Black Bears cut Muckdogs lead to a half game
Contributed Photo – Julio Frias records one of his three strikeouts Friday night against West Virginia.
BATAVIA – The Batavia Muckdogs lead in the New York-Penn Pickney Division is down to a half game after a 9-3 loss to West Virginia on Friday night.
Batavia is on the road for three games starting today at Mahoning Valley. Then the all-star break before returning to Dwyer Stadium on August 22 to host State College.
Batavia’s Sean Reynolds blasted his 12th home run of the season on Friday and the 34th of his short minor league career in the fifth-inning in the loss.
J.D. Orr had two doubles and scored a run increasing his league-leading average to .379.
Harrison Dinicola hit his sixth double of the season while Dalvy Rosario had a RBI, and Andrew Turner singled in a run. Milton Smith II had the other Muckdog hit.
Julio Frias took the loss and is 4-3 on the season. He struck out three in four innings. Edison Suriel had six strikeouts in three innings of work giving up one run while Joey Steele struck out two in one inning and Evan Rebrand had two strikeouts without giving up a run in the ninth.
Batavia is 34-26 and West Virginia is 33-26.
