Malone, NY – The Malone Border Hounds came back to defeat the Japan Islanders in the bottom of the 8th for a 14-12 victory.

The Islanders took the lead in the 2nd inning 6-1 as the first 6 batters of the inning all scored. Darius Barton drove in a run on a single while Tommy Dunleavy drove in two with a laser to left field.

Malone, However, answered with a 4 run inning when catcher Nate Darwin doubled in both Matt Golda and Darlin De La Rosa. Devon Hawks singled and drove in both Nate Darwin and Tristan Bourne.

Hawks was not done as the following inning he belted a 2-run shot over the right center wall. a 380ft shot.

It was a back and forth game, the Islanders scored 3 in the top of the third on a double by Tommy Dunleavy that drove in two more. The Islanders added 3 more in the 4th inning and would be silent the rest of the game.

The Border Hounds were not done as they would score two in the 5th, 2 in the 6th and 2 in the 8th.

Amaury Telamaco Jr was stellar as he tossed 6 shutout inning allowing just 3 hits and striking out 6 batters with no runs or walks.

Jacob McCarthy had a big day with 4 hits, 4 stolen bases and 4 runs scored. Jerry Torres joined him with another 4 hits and driving in 3 runs. Hawks finished the day going 3 for 5 with 3 runs, a homer, 4 RBI’s and 2 stolen bases.

Telemaco Jr was credited with the win and Nakasato was credited with the loss.

The final score was 14-12 in favor of the Malone Border Hounds.

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MALONE, NY – The Saranac Lake Surge have come together to put up some great games as of late and they have traveled to Malone to defeat the Border Hounds for a second straight time.

It was no easy task as they took this second game in Malone by a score of 4-2.

Salix Felix was a big stand out in this game once again as he homered over the left center wall to give the Surge a lead. A 2-run shot in the same place he hit his first of the year, against the Border Hounds

Starter for Malone Clarke Davenport and Surge Nic Daniels were outstanding today. Nic Daniels would go 7 inning without a run and striking out 8, while Davenport also went 7 innings striking out 9 batters but giving up 2 runs.

Border Hounds infielder was the highlight offensively for the Hounds as Devon Hawks belted his first of the year to shorten the lead but it was not enough as the Border Hounds would go down to the Surge for the second straight matchup.

Border Hounds will play tomorrow at 11am while the Thunderbirds take a much needed break.

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Tupper Lake, NY – The Tupper Lake Riverpigs have defeated the Plattsburgh Thunderbirds by a score of 3-0 on a pitchers dual.

Joseph Brennan got the start for the Riverpigs and he just cruised through the lineup. Brennan tossed 6 inning while striking out 9 batters and only giving up 1 hit. The Riverpigs bullpen shut it down as they would only allow 1 more hit through 3 innings in relief. The Thunderbirds had only 2 hits in the game.

Walner Espinal led the way offensively as he belted his first homer of the season over the left field wall and into the lake. He finished the game 2 for 4 with a HR and 2 RBI’s.

There wasn’t much noise made by the Thunderbirds. However starter Andrew Kramer tossed 6 innings without allowing an earned run. He struck out 2 batters and gave up just 4 hits and was tagged with the loss. Zach Miner and Michael Temple were the only Thunderbirds to reach base on a hit.

The Riverpigs remain undefeated while the tbirds fall back once again.

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Morrisonville, NY – The Plattsburgh Thunderbirds have defeated the Japan Islanders to earn their first victory of the season winning 14-3.

The Islanders looked to be taking control early on when they took a 4-1 lead in the 3rd inning. Hiroki Itakura scored the first run as he got on base with a single and scored together with Ryosuke Sato, who walked, on a 2-run single by Taiga Sato. Aj Pollack, who reached base with a bunt single, scored on a sac fly by Tommy Dunleavy. Calvin Rucker continued the scoring when Tredell Blow doubled to left center to give Japan a 4-0 lead.

Thunderbirds would fight back with 7 runs in the 4th. Anthony Socci belted a deep grand slam homer to left center field trees to cap off the 7 run 4th.

Thunderbirds would tak on 6 more in the 8th inning as Japans Bullpen struggled to get guys out.

This was the Thunderbirds first win of the season.

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Tupper Lake, NY – The Tupper Lake Riverpigs are off to another great start to a season as they have won the first 3 games of the year. However it has not been easy.

The Riverpigs defeated the Plattsburgh Thunderbirds in Walk-Off fashion by a score of 4-3 on a stolen base that scored the winning run.

The team would then face the rivals Saranac Lake Surge on June 10th. A game where the Riverpigs led 6-0 before Salix Felix belted a homer over the left field wall for the Surge to make it 6-2. The surge would come all the way back within 1 in the 8th inning but wasn’t enough as the Riverpigs took the first Rival game by a score of 7-5.

The Riverpigs would ace the Japan Islanders in a game where the Riverpigs did not have the lead until the end when in the 11th inning the Riverpigs would walk-off on a wild pitch to get them to a (3-0) start.

The Riverpigs would take on the Surge on Wednesday at Municipal Park at 7:00pm.

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