Saratoga Springs – Powered by Neil Callahan’s two home runs, the Saratoga Stampede defeated the Newburgh Nuclears 6-2 to win the 12th Annual Cooper’s Cave Tournament Sunday at East Side Rec.
Callahan, named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player, launched his first shot in the bottom of the first inning with Andy Brown on first base to give Saratoga a 2-0 lead.
Travis Wilson took the mound for the Stampede in the title game, and he had one of his finest outings of the season. Wilson kept the Newburgh bats silent, giving up a harmless single in the second, and then he did not allow another hit until the top of the fifth.
Saratoga made it a 3-0 contest in the second. Ryan Washburn walked to lead off the inning, and then brother Levi smacked a single up the middle to put runners on first and second. One out later, Brad Elliott laid down a beautiful bunt that plated Ryan Washburn to make it 3-0.
The Stampede kept the pressure on in the following inning, as Callahan’s second dinger to left field drove in Kenny Recore, who opened the inning with a base hit, and Andy Brown, who had drawn a walk, and the score was then 6-0.
Wilson ran into some hard luck in the sixth, and Newburgh took advantage of it. Josh Depew started the inning by hitting a shot to third base, and Chris Hackett misplayed it for a two-base error. Rick Pacione then reached on a swinging bunt infield single, putting runners on the corners. Wilson then threw a wild pitch that got past Recore, which doesn’t happen often, and Depew raced home to pull the Nuclears to within 6-1. After Jack Crawford flied out to Elliott in center, John DeGroodt lined a single to left to drive in Pacione and Newburgh was within 6-2. Wilson then took matters into his own hands and picked DeGroodt off of first, the second time he nailed a runner in the game.
In the seventh, Wilson caught Sean Griffin looking at a called third strike for the first out. Mark Corrado then popped out to Brown at short, and Saratoga was one out away from winning. But Newburgh wouldn’t go down without a fight, and after Vinny Moscato reached on an error and Tommy Hand doubled, the Nukes had some confidence back with runners on second and third.
But once again Wilson answered the call, and he struck out pinch hitter Sean Leahy to end the game.
The Stampede finished the tournament with a perfect 7-0 record, and they will next play at home on Friday night in a double header against Anaconda.
For the tournament, Callahan went 8-for-22 (.364), with two home runs, seven RBIs, seven runs scored, four doubles, and six walks.
Callahan, named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player, launched his first shot in the bottom of the first inning with Andy Brown on first base to give Saratoga a 2-0 lead.
Travis Wilson took the mound for the Stampede in the title game, and he had one of his finest outings of the season. Wilson kept the Newburgh bats silent, giving up a harmless single in the second, and then he did not allow another hit until the top of the fifth.
Saratoga made it a 3-0 contest in the second. Ryan Washburn walked to lead off the inning, and then brother Levi smacked a single up the middle to put runners on first and second. One out later, Brad Elliott laid down a beautiful bunt that plated Ryan Washburn to make it 3-0.
The Stampede kept the pressure on in the following inning, as Callahan’s second dinger to left field drove in Kenny Recore, who opened the inning with a base hit, and Andy Brown, who had drawn a walk, and the score was then 6-0.
Wilson ran into some hard luck in the sixth, and Newburgh took advantage of it. Josh Depew started the inning by hitting a shot to third base, and Chris Hackett misplayed it for a two-base error. Rick Pacione then reached on a swinging bunt infield single, putting runners on the corners. Wilson then threw a wild pitch that got past Recore, which doesn’t happen often, and Depew raced home to pull the Nuclears to within 6-1. After Jack Crawford flied out to Elliott in center, John DeGroodt lined a single to left to drive in Pacione and Newburgh was within 6-2. Wilson then took matters into his own hands and picked DeGroodt off of first, the second time he nailed a runner in the game.
In the seventh, Wilson caught Sean Griffin looking at a called third strike for the first out. Mark Corrado then popped out to Brown at short, and Saratoga was one out away from winning. But Newburgh wouldn’t go down without a fight, and after Vinny Moscato reached on an error and Tommy Hand doubled, the Nukes had some confidence back with runners on second and third.
But once again Wilson answered the call, and he struck out pinch hitter Sean Leahy to end the game.
The Stampede finished the tournament with a perfect 7-0 record, and they will next play at home on Friday night in a double header against Anaconda.
For the tournament, Callahan went 8-for-22 (.364), with two home runs, seven RBIs, seven runs scored, four doubles, and six walks.
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