By Jon Sargalis
Box Score
After being rained out last night in Mohawk Valley, the Mohawks were able to open the 2021 season at home with 2-1 victory over the Albany Dutchmen.
Teddy McGraw (Wake Forest) who was a returning player from the 2020 team got the Opening Day start for the Mohawks. He was only touched up for 1 run in the second inning as Isaac Humphrey (Louisville) reached on a lead-off walk and scored on a single by Nick Schwartz (St. John's) to give the Dutchmen a 1-0 lead.
Carter Frederick (Auburn) got the Mohawks first hit and first run of the season as he hit a solo home run in the bottom of second to tie the game at 1.
The game stayed tied at 1 until the sixth inning when Keith Jones (Washington St.) singled, stole second and scored on a Brett Coker (M Tennessee St.) double to left to put the Mohawks up 2-1.
Teddy McGraw went the first 3 innings allowing 1 run on 1 hit with 2 walks and 3 strikeouts. The Mohawks bullpen went scoreless the rest of the game as James Salemme (Union) went 2.1 hitless innings with 3 walks and 3 strikeouts. Shane Harris (Evansville) picked up the win (1-0) as he went 2 innings allowing 3 hits with 5 strikeouts. Matt Gonzales (Barton) went 0.2 innings giving up 1 hit and 3 walks with 1 strikeout and Cam Minacci (Wake Forest) picked up his first save pitching a spotless ninth with 2 strikeouts.
The Dutchmen took the loss despite only giving up 3 hits in the game. Ryan Yerby (RPI) started for the Dutchmen and gave up 1 run on 1 hit and 3 walks with 5 strikeouts in 4.1 innings. Freddie Callo (SUNY Ulster) took the loss (0-1) as he allowed 1 run on 2 hits with 3 strikeouts. Tristan Nemjo (Hofstra) went the last 1.2 innings not allowing a hit with 1 walk and 3 strikeouts.
The Mohawks are back at home tomorrow night as they face the Glens Falls Dragons at 6:35.
Game Date: 06/04/2021
Albany Dutchmen 1 AT Amsterdam Mohawks 2
YTD YTD
Albany AB R H BI AVG Amsterdam AB R H BI AVG
McGee, R DH 3 0 0 0 .250 Jones, K RF 3 1 1 0 .333
Kondo, C EH 4 0 0 0 .286 Coker, B 3B 1 0 1 1 1.000
Kretzler, T LF 2 0 0 0 .400 Roberts, K LF 2 0 0 0 .000
Humphrey, I CF 2 1 0 0 .167 Armitage, R SS 3 0 0 0 .000
Beard, L SS 2 0 1 0 .600 Reinisch, J 1B 3 0 0 0 .000
Peterson, J 1B 4 0 0 0 .143 Young, B CF 3 0 0 0 .000
Schwartz, N C 3 0 2 1 .600 Alford, S DH 3 0 0 0 .000
Jeske, B 3B 4 0 1 0 .200 Frederick, C EH 2 1 1 1 .500
Defayette, J RF 1 0 0 0 .000 Moshier, D C 3 0 0 0 .000
Vinci, K PH 1 0 0 0 .000 Miyao, S 2B 3 0 0 0 .000
Rainer, G 2B 2 0 0 0 .500
Stroud, W 2B,PH 2 0 1 0 .500
30 1 5 1 26 2 3 2
Albany 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 1
Amsterdam 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 3 2
2B--Beard, L SS (2), Jeske, B 3B (1), Coker, B 3B (1). HR--Frederick, C EH
(1). RBI--Schwartz, N C (1), TOTALS (0), Coker, B 3B (1), Frederick, C EH
(1), TOTALS 2 (0). HP--Kretzler, T LF (1), Beard, L SS (3). SB--Kretzler,
T LF (2), Humphrey, I CF 2 (4), Defayette, J RF (1), Jones, K RF (1),
Frederick, C EH (1). CS--McGee, R DH (1), Kretzler, T LF (1), Coker, B 3B
(1). E--Yerby, R P (1), Miyao, S 2B (1), Minacci, C P (1).
LOB--Albany 12, Amsterdam 4. DP--D. Moshier(C) - B. Coker(3B).
YTD
IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Albany
Yerby, R 4.1 1 1 1 3 5 1 2.08
Callo, F (L,0-1) 2.0 2 1 1 0 3 0 4.50
Nemjo, T 1.2 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.00
8 3 2 2 4 11 1
Amsterdam
McGraw, T 3.0 1 1 1 2 3 0 3.00
Salemme, J 2.1 0 0 0 3 3 0 0.00
Harris, S (W,1-0) 2.0 3 0 0 0 5 0 0.00
Gonzales, M 0.2 1 0 0 3 1 0 0.00
Minacci, C (S,1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
9 5 1 1 8 14 0
WP--Salemme, J 2 (2). PB--Moshier, D. HB--McGraw, T (1), Salemme, J (1).
SO--McGee, R, Kondo, C 2, Humphrey, I 2, Beard, L, Peterson, J 3, Schwartz,
N, Defayette, J, Vinci, K, Rainer, G, Stroud, W, Jones, K, Roberts, K,
Armitage, R 2, Reinisch, J, Young, B 2, Alford, S, Moshier, D, Miyao, S 2.
BB--McGee, R, Kretzler, T, Humphrey, I 2, Beard, L, Schwartz, N, Defayette,
J 2, Coker, B 2, Roberts, K, Frederick, C. BF--Yerby, R 16 (16), Callo, F 8
(8), Nemjo, T 6 (6), McGraw, T 13 (13), Salemme, J 10 (10), Harris, S 9
(9), Gonzales, M 5 (5), Minacci, C 3 (3). P-S--Yerby, R 70-43, Callo, F
30-21, Nemjo, T 30-17, McGraw, T 57-31, Salemme, J 43-23, Harris, S 42-28,
Gonzales, M 24-9, Minacci, C 10-7.
T--3:04.
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