Contributed Photo – Batavia pitcher Easton Lucas struck out the first six batters of game 2 to set the tone of Batavia’s 6-3 win. The Muckdogs are 31-21 with a four game lead in first place.

WILLIAMSPORT, PA. – The Batavia Muckdogs ended a three-game losing streak with a doubleheader sweep of the Williamsport Crosscutters by identical scores of 6-3 on Wednesday night.

Despite a six-run first inning in game one and a huge clutch triple in game two, the story of the night was the dominating pitching performance of Easton Lucas.

The 6-foot-4 lefty, who was drafted in the 14th round this year by the Miami Marlins  out of Pepperdine, struck out the first six batters of the game as Batavia jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the second game.

Williamsport started the night with a six-game win streak.

Lucas struck out eight in 3.1 innings and walked one, gave up one hit and one run.  Lucas is 1-1 on the season with 26 strikeouts in 21 innings allowing just four walks and six runs all year with a 0.86 WHIP and a 2.57 ERA.

Geremy Galindez improved to 4-0 on the mound as he threw the final two innings of the second game, striking out one, did not walk a batter and gave up three hits.

Brock Love tossed 1.2 scoreless innings, striking out three without giving up a hit. Love is a 2019 draft pick of the Marlins out of the University of Alabama.

The big hit was from shortstop Dalvy Rosario, who broke a 2-2 tie in the final inning with a triple to centerfield.

Rosario finished with two hits and run while Andrew Turner was 2-for-4 with a run to increase his average to .283 (Turner had a 2-RBI single which was later ruled a fielders choice), Nic Ready had a RBI and scored while Jack Strunc had a RBI single and catcher Mikey Hernandez ripped a double.

Milton Smith II stole second and third, for 14 steals on the season while Rosario stole his 10th base of the season and Ready swiped his third steal.

In the first game, Batavia scored six runs in the top of the first to seal the 6-3 victory.

From there, four pitchers took over. Edgar Martinez went the first three, striking out three without allowing a walk, Josh Simpson picked up his first win of the season, going two innings and striking out two with no walks and one run, the first he has given up this season. His ERA is a minuscule 0.71. Simpson is a 6-foot-2 lefty out of Columbia and a 32nd round pick of the Marlins this year.

Joey Steele earned his third hold of the season, throwing one inning of shut out ball with two strikeouts, no walks and one hit.

Steele has a 0.00 ERA this season. The 6-foot-2 righty, a 30th round draft pick this year out of University of San Francisco has appeared in 12 games, thrown 11 innings with 18 strikeouts and one walk, not allowing a single run.

Evan Brabrand picked up his 11th save of the season, throwing the final inning, striking out one and not allowing a walk, run or hit. Brabrand, a 9th round pick out of Liberty this year, has made the most of his 14 appearances, going 2-1 with 11 saves, a 2.03 ERA and has struck out 18 in 13.1 innings.

At the plate, Julian Infante, a 36th round draft pick out of Vanderbilt this season, went 3-for-4 with a RBI double, a run and increased his average to .304.

J.D. Orr is hitting a lead-leading .383 as he had a RBI single, scored a run, walked and stole his 22nd base of the season.

Brayan Hernandez (RBI), Dustin Skelton and Strunc (RBI, run) all had hits.

Batavia is at State College Thursday, Friday and Saturday and return to Dwyer Stadium for a 5:05 p.m. game on Sunday with Mahoning Valley.

Contributed Photo – Ian Wagner

Ian Wagner, who will be a senior at Medina High this fall, captured top honors in the 16-18 age division at the Western New York Junior PGA Tour championship which concluded today at the Stafford Country Club.

Wagner scored a two stroke victory with a two day total of 153 on rounds of 74 and 79.

Wagner’s season on the Jr. PGA Tour included a win at the Fox Lane course in Lancaster.

Contributed Photo – Regular season A Division champion Banes Machine Shop/ Banes Plumbing’s lineup includes, in front, Connie Heschke, Donna Bane, Jessica Carpenter, Sue Seefeldt, Jen Masse and Grace Masse. In back are Kathy Allen, Lexi Neuman, Lindsay Chatt, Patti Page, Amy Allis and Jami Chatt. Missing from the photo are  Robin Blaun and Sarah Surdel.

Completing a perfect 12-0 regular season, champion Banes Machine Shop/ Banes Plumbing defeated Jr Wilson 11-6 Monday in a Medina Women’s Softball League A Division game.

Four run scoring bursts in both the first and third innings keyed Banes to the win.

A home run by Lindsay Chatt and a triple by Robin Blaun highlighted the first inning uprising which also included singles by Connie Heschke and Sue Seefeldt and a sacrifice fly by Kathy Allen.

A home run by Jen Masse and a triple by Chatt then sparked the third inning burst which also included singles by Seefeldt and Allen.

Banes later put a lock on the win by scoring three times in the fifth on singles by Seefeldt, Masse, Allen and Blaun.

Seefeldt finished with a total of 3 hits as Masse, Allen, Blaun and Chatt each had 2.

