Golden Eagles Win First of the Season

Bennington, NY- The Glens Falls Golden Eagles opened their road campaign with a win over the host Bennington Bombers by a score of 7-4.  The win gives Glens Falls a 1-1 record on the young NYCBL season.

 

Starting pitcher Will Hassett (Siena) went five innings, allowing only one run and scattering seven hits while striking out three.  Billy Barrett (Illinois) tossed the last four innings for the Golden Eagles.

 

Despite being out-hit 14-10 by the Bombers, the Golden Eagles made the most of their opportunities.  The green and yellow took the lead in a four-run fourth inning highlighted by a two-run single from shortstop Curt Courtwright (Missouri State).

 

The rest of the Golden Eagles offense came on a seventh inning run-scoring single by rightfielder Anthony Giansanti (Siena) and a Kody Johnson (Pima CC) run-scoring triple in the ninth.  Glens Falls also scored a run on an error in the ninth inning.  Second baseman Jon Koscso (South Florida) joined Courtwright, Giansanti and Johnson with two hits apiece.  The other Golden Eagle hits came from the bats of centerfielder Chad Stang (Midland) and Todd Brazeal (South Florida).

 

The Golden Eagles are next in action tomorrow, Sunday, June 8 as they play host to their I-87 rival Saratoga Phillies at 5 p.m. at East Field.

 

 

                      GLENS FALLS GOLDEN EAGLES at BENNINGTON BOMBERS

                     Jun 07, 2008 at BENNINGTON, VT (EPSTEIN FIELD)

 

  Glens Falls Golden Eagles 7 (1-1)             BENNINGTON BOMBERS 4 (0-1)

 

  Player                      AB  R  H BI       Player                      AB  R  H BI

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  STANG,CHAD cf..............  3  0  1  0       BERCUME cf.................  5  2  2  0

  GIANSANTI,ANTHONY rf.......  4  1  2  1       FREDETTE 2b................  3  1  1  0

  ROMERO,STEFEN lf...........  3  1  0  0       BERGMAN ss.................  5  0  4  1

  JOHNSON,KODY c.............  5  1  2  1       GROPPER c..................  4  1  1  0

  MCDOLE,EVAN 1b.............  4  1  0  0       DREXEL dh..................  4  0  1  2

  BRAZEAL,TODD dh............  4  1  1  0       POTTERC rf.................  3  0  1  1

  KOSCSO,JONATHAN 2b.........  4  1  2  1       HOBBES 1b..................  4  0  1  0

  LUKAS,JARETT 3b............  4  0  0  0       BURNS lf...................  5  0  2  0

  COURTWRIGHT,CURT ss........  4  1  2  2       STONE 3b...................  4  0  1  0

  HASSETT,WILL p.............  0  0  0  0       RAKUS p....................  0  0  0  0

   BARRETT,BILLY p...........  0  0  0  0        FYFFE p...................  0  0  0  0

                                                 SONBERG p.................  0  0  0  0

  Totals..................... 35  7 10  5       Totals..................... 37  4 14  4

 

  Score by Innings                    R  H  E

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  Glens Falls Golden E 000 400 102 -  7 10  1

  BENNINGTON BOMBERS.. 000 010 300 -  4 14  1

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  E - HASSETT; SONBERG. LOB - Golden Eagle 7; BOMBERS 11. 2B - GIANSANTI; HOBBES;

  BURNS 2. 3B - JOHNSON. HBP - ROMERO; POTTERC. SH - STANG. SB - STANG; COURTWRIGHT;

  BERGMAN; POTTERC 2. CS - GIANSANTI; BERCUME; FREDETTE 2.

 

  Glens Falls Golden E           IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO

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  HASSETT,WILL  W,1-0........   5.0  7  1  1  1  3   0  0  1  0   19 21   2  5

  BARRETT,BILLY .............   4.0  7  3  3  3  1   0  0  0  0   18 21   5  3

 

  BENNINGTON BOMBERS             IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO

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  RAKUS  L,0-1...............   3.2  5  4  4  2  5   0  0  0  0   16 18   4  2

  FYFFE .....................   2.2  2  1  1  2  2   1  0  1  0    8 12   1  3

  SONBERG ...................   2.2  3  2  2  0  3   0  0  0  0   11 11   1  3

 

  WP - FYFFE. HBP - by HASSETT (POTTERC); by FYFFE (ROMERO).

 

  Strikeouts - STANG 2; GIANSANTI; JOHNSON 2; BRAZEAL 3; COURTWRIGHT 2; DREXEL 2;

  POTTERC; HOBBES. Walks - STANG; GIANSANTI; ROMERO; MCDOLE; FREDETTE 2; GROPPER;

  DREXEL.