PJ Leto Scores 10th to Give Glens Falls 2-1 Win

Matt Arietta

Glens Falls Golden Eagles

July 28, 2011

Glens Falls, NY - A day after the Glens Falls Golden Eagles clinched a spot in the Eastern Division, they faced off against the Cooperstown Hawkeyes for the third time in two days. Cooperstown was looking to rebound from last night’s sweep at Doubleday Field, sending Southern Alabama pitcher Collin Blankenship (Southern Alabama) to the mound. Getting the start for Glens Falls was Max MacNabb (San Diego).

Blankenship pitched well in tonight’s contest leaving after the sixth inning with the score tied at one a piece. Over his six innings of work he gave up one run (earned), on four hits. He also walked one batter and struck out three of the twenty-two batters he faced. In relief of Blankenship was Terrence Moore (Marshall) who would eventually receive the loss in this match up in the tenth inning. With the loss Moore would fall to 2-1 on the season.

MacNabb would go five and a third before being relieved by Chris Myers (Georgia Southern) in the sixth inning with one out. Myers would pitch lights out baseball into the ninth inning. In his three innings of work, Myers would only give up two hits, no runs, and struck out one, walking none of the eleven batters he faced. To relieve Myers with one out in the ninth was Golden Eagles closer Kyle Ruchim (Northwestern). Kyle has made a name for himself this year closing out games. Tonight would be no different.

Ruchim went the final inning and two thirds. Over that time he gave up one hit, and struck out four of the seven batters he faced. As the Golden Eagles won the game in the bottom of the tenth inning Kyle improves to 3-0 on the season.

On the offensive, the Cooperstown Hawkeyes had one run on eight hits in the ten innings of play. For the Hawkeyes the bats were highlighted by a single and eventual run scored by Danny Nelson (Cal State Monterey Bay) in the first inning. The RBI was credited to Bryan Aanderud (Cyress) as he received the RBI on a ground out to Golden Eagles second basemen, Kyle Ruchim.

For the Golden Eagles, they would push across two runs on five hits tonight. The first run came in the sixth inning as leadoff batter Clayton Brown (Tacoma CC) led off the inning with a double. He would later come around to score on a SAC fly to centerfield by Kyle Ruchim. The second run, in the bottom of the tenth inning would score PJ Leto who led off the inning with a walk. Clayton Brown once again would be involved in the play, this time hitting the ball which would eventually score Leto to win the game. He hit a routine grounder to the second basemen who made a fielding error, giving PJ Leto (Lurleen B. Wallace CC) enough time to score the go ahead run and secure a 2-1 win for Glens Falls.

With the win the Glens Falls Golden Eagles improve to 27-15. The Cooperstown Hawkeyes who fell in this one are now 22-17. The winning pitcher is Kyle Ruchim who is now 3-0 on the year. Terrance Moore receives the loss for the Hawkeyes, and he falls to 2-1. Also with the win your Glens Falls Golden Eagles are back on top in first place of the Eastern Division. With the Amsterdam Hawkeyes falling to the Watertown Wizards at Alex T. Duffy Field in Watertown, New York tonight, the Glens Falls Golden Eagles who own the tie breaker with Amsterdam 4-2 move back into first place in the augural season of the PGCBL.

The season continues for your nationally ranked Glens Falls Golden Eagles tomorrow as they face off against their Eastern Conference foe, the Albany Dutchmen at 7pm at East Field for ColorTyme Night. Come to the ballpark to have a chance to win a desktop computer, compliments of ColorTyme. Also with an admission ticket, you will be eligible for a seat upgrade to spend the game in the ColorTyme lounge located above the team offices behind home plate. It is sure to be a great time at East Field! And as always admission to the game is five dollars, anyone under the age of four will be admitted for free.

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Box score (NCAA)

                            The Automated ScoreBook
                      Cooperstown Hawkeyes at Glens Falls
                  Jul 28, 2011 at Glens Falls, NY (East Field)

Cooperstown Hawkeyes 1 (22-17,11-5-0)

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Nelson cf................  5  1  1  0   0  1  4  0   1
Miller ss................  5  0  0  0   0  2  2  2   2
Aanaurd 3b...............  4  0  2  1   1  0  0  2   0
Manlove c................  4  0  1  0   1  1  8  1   0
Izzo rf..................  4  0  0  0   1  3  3  0   0
Pedretti 1b..............  5  0  2  0   0  1 10  0   3
Meadow dh................  3  0  0  0   0  2  0  0   0
 Luke Burns dh...........  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Sportman lf..............  4  0  2  0   0  0  1  0   3
Alan Pastyrnak Jr. 2b....  3  0  0  0   0  0  1  1   0
Blankenship p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  3   0
 Moore p.................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 38  1  8  1   3 10 29  9  11

Glens Falls 2 (27-15,11-7-0)

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Clayton Brown cf.........  5  1  1  0   0  2  3  0   0
Ricky Claudio rf.........  4  0  2  0   0  1  0  0   1
Kyle Ruchim 2b/p.........  3  0  0  1   0  1  1  3   1
Mike Kindel lf...........  4  0  1  0   0  0  2  0   1
Josh Anderson 3b.........  4  0  1  0   0  0  0  2   0
David Olson 1b...........  4  0  0  0   0  1 11  0   1
Kevin Alexander dh.......  3  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 P.J Leto 2b.............  0  1  0  0   1  0  0  0   0
Jack Graham c............  3  0  0  0   1  1 12  0   1
Anthony Pisani ss........  2  0  0  0   0  1  1  3   0
 Mike Tirri ss...........  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
Max MacNabb p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 Chris Myers p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 33  2  5  1   2  8 30  9   6

Score by Innings                      R  H  E
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Cooperstown Hawkeyes 100 000 000 0 -  1  8  2
Glens Falls......... 000 001 000 1 -  2  5  3
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Note: 2 outs, 1 runner LOB when the game ended.

E - Pedretti; Pastyrnak Jr; Anderson 3. LOB - Hawkeyes 11; Golden Eagle 6.
2B - Sportman(1); C. Brown(1); Claudio(1); Anderson(1). SH - Pastyrnak Jr;
Pisani. SF - Ruchim. SB - C. Brown(1); Kindel(1); Leto(1). CS - Aanaurd;
Claudio.

Cooperstown Hawkeyes   IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Blankenship.........  7.0  5  1  1  1  3 23 26
Moore...............  2.2  0  1  0  1  5 10 11

Glens Falls            IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Max MacNabb.........  5.1  5  1  0  3  4 20 24
Chris Myers.........  3.0  2  0  0  0  2 11 11
Kyle Ruchim.........  1.2  1  0  0  0  4  7  7

Win - Ruchim (3-0).  Loss - Moore (2-1).  Save - None.
WP - Moore.
Umpires - HP: Derek Gonzalez  2B: Orlando Bonner
Start: 7:05p   Time: 2:34   Attendance: 735
Game: GFCH0728