ALLEGANY, NY – A late surge coupled with a dominant man on the mound gave the Olean baseball their tenth consecutive win of the season, sweeping Allegany-Limestone in the season series with a 7-1 road victory.
Despite consistently putting men on base, the Huskies struggled to find clutch hits to send them around home plate through the first five frames. However, their defense repaid the favor. With Noah Cartmill anchoring the effort from atop the hill, routinely sending Gators back to the dugout empty handed, Olean kept A-L from finding momentum, let alone baserunners.
In the sixth, the Huskies finally found headway. Setting the tone was Caine DeGolier, who opened the action with a lead-off line-drive triple to center field. Alex Jones joined him on the diamond with a single before a walk two batters later loaded the bases. From there, the next three men drove in runs, starting with a Gehrig Perry walk and followed with an Austin Miles sacrifice grounder and Tyler Sullivan RBI-single.
The Gators’ response was lackluster, scoring just one run off a Dylan Rhodes single. Olean, on the other hand, put the finishing touches on their 13th win of the season with two more runs in the top of the seventh.
DeGolier led Olean with two hits in his three appearances at the plate, scoring twice while Perry ended 1-for-3 with one run and two RBIs. Jones finished 1-for-3 with two runs while Cartmill fanned 12 batters through seven innings on the mound.
For A-L, Isaiah Fisher ended 2-for-3 with one run while Rhodes went 2-for-3 with one RBI.
Both teams look to wrap up their regular season campaign this week. Olean (13-1) begin the final stretch on Monday with a home game against Frewsburg, then completing their schedule on the road against Portville on Wednesday, while A-L have just one contest remaining ahead of them, a Monday meeting with Cuba-Rushford away from home.
AT ALLEGANY
Olean 000 005 2 R:7 H:7 E:1
Allegany-Limestone 000 001 0 R:1 H:5 E:1
Olean: Cartmill (12 SO, 1 BB) and DeGolier
Allegany-Limestone: Rhodes (1 SO, 7 BB), Margeson (6) (1 SO, 2 BB) and Cowburn
Dunkirk 8, Salamanca 1
DUNKIRK, NY – Unable to get past Dunkirk’s powerhouse pitcher, the Warriors fell behind early and stayed behind, suffering their third loss in the past five games.
Salamanca’s lone run of the day came in the second when, with two outs and one man on, Ethan Baxter-Drain rattled off a line drive single to right field, scoring Calum Farnum. Beyond that, they were ultimately blanked by the Marauders’ man on the mound, Anthony Cosme, who tallied 17 strikeouts through seven frames.
The Warriors (8-10) will complete their campaign this week in rapid succession. First, they will host Southwestern on Monday before traveling to play Clymer Central/Sherman/Panama on Tuesday. Both games are slated for 5 p.m. starts.
AT DUNKIRK
Salamanca 010 000 0 R:1 H:1 E:3
Dunkirk 310 121 X R:8 H:11 E:0
Salamanca: Farnum (3 SO, 1 BB), Stahlman (4) (0 SO, 4 BB), Bartoszek (5) (0 SO, 0 BB) and Bradley
Dunkirk: Cosme (17 SO, 5 BB) and Dolce, Vazquez
Softball
Salamanca 13, Frewsburg 1
SALAMANCA, NY – Entering the playoffs with authority, the Warriors swiftly dominated the Bears, an effort led by Hadleigh Krug and Nora Santiago.
Ending with identical stat lines, Krug and Santiago both finished 3-for-4 at the plate and combined for six runs batted in during Salamanca’s sixth win of the season. In the circle, Charlie Ross threw for six frames, tallying four strikeouts while allowing just four hits.
AT FREWSBURG
Salamanca 320 125 0
Frewsburg 010 000 0
Allegany-Limestone 8, Ellicottville 1
ALLEGANY, NY – Bouncing back from a loss a day prior, the Gators finished their regular season by bouncing back into the win column.
Kennedy Honeck led A-L’s effort at the plate, finishing 2-for-3 with three runs scored and one more batted in. Kailey Truman went 1-for-3 with a run scored alongside her 11 strikeouts, while Mya Hayes ended 1-for-3 with one run scored.
AT ALLEGANY
Ellicottville 000 010 0 R:1 H:2 E:7
Allegany-Limestone 020 402 X R:8 H:6 E:3
Ellicottville: Lafferty (9 SO, 3 BB) and Whitmer
Allegany-Limestone: K. Truman (11 SO, 0 BB) and P. Truman
