(courtesy of the Hornell Evening Tribune)

 

Dodgers split weekend, five headed to All-Star game tonight

(From staff reports)

The Hornell Dodgers split both of their doubleheaders this weekend against Cortland and Watertown on both Saturday and Sunday, respectively. Hornell took a 5-3 advantage in the top of the seventh inning against Cortland of the first game Saturday, only to have Cortland come back with two runs in the bottom half of the inning and win the game with a run in the bottom of the eighth. Alex Lewis went 2-for-3 with a double, Doug Hargett was 2-for-4 with a triple, Bryan Swift had a pinch-hit, two-run triple in the sixth inning and Dwayne Hammond hit a two-run double in the seventh. Matt Wagner struck out six and allowed just one hit to pick up the win in the second game on Saturday. Hammond was 2-for-3 with a run scored and a stolen base, while Lewis had a two-run double in the second inning. Dan Stewart was the hard-luck loser in the first game against Watertown on Sunday, as the Dodgers outhit the Wizards 4-3, but also committed two key errors. In the second game, Hornell made up for its lack of offense in Game 1 by scoring six runs and limiting Watertown to just one. Darryl Chever was 2-for-3 with a stolen base, Larry Best-Berfett went 2-for-4 with a stolen base, while Lewis struck again, hitting a double and driving in two runs. Hornell is now 13-13 on the season. They will take a break tonight, as the NYCBL All-Star game is being played at McDonough Park in Geneva. Matt Burke will be managing the Western Division team, and Hornell will be represented by five players. Aaron Williams, Darryl Chever, Matt Wagner, Ryan Barnett and Nick Silgendahl will all be playing in the All-Star game tonight. The NYCBL All-Star game will be televised on the Empire Sports Network at 7 p.m.

Saturday vs. Cortland Game 1 (8inn)

Hornell 100 002 20 - 5 8 4

Cortland 003 000 21 - 6 6 2

H - VanGorder, Bowler (3),

Noda (6, LP), and Cook, Mann (6).

C - Ayers, Stieger (6, WP) and Newell

Game 2

Hornell 031 000 0 - 4 4 0

Cortland 000 000 0 - 0 1 2

H - Wagner (WP) and Mann.

C - Marascia (LP) Haas (6) and Burruff. Sunday vs. Watertown

Game 1

Hornell 000 000 0 - 0 4 2

Watertown 020 000 x - 2 3 0

H - Stewart (LP) and Mann.

W - Sotring (WP) and Rybczak

Game 2

Hornell 010 320 0 - 6 9 1

Watertown 000 100 0 - 1 6 2

H - Smith (WP), Lisenbe (6), Carr (7) and Cook.

W - Hardman

(LP), Meachem (6) and Rybczak.