Goshen 9, Liberty 0

Tuxedo 5, S.S. Seward 3

Chester 11, Chapel Field 10

Cornwall 7, Sullivan West 2

Monticello 5, James I. O’Neill 0

Chester 9, John S. Burke Catholic 8

Cornwall 15, Sullivan West 4

Millbrook 15, Ellenville 6

Highland 7, Rhinebeck 2

Marlboro 8, Rondout Valley 0

Eldred 3, Chapel Field 1 (Eldred’s Prunka allows 2 hits and strikes out 12)

Goshen 10, John S. Burke 9

Tri-Valley 10, Livingston Manor 5 (TV’s Brandon Scott: 2 hits, 2 RBI, 2 stolen bases)

Cornwall 6, Liberty 4

Tuxedo 12, JIO 3