Mohawk Valley Defeats Victor, 8-4, to Win PGCBL Championship
Published on August 6, 2015 under Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League (PGCBL) News Release
LITTLE FALLS--The Mohawk Valley DiamondDawgs have won their first PGCBL championship, beating the Victor RailRiders, 8-4, in Game Two of the PGCBL Championship Series.
The DiamondDawgs came back from a 4-1 deficit to sweep the RailRiders--the third time the PGCBL Championship Series has resulted in a sweep (2012 and 2014 being the others).
Chris Rave gave the DiamondDawgs an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning with a solo home run onto the bleachers in center field.
Victor responded in the top of the third on a Dale Wickham RBI single to right field, a fielder's choice, a wild pitch and an Evan Fernandez RBI single.
Mohawk Valley cut the lead to two in the bottom of the fourth as Ryan Stekl hit a leadoff triple into the right field corner and scored on a wild pitch. In the following inning, Anthony Herrera led off the frame with a triple into the left field corner and scored on a Matt Pagano RBI double to left field and Pagano scored on a Troy Scocca RBI single to tie the game at four.
The DiamondDawgs took the lead in the bottom of the sixth as Sam Machonis led off the inning with a broken-bat single, advanced to second on a Rave sac bunt and scored on an Andrew Turner RBI single through the left side. Rave came around to score an insurance run on a wild pitch for the DiamondDawgs in the bottom of the eighth after singling and going to third on a Colin Hawk double. Hawk scored on an Anthony Herrera RBI single up the middle to make it 7-4.
Mohawk Valley starter Adam Ashenfarb got the win after allowing four Victor runs (one earned) in 6.2 innings. The southpaw struck out four batters and gave up five hits--four being singles. Anthony Herrera came on in relief of Ashenfarb in the seventh and tossed 2.1 scoreless innings to notch the save for the second-straight game.
Victor starter Luke Tomczyk allowed the first four Mohawk Valley runs in 4.1 innings while registering six strikeouts as he got a no-decision. Dylan Swetman took the loss for the RailRiders as he gave up the go-ahead run in the bottom of the sixth.
PGCBL Champions
2011- Newark Pilots
2012- Amsterdam Mohawks
2013- Amsterdam Mohawks
2014- Amsterdam Mohawks
2015- Mohawk Valley DiamondDawgs
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