Titans Ninth Inning Rally Stuns Boulders
Published on May 31, 2022 under Frontier League (FL)
New York Boulders News Release
Rockland County, NY - The Ottawa Titans overcame a one-run ninth inning deficit and handed the host New York Boulders a 12-8 defeat on Tuesday night at Clover Stadium in Pomona.
Jacob Sanford opened the Ottawa ninth against New York closer Leo Pineda with a single, which was followed by a double by Brendon Dadson.
Clay Fisher's sacrifice fly scored Sanford with the tying run before Ty Greene's double plated Dadson with the lead run. After a Pineda wild pitch advanced Greene to third, a Will Zimmerman sacrifice fly scored Greene and increased the Titans' lead to 10-8.
After Jacob Talamante walked, Jackie Urbaez smacked his first home run of the season, a two-run shot to right, that pushed the Ottawa advantage to 12-8.
With the Boulders trailing 7-5 in the eighth, Titans' reliever Grant Larson surrendered singles to Gabriel Garcia and Jake MacKenzie around a booted groundball by second baseman Jackie Urbaez off the bat of Max Smith to load the bases. Larson then uncorked a wild pitch that scored Garcia.
Chris Kwitzer, with runners on second and third, then laced a single uo the middle to plate Smith with the tying run and MacKenzie with the lead run. The hit was Kwitzer's third of the night and his third and fourth RBI of the evening.
Ottawa had pushed across a pair of runs in the top of the seventh inning to snap a 5-5 tie, taking advantage of four free passes issued by Boulders' pitchers. With the bases loaded, Jacob Sanford hit into a fielder's choice that scored Urbaez. Then, three batters later, Ty Greene walked with the bases loaded to force in Rodrigo Orozco.
The Titans had seen a four-run first inning lead disappear. In the top of the first, Boulders' starter Alex Mack's errant pickoff at first base allowed Urbaez to score from third. Later in the inning, with two runners aboard, Brendon Dadson hit a three-run home run to right field to give Ottawa a 4-0 advantage.
The home run was Dadson's third of the season.
The Boulders, however, chipped away, getting one in the first on Tucker Nathans' league-leading eighth home run of the season, two in the second on MacKenzie's second homer of the year, then one in the fourth on Kwitzer's RBI single that knotted the game at 4-4 after four innings.
Ottawa moved back ahead at 5-4 in the fifth when A.J. Wright led off with a double, advanced to third on a Sanford groundout and scored on a Mack wild pitch.
In the home sixth, Kwitzer's two-out double scored Garcia, who singled leading off the frame.
Despite the bad eighth inning, Larson got the win to improve to 2-0 on the season, while Kevin Escorcia notched his fifth save of the season by tossing a scoreless ninth.
PIneda fell to 1-2 on the year with the loss.
Information regarding season tickets and packages for the Boulders' 2022 season are available by calling 845-364-0009 or sliding to www.NYBoulders.com.
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