DELMAR, N.Y. \u2014 Host Bethlehem Central of Section 2 rallied from a 5-3 deficit to pull out a 6-5 non-league victory over Saugerties High\u2019s baseball team on Saturday, April 4.<\/p>\n
The Sawyers (1-1) led 5-3 before the hosts scored one run in the bottom of the fourth and two more in the fifth to take the lead for good.<\/p>\n
Graham Werwa took the loss on the mound for the Sawyers after giving up three hits and three earned runs in three innings. He struck out one batter.<\/p>\n
At the plate for the Sawyers, Ty VanValkenburg, Michael Gramoglia and Jesse Incalcaterra each drove in a run. Gramoglia had a double.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe played a good competitive game with Bethlehem,\u201d Saugerties coach Mike Pugliese said. \u201cWe had pretty competitive at-bats against some pitchers with good stuff. We stung some balls that found gloves.\u201d<\/p>\n
The game against Bethlehem Central, the 2024 New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) Class AA state champion, was the second straight game Saugerties played against a Section 2 opponent to open the season. The Sawyers beat Albany High 5-4 on Friday, April 3 at Cantine Field.<\/p>\n
\u201cOverall, a good few days for us defensively and challenging hitters by filling up the zone,\u201d Pugliese said.<\/p>\n
Dan Leach led Bethlehem at the plate with two doubles and three RBIs.<\/p>\n
Pitcher Evan O\u2019Connell picked up the win for Bethlehem Central (1-0-1). In two innings, he gave up one earned run. He walked three and struck out five batters.<\/p>\n
Saugerties will next host Pine Plains in a non-league game at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, April 6 at Cantine Field.<\/p>\n
New Paltz 4, Cortland 1
\nNew Paltz 6, Cambridge-Salem 1<\/p>\n
At Cortland, New Paltz High\u2019s baseball team swept a doubleheader on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The Huguenots beat host Cortland 4-1 in the opener at the Gutchess Lumber Sports Complex.<\/p>\n
With the game tied at 1-1, the Huguenots scored three runs in the top of the fifth to take a 4-1 lead. Giancarlo Reilly had a triple and one RBI and Nick Drewnowski knocked in the other run.<\/p>\n
Starter and winning pitcher Nash Byrne gave up four hits and one earned run in five innings for the Huguenots. He struck out 10 and walked two batters.<\/p>\n
In a 6-1 nightcap victory over Cambridge-Salem High, New Paltz wiped out a 1-0 deficit with three runs in the sixth and three more in seventh.<\/p>\n
Reilly went 2-for-4 at the plate with two RBIs for the Huguenots. Malcolm Dillehay was 2-for-3 with an RBI. Cole Maiale also drove in a run.<\/p>\n
New Paltz starter Jason Scotto was the winning pitcher after allowing two hits and one earned run in five innings. He walked one and struck out six.<\/p>\n
New Paltz will next host Poughkeepsie in a non-league game at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday, April 8.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DELMAR, N.Y. \u2014 Host Bethlehem Central of Section 2 rallied from a 5-3 deficit to pull out a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157961,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,241,237,726,30778],"class_list":{"0":"post-157960","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bethlehem","8":"tag-bethlehem","9":"tag-bethlehem-headlines","10":"tag-bethlehem-news","11":"tag-latest-headlines","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-ulster-county"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}