Golden Eagles Split Doubleheader With Albany
Seth
DeWitt & Andrew
Nadler
Glens
Falls Golden Eagles
July
22, 2011
Glens
Falls, NY – With another day of warm blistering heat striking East
Field Friday evening, the Glens Falls Golden Eagles split a
doubleheader with the Albany Dutchmen winning 4-3 in the first game
before falling 6-2 in the nightcap.
With
the bases loaded and one-out in the bottom of the seventh, second baseman Kyle Ruchim
(Northwestern) sent the game-winner into right center giving the
Golden Eagles a 4-3 come from behind victory over the Albany Dutchmen
in Game 1 of the doubleheader at East Field.
Golden
Eagles reliever Pete Noordsy (Wofford) pitched two scoreless innings
to improve to 3-0 on the season while Dutchmen reliever Zach Robinson
(Miami) allowed the winning run to score after tossing one and
one-third innings.
Ricky
Claudio (St. Thomas) led off the bottom of the seventh with a double
and Cody Lewis (San Diego) was intentionally walked setting up the
double play. With one-out, designated hitter JP Leto (Lauleen B.
Wallace CC) walked on four pitches and Ruchim followed with the
game-winning hit to score Ricky Claudio.
Golden
Eagles starter Nick Gonzalez (Southern Florida) and Dutchmen starter
Steven Poche (Southeastern Louisiana) each went five innings allowing
three runs.
The
Dutchmen took a 3-0 lead in the fourth inning after three consecutive
two-out RBI singles by centerfielder Ryan Van Amburg (Pepperdine),
second baseman Joey Boney (Cypress) and shortstop Anthony Turgeon
(Central Connecticut State).
The
Golden Eagles battled back to tie the game in the bottom of the fifth.
KJ Alexander (Dallas Baptist) started the rally with a leadoff double
and then scored on Claudio’s RBI double to left field cutting the
Dutchmen lead to 3-1. Right fielder Lewis picked up his first RBI of
the season as he sent a double over the head of first baseman Garren
Palmer (Georgia Southern) to get the Golden Eagles within one. With
one-out, the Golden Eagles tied the game at 3-3 as Lewis scored on
Ruchim’s RBI fielder’s choice.
Centerfielder
Claudio finished three-for-three with two doubles; two-runs scored and
an RBI while second baseman Ruchim went three-for-four with
two-RBI’s.
However,
as the green and gold entered the second game of the doubleheader,
making up for an earlier rainout, Dutchmen starter Justin Brantley
(Siena) held the Golden Eagles hitless into the fourth as he pitched a
complete game for Albany despite more late inning heroics for Glens
Falls.
Taking
the lead early, Dutchmen centerfielder Andrew Deeds (Morehead St) hit
a sac fly to center in the first to score Boney who had reached on a
walk. The run scoring would continue for Albany in fourth as Deeds led
off with a double to then score on a Will Remillard (Temple) RBI
single. Steve Anderson (Georgetown) would then hit a two-run homerun
to left to putting the Dutchmen up 4-0. Adding another run to
Albany’s total was an RBI double off the bat of Van Amburg to plate
Dain McNabb (Middle Tennessee State) giving the Dutchmen a commanding
5-0 lead. Capping the scoring for the evening for Albany was a run
scored by Remillard on an E4 after he reached on a single.
Mounting
a spirited comeback in the bottom of the seventh, Glens Falls was
unable to replicate its earlier heroics. Mike Kindel (Kansas State)
crushed a towering two-run homerun to center to plate Anderson putting
the Golden Eagles on the board trailing 6-2. Despite the
crowd-exciting homerun, the Golden Eagles were unable to score again
as Albany’s Brantley retired the final three batters in order.
Starring
in game two for the Dutchmen was Anderson who had two hits including
his two-run homerun in addition to a walk. Remillard also played well
scoring twice on two hits while adding an RBI.
Leading
the Golden Eagles offense in the second game was Claudio who added two
doubles to his impressive first game totals as well as Kindel with his
seventh inning homerun.
Brantley
went seven strong innings allowing only two runs on six hits while
striking out seven and improving to 2-2 on the season.
Taking
the loss for Glens Falls was starter Dylan Baker (Tacoma CC) who drops
to 0-2 after allowing four runs (three earned) and striking out three
batters over three innings. Pitching well in relief for the Golden
Eagles was Chris Myers (Georgia Southern) who allowed two runs to
score although none were earned and Jordan Keysor (Skidmore) who
pitched two scoreless innings with four strikeouts to end the
nightcap.
Saturday,
the Golden Eagles (23-13) will host Free Ice Cream Night vs. the
Newark Pilots at East Field. The Dutchmen (16-20) will host the
Watertown Wizards its Bellizzi Stadium home field.
For
more information on the Glens Falls Golden Eagles and
the Albany Dutchmen, please follow the teams on Facebook and Twitter
and visit the team websites at http://www.glensfallsgoldeneagles.com
and http://wwwdutchmenbaseball.com.
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