June 10th, 2022
LITTLE FALLS, NY – Alfredo Delgado has been here before.
After all, last year, he helped the Mohawk Valley DiamondDawgs get a win over Watertown with a walk-off home run. This time, though, the hit was a little less brilliant – a double instead of a home run – but still, his heroics once again helped the Diamond Dawgs win. This time, his RBI double helped Mohawk Valley back to .500 with the 7-5 win over the Saugerties Stallions.
The DiamondDawgs kicked things off with three straight singles, but the third one hurt the Stallions the most, as Evan Berta’s (/Fairfield) RBI single scored Ernesto Polanco (West New York, NJ/Coastal Carolina). Mohawk Valley would get one more in the second on an RBI double by Zach Brush (New York Mills, NY/LeMoyne).
The Stallions would get their revenge in the top of the third, cutting the lead in half with an RBI double by Brandon Fish (Londonderry, NH/UMass Lowell). They’d take the lead and score Fish, as well as Jelani Jenkins (Florida Gulf Coast), on a three-run shot to center field by Jake Skrine (Longmont, CO/Indiana).
Saugerties extended the lead to three on an RBI single by Garrett Michel (Virginia Tech). That single scored Collin Mackle (Toms River, NJ/Marist) who started off the fourth inning with a lead-off triple. The Diamond Dawgs would not be denied, though, and cut the lead to two in the seventh on a solo home run by Garrett Musey (Millville, NJ/Goldey-Beacom) that just missed the right-center field wall.
Brush cut the lead to two in the eighth, coming home on a passed ball. Then, Alfredo Delgado (Bronx, NY/Manhattan) provided the heroics that Mohawk Valley needed, cranking a timely 2-RBI double to give the Diamond Dawgs the lead. Musey would bring him home on a ball that hopped over the Saugerties third baseman and into left field for an RBI single.
That was all Billy Hoffacker (Erial, NJ/RCSJ Gloucester) would need, only allowing Mackle to walk before shutting the door on the Stallions.
Jed Boyle got the win for Mohawk Valley (3-3), while TJ Lopez got the loss for Saugerties. Hoffacker got the save for the DiamondDawgs.
The DiamondDawgs will be back in action on Saturday when they visit Damaschke Field for a game with the Oneonta Outlaws. The Stallions will be back to Cantine Veterans Memorial Field on Saturday when they host the East Division-leading Amsterdam Mohawks.