July 3
Saratoga Springs – The Saratoga Stampede lost their first home game in more than a year, as they split a double header to the Vermont Lakers, a college team, on Tuesday night.
The Stampede (17-4 American Legion, 19-6 overall) took the first game by a 2-0 score, as Ryan White, a Saratoga High School product, scattered six hits over six innings and struck out four batters while walking just one to earn the win.
The game went by quickly, as both starting pitchers carried shutouts into the fifth inning.
Both teams threatened, but could not come up with the key hit. In the top of the second, a two-out hit loaded the bases for Vermont, but White got former Stampede player Oliver Aldrich to ground out to Levi Washburn at shortstop to end the threat.
Saratoga answered in the bottom of the frame, as Chris Hackett opened the inning with a walk. A single by Ryan Washburn and a beautiful sacrifice bunt by Kyle Baldani put runners on second and third, but Zach Hartman’s grounder was played to home to cut down Hackett, and then Justin Wilock tapped one back to the mound, and Vermont pitcher Jeremy Gilchrist threw to the plate to end the inning.
In the top of the third, White surrendered back-to-back singles to start the inning, but then got Matt O’Rourke to fly out to Hackett in right, struck out Ted Mills, and enticed Dan Conley to groundout to Wilock at second to retire the side.
The Stampede broke through to end the scoreless tie in the fifth. Levi Washburn opened with a base hit up the middle, Wilock grounded out to first, and then Saratoga received four consecutive singles, by Zac Kozersky, Kenny Recore, Vince Farfaglia, and Hackett. Recore drove in Washburn and Farfaglia’s base hit to left plated Kozersky for the 2-0 lead.
That was all that White needed, as he gave up a leadoff single in the sixth, and then got the next three batters. In the seventh, he struck out Mike Jones, gave up an infield single to Anthony Angrasano, picked him off, and then ended the game by striking out Aldrich.
Vermont sent pitcher Stephen Shorml to the mound for game two, and he simply dominated the Stampede. He sent Saratoga down in order in the first, and then his club gave him a 1-0 lead to work with in the top of the second.
Shorml was even more impressive in the second, as he struck out Andy Brown, Baldani, and Hartman all in a row. After two innings Shorml had four strikeouts.
Stampede starter Chris Hackett pitched well in the third, but lost the strike zone in the fourth, walking the first three batters he faced. Three hits and a sac fly later, Vermont had built a 4-0 lead.
They added two more in the fifth, as two more walks came around to score, making it a 6-0 contest.
After Ryan Washburn struck out two and faced the minimum three batters in the sixth, the Lakers picked up their final two runs in the seventh off of Brown on four base hits, and the deficit was then 8-0.
Saratoga went quietly in the seventh, as Mat Tutthil struck out Farfaglia and Brown before Baldani scorched a line drive to short, and Scott Robinson timed his leap perfectly, robbing Baldani and ending the game.
Saratoga Springs – The Saratoga Stampede lost their first home game in more than a year, as they split a double header to the Vermont Lakers, a college team, on Tuesday night.
The Stampede (17-4 American Legion, 19-6 overall) took the first game by a 2-0 score, as Ryan White, a Saratoga High School product, scattered six hits over six innings and struck out four batters while walking just one to earn the win.
The game went by quickly, as both starting pitchers carried shutouts into the fifth inning.
Both teams threatened, but could not come up with the key hit. In the top of the second, a two-out hit loaded the bases for Vermont, but White got former Stampede player Oliver Aldrich to ground out to Levi Washburn at shortstop to end the threat.
Saratoga answered in the bottom of the frame, as Chris Hackett opened the inning with a walk. A single by Ryan Washburn and a beautiful sacrifice bunt by Kyle Baldani put runners on second and third, but Zach Hartman’s grounder was played to home to cut down Hackett, and then Justin Wilock tapped one back to the mound, and Vermont pitcher Jeremy Gilchrist threw to the plate to end the inning.
In the top of the third, White surrendered back-to-back singles to start the inning, but then got Matt O’Rourke to fly out to Hackett in right, struck out Ted Mills, and enticed Dan Conley to groundout to Wilock at second to retire the side.
The Stampede broke through to end the scoreless tie in the fifth. Levi Washburn opened with a base hit up the middle, Wilock grounded out to first, and then Saratoga received four consecutive singles, by Zac Kozersky, Kenny Recore, Vince Farfaglia, and Hackett. Recore drove in Washburn and Farfaglia’s base hit to left plated Kozersky for the 2-0 lead.
That was all that White needed, as he gave up a leadoff single in the sixth, and then got the next three batters. In the seventh, he struck out Mike Jones, gave up an infield single to Anthony Angrasano, picked him off, and then ended the game by striking out Aldrich.
Vermont sent pitcher Stephen Shorml to the mound for game two, and he simply dominated the Stampede. He sent Saratoga down in order in the first, and then his club gave him a 1-0 lead to work with in the top of the second.
Shorml was even more impressive in the second, as he struck out Andy Brown, Baldani, and Hartman all in a row. After two innings Shorml had four strikeouts.
Stampede starter Chris Hackett pitched well in the third, but lost the strike zone in the fourth, walking the first three batters he faced. Three hits and a sac fly later, Vermont had built a 4-0 lead.
They added two more in the fifth, as two more walks came around to score, making it a 6-0 contest.
After Ryan Washburn struck out two and faced the minimum three batters in the sixth, the Lakers picked up their final two runs in the seventh off of Brown on four base hits, and the deficit was then 8-0.
Saratoga went quietly in the seventh, as Mat Tutthil struck out Farfaglia and Brown before Baldani scorched a line drive to short, and Scott Robinson timed his leap perfectly, robbing Baldani and ending the game.
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