Pilots' Ruscotti Tops Golden Eagles in Pitching Duel at Colburn Park

Glens Falls Golden Eagles

July 8, 2011

Matt Arietta

-Newark's Adam Grace takes ball four with the bases loaded in the ninth to seal the Pilots' victory. Photo by Steve Plopper of Memories by Steve Photography

NEWARK, NY - Friday night your Glens Falls Golden Eagles traveled to Newark, New York to take on the Newark Pilots. The game would feature two of the league’s top pitchers from the first half of the inaugural season in Pilot’s Dominick Ruscitti (Kutztown) and Glens Falls’ Derek Mazzio. Coming into last night’s contest, the two pitchers combined for three wins on the year, two coming from the Pilot’s ace.  

Derek Mazzio (St. Louis) was fantastic in his seven innings of work on the night. He went seven innings allowing seven hits and only one run. He also K’ed five pilots out of the twenty-seven faced throughout the seven innings. For Newark, Ruscitti went the complete nine innings, allowing four hits and also a run. He ended the night with six K’s out of the thirty-one batters faced, and eventually got the win whereas Mazzio got the no-decision after the Pilots took the lead late in the game after Derek had already exited.

Highlights on offense from last night’s game for Glens Falls include the play of Ricky Claudio (St. Thomas). Claudio was created with driving in the Golden Eagles only run on the night with an RBI single in the third inning to score shortstop Anthony Pisani (Southern Maine). Also recording hits on the night were third baseman Josh Anderson (Yavapai CC) in the first, Anthony Pisani in the third, and catcher Dan Klein in the third.

Defensively, Mazzio and the Golden Eagles were helped out tremendously by their backstop, Dan Klein who had a great game in his return for an arm injury, which has had him shelved for a week or so. Throughout the early going of the ballgame, Klein was able to throw out three Pilot base runners attempting to steal. Klein was also able to complete two of Mazzio’s five strikeouts due to dropped third strikes on Klein’s own regard.

After the top of the ninth’s frame the Golden Eagles fell short of the Newark Pilots with a final score of 2-1. The Golden Eagles had one run on four hits, and recorded an error on the night. The Pilots ended with two runs on eight hits and no errors recorded.

The season for the Golden Eagles continues tonight as the boys of summer return to East Field in Glens Falls, New York to take on second place and rival Amsterdam Mohawks at 7pm for Finch Paper Night.

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- The Golden Eagles bench watches the action at Newark's Colburn Park. Photo by Steve Plopper of Memories by Steve Photography

The Automated ScoreBook
Glens Falls at Newark Pilots
Jul 08, 2011 at Newark, NY (Colburn Park)

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Glens  Falls........ 001 000 000 -  1  4  1
Newark Pilots....... 000 010 001 -  2  8  0
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