The Muckdogs' (43-26) 13-0 win against the Spikes (16-53) was as lopsided in the stats as in the score. State College had only three hits and five errors compared to Batavia's twelve hits and no errors, in a great game offensively and on the mound for the first place Muckdogs.
In the start, Scott Gorgen (4-2) earned himself the win in five innings with two hits, one walk and one strikeout. Miguel Tapia followed him with one hit and four strikeouts through three innings, and LaCurtis Mayes pitched the 9th with two strikeouts to close-out the shutout. The Spikes' Brian Leach (1-3) lasted three and a third innings with five hits, six runs (four earned) and three walks in the loss.
The Muckdogs wasted no time getting on-board, as they scored two in the 1st on a Colt Sedbrook single and Shane Peterson two-run homerun. The biggest inning of the night came in the 4th as they scored four runs. Bases were loaded early as Charlie Cutler walked, Xavier Scruggs doubled and Frederick Parejo also walked. Cutler came in to score when Chris Swauger hit into a force out. After Edwin Gomez walked, both Scruggs and Swauger came home on a fielding error. Gomez scored the last run of the inning as he came home when Sedbrook hit into a force out.
Batavia scored once more in the 6th on singles by Gomez and Jermaine Curtis. They scored three runs in the next inning, starting with two walks to Cutler and Scruggs. Another error enabled Cutler to move to third to be in position to come home on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Parejo. Swauger then hit one deep to right for the Muckdogs' second two-run shot of the night.
As if 10-0 wasn't enough, Batavia tacked on three more runs in the 9th. Parejo reached on an error and Gomez walked before Alex Castellanos came up with pinch-hit triple to get himself two RBI. He then came home when Curtis hit a sacrifice fly.
Curtis ended the night 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI. Sedbrook got things swinging again, going 3-for-6 with a RBI and run scored. The Spikes host the Muckdogs again tomorrow night before Batavia travels to Jamestown. I'll bring the new NYPL standings first thing to you in the morning.
