Muckdogs Win Pitchers Duel, Look for Series Sweep on Tuesday
June 26, 2018 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Batavia Muckdogs News Release
STATE COLLEGE, PA- Batavia won their first back-to-back games of the season in a pitcher's duel at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park did not see any runs cross the plate until the eighth inning. Logan Boyd had a masterful start in his five innings pitched but did not get a decision in the outing. He only gave up a total of two hits, which did not yield runs, nor did he issue any walks. He struck out four batters to keep State College scoreless through five.
Humberto Mejia came out of the bullpen in Monday's game after Boyd. Mejia was scheduled to start but worked from the bullpen to put the pitching rotation back on track after Saturday's game was rained out. Mejia's outing went three innings and kept the Batavia lead in tact in the eighth by only giving in two runs over the three innings he pitched. He did pick up the win to move to 1-1 on the season.
The Muckdogs' offense came to life in the top of the eighth after Harrison White worked a two-out walk. Demetrius Sims smoked a ball to third base that got past the third basemen Edwin Figuera and put runners on the corners with one out. Sims broke early for second and had an easy stolen base. Two runners were in scoring position for Michael Donadio who slipped a ball past the Spikes' infield while they were playing in Donadio picked up his second hit of his 2-4 day. That brought two runs around to score for the first of the game in the top of the eighth. Donadio tried to advance on the relay, but was thrown out at second base. After a JD Osborne walk, Reynolds crushed a ball to the right-center gap that brought another run to the plate to make it 3-0. Immediatley following that, Albert Guaimaro singled into center field to bring Reynolds in to finish the hit party in the eighth.
Two runs would cross for the Spikes in the bottom of the frame. One run would come to score on a Justin Toerner triple, and that would cut the Batavia lead in half.
In the ninth, the Muckdogs get one hit, but could not produce any runs from it. The bottom end of the frame would see one more run cross the plate. Jameson McGrane came on to pick up his first save of the season. However, it would take three walks and one run to get the job done.
Batavia looks to get their first sweep of the season with their final matchup of the series against State College. First pitch from Happy Valley is at 7:05 p.m., Batavia returns home to an off day on Wednesday before a home-and-home with Auburn this coming weekend.
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