Crosscutters Shutout at Batavia as Muckdogs Even Series
Batavia, N.Y. - The Crosscutters had their two-game win streak snapped and suffered their worst loss of the season in a 10-0 decision at the Batavia Muckdogs on Monday night. The two teams have traded blowout wins with double-digit offensive outputs with the Crosscutters having won the series opener 10-3
Batavia, N.Y. - The Crosscutters had their two-game win streak snapped and suffered their worst loss of the season in a 10-0 decision at the Batavia Muckdogs on Monday night. The two teams have traded blowout wins with double-digit offensive outputs with the Crosscutters having won the series opener 10-3 on Sunday.
Second baseman
Batavia (38-31) scored five runs in the first inning against
Russian left-hander
Williamsport (28-40) threatened to break through with two runners in scoring position in the third and the bases loaded in the sixth but Batavia worked out of it with inning-ending strikeouts both times.
Hard-throwing left-hander
Batavia jumped out to the early lead with a big opening inning.
After a hit batter and fielder's choice force-out at home came a bases-loaded walk of
Kuznetsov picked up where he left off in his last outing when he recorded 11 straight outs against Mahoning Valley. Here it was eight straight against the Muckdogs extending his total streak of batters retired to 20.
Batavia boosted its lead with four runs in the fifth against
A lead-off walk by Kinney would result in the tenth run of the game in the sixth inning with Strunc capping his five-RBI night on a single to plate Reynolds to complete the scoring.
The Crosscutters conclude the road-series at Batavia with a Tuesday morning game at 11:05 a.m. with RHP
Cutters Carvings:
- Williamsport suffered its worst loss of the season. Previously the largest margin of defeat was a nine-run loss on July 10 against Vermont in an 11-2 game.
- The Cutters are 18-13 in the second half of the season after going 10-27 in the first half.
- Williamsport has seven games left in the season including five at home.
- First-rounder
- The Crosscutters were shutout in a nine-inning game for the sixth time this year including the second time in the last five games including the no-hitter they sustained last Thursday against Mahoning Valley.
- Batavia leads the season series 7-4 but the Crosscutters are 3-2 at Dwyer Stadium.
- Tuesday's 11:05 a.m. game is the only morning start of the season for the Crosscutters however there is rain in the forecast.