Albion wins 14U diamond playoff semifinal

Improving to 8-0, Albion bested Dansville 8-4 in the semifinal round of the GLOW League 14U Division baseball playoffs this evening.

Albion will now face the winner of the Alden vs. Cal-Mum semi in the championship game on Wednesday.

Albion took the lead for good with a quick first inning run as Brody Furness walked, stole second and third and came home on an error.

The lead jumped to 4-0 in the third inning as fielders choice plays off the bats of Kyler Bennett and Giovanni LaMartina and a ground out off the bat of Bryce Saxton. Lukas Snyder ignited the uprising with a single.

Albion added solo runs in the fourth inning on a steal of home by Robert Hickman and in the fifth on a groundout off the bat of Hudson Armer. Singles by Snyder and Bennett set up that threat.

Dansville did cut the deficit to 6-4 by scoring three runs with two outs in the top of the sixth on two wild pitches and an error but could get no closer.

Albion answered with two runs in the bottom of the sixth on RBI singles by Ethan Olles and Blake Brown to close out the win.

Defensively, Hickman turned an unassisted double play at first base in the second inning.

Brycen Potter earned the win on the mound allowing 2 hits and striking out 8 in 5 innings of work.