The Mohawk Valley DiamondDawgs overcame a 6-2 deficit to scratch out a win against the Elmira Pioneers 8-6 in a Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League contest tonight.
 
The DiamondDawgs were led offensively by David DelGrande (Sacramento State University) who went 2 for 3 with a double and an RBI, Mark Stuckey (Marist College) who went 2 for 4 with two doubles and three runs scored, and Tyler Hall (Herkimer County Community College) who scored two runs.  Adding to the comeback were Jack Morrow (Young Harris College) who smashed a pinch-hit, two-run double, and Chris Cruz (Cornell University) who launched a deep home run to right field the secured the win for the third hurler of the night Taylor Wright (Brown University).  Wright tossed two scoreless innings and struck out three.  Salvatore Lisanti (Bryant University) struck out two in a scoreless ninth and notched his third save.
 
Elmira starter Carson Bryant (Chattanooga State CC) went 5 2/3 and gave up six hits, four runs (one earned) and struck out two as he did not figure in the decision.  Reliever Mathew Goreham (Northeastern University) added an inning in relief and gave up three hits, three earned runs and walked one while being tagged with his first loss of the year.  The Pioneers’ Corey Hamula (Sullivan County CC) went 3 for 5 with two runs scored, Steven Patterson (San Jacinto Delta College) doubled in one and scored two, and Spencer Brann went 1 for 5 with three RBI.
 
The game, which took nearly 3 ½ hours to complete, featured 11 stolen bases and 14 walks total.
 
The DiamondDawgs return home to Veterans Memorial Park on Sunday, June 24, 2012 for a 5:05pm contest against the Watertown Wizards.