Tigers win G-R diamond opener; Hornets rally for non league win over Purple Eagles

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Quincy McClinsey delivers a pitch for Lyndonville diring the Tigers league opening win over visiting Wheatland-Chili this afternoon.

Lyndonville opened the Genesee Region League baseball season on a high note this afternoon as the Tigers downed visiting Wheatland-Chili 14-4.

The Tigers scored 3 times in each of the first three innings and then put a lock on the win with 5 more in the fourth.

RBI hits by Austin Fonda and winning pitcher Quincy McClinsey highlighted the first inning scoring burst. Fonda and McClinsey also both had RBI hits in the big fourth inning.

McClinsey finished with 3 hits and 5 RBI and Fonda 2 hits and 3 RBI.

On the mound, McClinsey allowed 1 hit and struck out 7 in three and two-thirds innings of work.

Oakfield-Alabama 9, Albion 5
Trailing 5-3, Oakfield-Alabama rallied for 6 runs in the sixth inning to earn the non league win over visiting Albion.

The Hornets bunched four singles and a double into the decisive sixth inning uprising.

Kaiden Froman, Elliott Trapiss, Drew Prichard and Gavin Boyce each had a pair of hits for Albion.

Albion held leads of 3-0 and 5-3. Trapiss and Pritchard both had RBI hits in the fourth inning, Trapiss another RBI hit in the fifth and Pritchard and Viktor Snyder RBIs in the sixth.

Lyndonville’s Brandon Dill takes a throw at first base to get the out on Whealtland-Chili’s Sawyer Galajda.