Banes next completes in the A Division playoffs on Saturday at Jr Wilson.

Final league standings
A League:  Bane’s 12-0,  Jr. Wilson’s I 9-3,  Tower Tattoo 7-5, White Birch 6-6,  Just Us 5-7,  Medina VFW 4-8,  Kozy Kab 0-12
B League:  NYSCOBA 11-1, Village Spin 8-4,  Jr. Wilson’s II 7-5,  Team Monte 5-7, Hojack’s 3-9,  Genesee Feeds 3-9,  Fats & Bats 3-9

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Taylor Bull, right, scored a goal for the Lady Rams in the win over Hamburg.

Closing out the season on a high note, the Lady Rams blanked host Hamburg 4-0 Monday evening in a Buffalo and Western New York Junior Soccer League girls U14 Division game.

The Lady Rams jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first half on goals by Nadia White and Maddie DiNieri.

Second half goals by Taylor Bull and White then put a firm lock on the victory.

Savanna Holt earned the shutout in goal.

The Lady Rams finish the league season with a 4-4-2 record.

There was a change at the top of the Thursday Night Traveling League standings at Hickory Ridge this past week as Mike Dillon and Jim Peglow had a big week to take over the top spot with 176 points.

Wes Bedford and Zack Burgess are in second with 170 points with Loyd Denniston and Don Draper close behind with 168.  The team of Dean Dibley and Ben Flansberg are in fourth and Chris Barry and Jake Froman take the fifth spot with 160 points

Low Gross for the night was Ken Hinkson with a 39.  Hinkson also had low net with a 30 and was joined by James Westphal at that score.  There were two birdies each for Hinkson, Josh Bennett and Gene Ashe.

The Ladies Night Out league that plays on Tuesday had some excellent scores this past week.  Low gross was Deb Wood with a spectacular 33.  Cheryl Ferguson came in second with an equally impressive 38.

Low net was Barb Downs with 30.  This is the second time this season that Downs took low net honors. Ferguson was second with 31 and Laura Shoup took third with 32.

Wood had three birdies and Ferguson and Dona Hazen one each.

Laurie Freeman and Linda Chrzan continue to lead the standings with 59 points.  Wood and Jan Palmer are in second with 57 with Hazen and Karen Berlew close behind with 56.

Men’s Wednesday Night League sees the duo of Ray Daniels and Tim Hendrickson on top with 63 points.  Bill Connolly and Larry Powers take second with 54 points while Larry Palmer and Steve Powers are in third with 52.5.  Rounding out the top five are Dick Taylor and Dave Polisoto at 52 points and AJ Gifaldi and Dave Petta with 49.

Low gross was shared by Connolly and Don Snyder at 38.  Snyder took low net honors with a 30.  Jim Zambito , Connolly and Snyder each recorded two birdies.

WILIAMSPORT, PA.  – The Batavia Muckdogs ran into the hottest team in the New York-Penn League on Monday, falling to the Williamsport Crosscutters, 9-3.

Batavia (29-21) could not overcome a four-run first inning as Williamsport won their  sixth straight and Batavia has dropped three. With the loss and a West Virginia win, Batavia now has a three game lead for first place in the Pinckney Division and trails Lowell by 1.5 games for the best overall record in the NYPL.

Leadoff hitter J.D. Orr, who is always good for at least one hit a game, went 4-for-5  to increase his NYPL leading average to .385 while scoring a run and stealing his 21st base. Orr is a 10th round draft pick of the Miami Marlins out of Wright State and has played left and center for the Muckdogs.

Troy Johnston (17th round pick out of Gonzaga this year) had two hits and a run while Albert Guiamaro is back in the lineup and belted a RBI double. Kobie Taylor, a 15th round pick out of Texas in 2016 by Miami came off the bench and since for the second game in a row.

Julian Infante (RBI, run), Harrison Dinicola (RBI) and Jack Stunc (RBI) also had hits.

Julio Frias dropped to 3-2 on the season, but went five innings and struck out six as his ERA is 2.79.

Edison Suriel was another bright spot, throwing a perfect ninth and striking out the side.

Batavia is at Williamsport for two more games before heading to West Virginia for three games and returning home on Sunday.

Contributed Photo – Melanie Green

Struggling on the back nine, Medina’s Melanie Green posted a three over par round of 75 today to open competition at the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship being held at the Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point, Miss.

Green got off to a strong start on the front nine posting a one under par score of 35. She registered birdies on the 1st, 3rd and 8th holes to more than offset bogeys on the 4th and 7th holes.

However, the back nine proved troublesome as she had a double bogey on 17, bogeys on 10, 11 and 13 and just one birdie, on 16, to post a four over par score of 40 and finish the day with a three over 75.

She is currently 8 shots behind co-leaders Michaela Morand and Andrea Lee who both carded 5 under par rounds of 67.

The field of 156 players will play another 18 hole round of stroke play on Tuesday after which the field will be cut to 64 for match play competition which begins on Wednesday.