Muckdogs share lead heading into finale
BATAVIA – It was a wild Sunday in the New York-Penn League Pinckney Division as the first-place Batavia Muckdogs fell to Auburn, 3-1 and West Virginia, who is tied with Batavia for first, lost to Mahoning Valley, 11-1.
As a result the teams are tied with 40-35 records. Batavia is at Auburn at 1:05 p.m. today and West Virginia is at Mahoning Valley at the same time.
Auburn took a 3-0 as Pedro Gonzalez tossed five innings of no-hit ball with six strikeouts.
Batavia scored as Dalvy Rosario doubled and scored on a J.D. Orr RBI.
But that was all the Muckdogs could muster. The pitching staff was solid as Jackson Rose took the hard-luck loss, going 4.2 innings with five strikeouts, no walks and a hit.
Josh Simpson went 2.1 innings with a strikeout and Jonakier Villalobos went two innings with a strikeout.
Orr stole two bases to give him 29 on the season while Milton Smith II stole his 20th base.
