By Jon Sargalis
Box Score
The Mohawks took care of business Saturday night as they put their 2-game skid to a halt and defeated the Oneonta Outlaws 8-2 at Damaschke Field.
Amsterdam jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first after Luke Filippi was hit by a pitch and scored as Ryan Schwartz hit an RBI single.
In the third, Oneonta tied the game at one as Hugo Kornhorst reached on a walk and scored on a Connor Waiting double.
After a closely contested game for four innings, the Mohawks had their breakout inning in the fifth. It began with Bray Touchstone getting hit by a pitch, he then stole second and reached third on the overthrow. Jon Young, Jr. reaching on a walk. The Mohawks took the lead back as Touchstone scored on a wild pitch and Will Cowan hit a sac-fly to bring home Young and make the score 3-1. Peyton Jemison followed by reaching on an error, Sebastian Harden singled and Luke Filippi walked to load the bases. That set the stage for Chris Hoalcraft who broke the game open and hit a 3-run double to right to double the Mohawks score and make it 6-1. Jake Long then brought Hoalcraft home on a single to right as the Mohawks scored 6 in the fifth to take a 7-1 lead.
Oneonta got one run back in the sixth on a Matthew Carrera sac-fly that scored Jace Cohler making it 7-2.
Wes Walker put the icing on the cake in the eighth inning as he drove in Ryan Schwartz with an RBI triple to right to make it 8-2.
The Mohawks 2 through 4 hitters, Chris Hoalcraft, Jake Long and Ryan Schwartz all recorded 2 hits in the game. For the Outlaws, Kaz Uehara went 3-for-5 from the leadoff spot.
Tommy Skelding (1-0) got the win as he gave up 1 run over 4 innings with 3 strikeouts. Jesse Kuzmich, Zach Hernandez, Joey Gecewicz and Derek Duval combined to go the last 5 innings and gave up 1 run on 3 hits as the Mohawks improved to 13-5. Oneonta starter Evan Staroba (0-3) took the loss as the Outlaws fell to 2-10.
The Mohawks are off for the next two days and will return to action Tuesday night as they host the Saugerties Stallions at 6:35.
Amsterdam Mohawks vs. Oneonta Outlaws
6/21/2025 at Oneonta, NY (Damaschke Field)
Amsterdam Mohawks 8 (13-5)
| Player |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
PO |
A |
LOB |
| |
| Luke Filippi cf |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| Chris Hoalcraft ss |
4 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
| Jake Long lf |
4 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Ryan Schwartz rf |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Jayden Harriel 3b |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
| Bray Touchstone c |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
| Wes Walker c |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
| Jon Young, Jr. 2b |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
| Will Cowan ph |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Peyton Jemison 1b |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
0 |
2 |
| Sebastian Harden dh |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Alex Junghans ph |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Tommy Skelding |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| Jesse Kuzmich p |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Zach Hernandez p |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Joey Gecewicz p |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Derek Duval p |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Totals |
34 |
8 |
10 |
7 |
3 |
5 |
27 |
9 |
5 |
Oneonta Outlaws 2 (2-10)
| Player |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
PO |
A |
LOB |
| |
| Kaz Uehara cf |
5 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| Jack Clark ph |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Nathan Bowes dh |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Zach Porter c |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
| Jace Kohler ss |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
| Dane Richards rf |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| Zach Rowe lf |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| Matthew Carrera 2b |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| Hugo Kohnhorst 3b |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
| Connor Waiting 1b |
4 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
11 |
0 |
2 |
| Evan Staroba |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Martin Thorsland p |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Totals |
30 |
2 |
7 |
2 |
7 |
10 |
27 |
9 |
13 |
| Score by Innings |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
R |
H |
E |
| |
| Amsterdam Mohawks |
|
1 0 0 |
|
0 6 0 |
|
0 1 0 |
|
|
8 |
10 |
0 |
| Oneonta Outlaws |
|
0 0 1 |
|
0 0 1 |
|
0 0 0 |
|
|
2 |
7 |
3 |
Amsterdam Mohawks: 2B - Chris Hoalcraft; Jake Long. 3B - Wes Walker. RBI - Chris Hoalcraft 3; Jake Long; Ryan Schwartz; Wes Walker; Will Cowan. Sac - Will Cowan. SB - Bray Touchstone 2; Jon Young, Jr.. CS - Jake Long.
Oneonta Outlaws: E - Zach Porter; Hugo Kohnhorst; Evan Staroba. 2B - Connor Waiting. RBI - Matthew Carrera; Connor Waiting. Sac - Matthew Carrera. SB - Kaz Uehara; Jack Clark; Nathan Bowes. CS - Kaz Uehara.
| |
| Tommy Skelding (W, 1-0) |
4.0 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
13 |
18 |
3 |
3 |
64 |
| Jesse Kuzmich |
1.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
3 |
20 |
| Zach Hernandez |
1.0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
25 |
| Joey Gecewicz |
1.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
24 |
| Derek Duval |
2.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
32 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
7 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
30 |
42 |
7 |
7 |
165 |
| |
| Evan Staroba (L, 0-3) |
4.1 |
4 |
6 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
16 |
21 |
5 |
5 |
79 |
| Martin Thorsland |
4.2 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
19 |
6 |
3 |
69 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
10 |
8 |
7 |
3 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
34 |
40 |
11 |
8 |
148 |
Amsterdam Mohawks: Batters Faced - Tommy Skelding 18; Jesse Kuzmich 6; Zach Hernandez 6; Joey Gecewicz 5; Derek Duval 7. HBP - Tommy Skelding; Jesse Kuzmich; Zach Hernandez; Joey Gecewicz.
Oneonta Outlaws: Batters Faced - Evan Staroba 21; Martin Thorsland 19. WP - Evan Staroba. HBP - Evan Staroba 2.
Start: 7:00 PM Duration: 2:56
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