Baseball team splits at SUNY Jefferson

Watertown, NY – Herkimer split their double-header with SUNY Jefferson on Thursday at Jefferson County's Duffy Fairgrounds. The two teams had also split a doubleheader at Herkimer on Tuesday.

HCCC and Jefferson entered this week in first and second place in Region 3's Eastern Division. The Generals had a two-game lead on the Cannoneers, and that situation remains unchanged after the Tuesday-Thursday four-game series.

Cody Newbigging led the Herkimer attack on Thursday by hitting safely five times during the afternoon.

Game One

The game was a battle that Jefferson won 11-8. Herkimer started the scoring in the top of the first when Newbigging singled in two runs to open up a 3-0 lead. Jefferson got one back in the bottom of the first with an RBI single. A Jefferson leadoff double in the bottom of the third inning, followed by two singles, tied the game at 3-3.

Herkimer answered with four runs in the top of the fourth, keyed by another two-RBI base hit by Newbigging, to make it 7-3. Jefferson, however, plated eight runs in the bottom of the of the fourth inning. Five Jefferson hitters had RBI-hits as they exploded to chase starter Ben Moxley.

The Generals loaded the bases with no outs in the seventh inning, but a key ground-ball double play ended the threat, and Jefferson held on for an 11-8 victory.

Game Two

Kyle Garrison started for HCCC. Garrison slowed down the Jefferson bats in Game Two, working a complete seven-inning game, allowing five hits, four walks, and one earned run, while striking out four. Garrison moved to 5-1 on the year with the 12-1 victory.

General Dan Smith broke a 1-1 tie with a fifth-inning solo home run. Herkimer then added five RBI-singles to score six runs in the top of the sixth inning, and Brandon Overstreet hit a grand slam in the seventh inning for a 12-1 Herkimer win.

Photo: Kyle Garrison

Herkimer hosts Clinton CC on Saturday and Schenectady CCC on Sunday, both with 1:00 starts, for four of their final six games in the regular season. The Generals will finish their regular season on Tuesday on the road versus SUNY Adirondack at East Field in Glens Falls.