State College nips Muckdogs 1-0
BATAVIA – The Batavia Muckdogs had outstanding pitching Saturday night but could not get a run across in a 1-0 loss to State College.
Batavia (37-30) keeps the half-game lead in first place in the New York-Penn League Pinckney Division as West Virginia (36-30) lost to Auburn.
Batavia is home today at 5:05 p.m. as it is kids day at the park.
Easton Lucas had a strong start for Batavia, throwing a no-hitter with one strikeout through 3.2 innings allowing two walks and no runs.
Bryan Hoeing took the hard-luck loss, giving up one run in 3.1 innings with two strikeouts and no walks. Josh Simpson tossed two shutout no-hit innings.
The offensive bright spot for Batavia was catcher Dustin Skelton who had two hits. Skelton was an 18th round draft pick of the Miami Marlins out of Mississippi State.
Harrison Dinicola and Julian Infante had hits.
Batavia is also home on Monday at 7:05 p.m. and Tuesday is a special 11:05 a.m. start.
