By Jon Sargalis

Box Score

The Amsterdam Mohawks scored 4-runs in the eighth inning to propel them to a 6-3 win over the Saugerties Stallions Wednesday night at Shuttleworth Park.

The Stallions got on the board first as Bayram Hot drew a leadoff walk off Mohawks started Justus Agosto in the top of the second. He advanced to second on a base hit by Nate Manley and advanced to third on a wild pitch before scoring on a Jean Michael Cuello groundout to second to make it 1-0.

Amsterdam would tie it up in the fourth as Jackson Natili scored on a wild pitch and take the lead in the fifth as Evan Haeger doubled to drive in Rob Rispoli making it 2-1 Mohawks.

Saugerties would answer back in the next half inning as Andrew Amato would score on a 6-4-3 double play making it 2-2 in the sixth.

The Stallions would take the lead in the top of the eighth as Mario Trivella took the second pitch of the inning deep off Konner Keplinger to give Saugerties a 3-2 lead. Andrew Amato would be next up and reach on an error, so the ball was turned over to Manny Santos. The first batter he faced was Bayram Hot and he would double to put 2 runners in scoring position with no one out. Manny would then bear down and record back-to-back strikeouts and get a flyout to end the inning.

The Mohawks used that momentum going into the bottom of the eighth inning. Jackson Coen took over on the mound for Saugerties and the Mohawks went to work. Evan Haeger and Jackson Natili both singled which set the table for Cade Ladehoff to hit a go-ahead 2-run double putting the Mohawks in front 4-3. Amsterdam wasn’t done yet as Zach Eldred came up next and singled moving Ladehoff over to third and he would score during the next at-bat on a wild-pitch making it 5-3. Drake Digiorno stepped in with 2 outs and singled to center, Zach Eldred would score to make it 6-3, but Digiorno was thrown out trying to extend the single into a double which would end the inning.

Manny Santos would return for the ninth and only needed 10 pitches to mow down the next 3 batters and add 2 more strikeouts to his tally to secure the 6-3 win for the Mohawks and his first win for himself, improving to 1-0.

The Mohawks are now 16-3 on the season with the win. Jackson Coen took the loss for Saugerties falling to 1-1 as the Stallions now sit at 15-4-1.

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