By Jon Sargalis
Box Score
The Mohawks won their seventh game in a row on Wednesday night with an 11-2 victory over the Utica Blue Sox at Murnane Field.
The game was scoreless through the first 2 innings as Mohawks starter James Salemme (Union) was able to get out of a bases loaded jam with just one out in the second.
The Mohawks scored single runs in the third and fourth innings to take a 2-0 lead.
In the third, Keith Jones (Washington State) hit a one out double and scored on a Riley Langerman (Maryland) single and in the fourth, Jake Reinisch (Wake Forest) walked, stole second and scored on a pair of wild pitches by Blue Sox starter Eric Steensma (Tennessee-Martin).
Utica tied the game at 2 in the bottom of the fifth as a pair of unearned runs scored, but the Mohawks took the lead back in the sixth as Matt Shaw (Maryland) a 2-run home run (which he also did the previous night).
The Mohawks then exploded for 5 runs in the seventh to take a 9-2 lead as they were aided by 2 Blue Sox errors, and they added 2 more runs in the ninth to cap the 11-2 victory.
Matt Shaw ended up going 2-for-4 with a home run and 4 RBI.
Eli Giles (Alabama) picked up the win in relief to improve to 2-0. He went 3 innings, allowed 2 unearned runs on 3 hits and 1 walk with 2 strikeouts. James Salemme went the first 3.1 innings allowing 1 hit and 3 walks with 2 strikeouts. Gavin Stellpflug (Maryland) allowed 1 hit in 0.2 innings, Von Baker (Cornell) went 1.1 innings allowing 1 walk and Connor Brandon (Toledo) recorded the final 2 outs with 1 strikeout.
Eric Steensma took the loss for Utica falling to 1-1. He went the first 6 innings allowing 4 runs on 6 hits with 3 walks and 5 strikeouts.
The Mohawks will stay on the road as they’ll face the Oneonta Outlaws tomorrow night at 7:05.
Game Date: 06/16/2021
Amsterdam Mohawks 11 AT Utica Blue Sox 2
YTD YTD
Amsterdam AB R H BI AVG Utica AB R H BI AVG
Young, B CF 4 2 2 0 .311 Enos, R DH 4 0 1 0 .281
Eblin, B SS 5 0 1 2 .214 Williams, H CF 5 1 1 0 .306
Reinisch, J 1B 3 1 0 1 .242 DeLeon, L RF 2 0 0 0 .216
Shaw, M 2B 5 1 2 4 .400 Kim, T EH 3 0 0 1 .250
Funk, C DH 4 0 0 0 .286 Schmack, K LF 3 0 1 1 .286
Armitage, R 3B 4 1 0 0 .283 Roden, D 1B 2 0 0 0 .263
Roberts, K LF 2 1 0 0 .233 Dallas, M 3B 3 0 1 0 .235
Jones, K RF 4 2 2 1 .257 Gray, G C 3 0 0 0 .167
Langerman, R C 3 0 2 1 .286 Helfgott, D 2B 4 0 1 0 .429
Moshier, D C,PH 0 1 0 0 .286 Javier Jr., E SS 4 1 0 0 .276
Miyao, S EH 3 2 2 0 .344
37 11 11 9 33 2 5 2
Amsterdam 0 0 1 1 0 2 5 0 2 - 11 11 2
Utica 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 2
2B--Jones, K RF (3). HR--Shaw, M 2B (3). RBI--Eblin, B SS 2 (5), Reinisch,
J 1B (9), Shaw, M 2B 4 (8), Jones, K RF (4), Langerman, R C (1), TOTALS 9
(0), Kim, T EH (6), Schmack, K LF (8), TOTALS 2 (0). HP--Enos, R DH (3),
DeLeon, L RF (2), Schmack, K LF (7), Dallas, M 3B (2). SB--Young, B CF (6),
Reinisch, J 1B (1), Enos, R DH (6), Schmack, K LF (4), Roden, D 1B (2),
Dallas, M 3B (3). CS--Roberts, K LF (2). E--Eblin, B SS 2 (4), Dallas, M 3B
(3), Gray, G C (3).
LOB--Amsterdam 7, Utica 13. DP--D. Helfgott(2B) - E. Javier Jr.(SS) - D.
Roden(1B).
YTD
IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Amsterdam
Salemme, J 3.1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0.00
Giles, E (W,2-0) 3.0 3 2 0 1 2 0 1.93
Stellpflug, G 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Baker, V 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 16.20
Brandon, C 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.59
9 5 2 0 5 5 0
Utica
Steensma, E (L,1-1) 6.0 6 4 4 3 5 1 6.14
Chasey, N 0.2 3 5 0 3 2 0 1.93
Rosenkranz, J 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Park, A 1.2 2 2 2 2 1 0 17.18
9 11 11 6 8 8 1
WP--Salemme, J (3), Steensma, E 2 (2), Chasey, N (3). HB--Salemme, J 2 (3),
Stellpflug, G 2 (2). SO--Eblin, B 2, Reinisch, J 2, Funk, C, Roberts, K,
Jones, K, Langerman, R, Williams, H 2, Schmack, K, Gray, G, Helfgott, D.
BB--Young, B, Reinisch, J 2, Funk, C, Roberts, K 2, Moshier, D, Miyao, S,
DeLeon, L, Kim, T, Roden, D 2, Gray, G. BF--Salemme, J 16 (31), Giles, E 14
(22), Stellpflug, G 5 (9), Baker, V 5 (19), Brandon, C 2 (30), Steensma, E
25 (63), Chasey, N 9 (28), Rosenkranz, J 2 (22), Park, A 9 (23).
P-S--Salemme, J 57-31, Giles, E 39-26, Stellpflug, G 17-9, Baker, V 13-7,
Brandon, C 9-6, Steensma, E 86-54, Chasey, N 36-17, Rosenkranz, J 4-2,
Park, A 33-18.
T--3:34.
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