WASHINGTON, PA – After a day of rain, Empire League Series action would continue when the Saranac Lake Surge took on the Road Warrior Black Sox.

Empire League Strikeout leader Carlos Canelon would get the start for the Surge in this one going against Jeremy Worlinski of the Black Sox.

The Black Sox got things going in the 3rd inning when Surge starter put a couple runners on base and with bases loaded and 2 outs a run would come in on a walk.

In the top half of the 5th inning the Surge would take a lead on a 2 RBI double by Kyle Robinson to score Alexis Monge and John Tierney and take a 2-1 lead.

Carlos Canelon would go 4 innings pitched allowing just 1 run on 2 hits striking out 6 batters.

The Sox threatened in the bottom of 5th when they had runners on 2nd and 3rd and no outs but Knuckleballer Donnie Speranza would strike out a batter, get a pop fly and a ground ball to prevent the Black Sox from scoring.

John Tierney Jr would give the Surge a little breathing room when he belted his first home run of the series to deep right field and make the game 4-1.

The Surge would finish the game out and win for the second time this season by a score of 5-2.

Both teams will continue play tomorrow when the Surge face off against the Riverpigs and Black Sox go up against the Brilliance Sox.

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WASHINGTON, PA – Battle of the Adirondacks continued today as the visiting Tupper Lake Riverpigs took on the Saranac Lake Surge.

Surge came out swinging the bats first in the Bottom of the 1st inning. The team scored a run on a base hit by Tyler Hill to score Will Thomas.

Brandon Camargo stays hot for the Riverpigs as he singled in a run to get things going in the TOp of the 2nd scoring Aramis Cruz. Josh Goulet, who walked in the inning, scored on a fielders choice error.

Surge would answer in the bottom of the second when Will Thomas singled in Sid Kumar to tie the game at 2. Nelson Laviosa scored on a wild pitch to take the lead 3-2.

Riverpigs would add a run in the top of the 5th inning on a single by Colton Adams to score Tyler Bailey to make it a 4-3 game.

Sid Kumar would give the Surge a cushion when he doubled to left field in the bottom of the 5th inning to give the Surge a 6-3 lead.

A back and forth battle in this rival game as the Riverpigs would score another 2 runs on a single by Josh Goulet to score Steven Rodriguez and Ronald Krsolovic.

In the Top half of the final inning, Aramis Cruz would triple in two runs to take a 7-6 lead. Following him was Josh Goulet who hit a sac fly to score Cruz. David Grubaugh would come in to pitch the inning prior so he would be credited with the Win.

Riverpigs improve to (5-6) while the Surge fall to 1-10 for the series.

Both Teams continue play tomorrow at 10:00am and 1:30pm for more Empire League Series action.

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WASHINGTON, PA – The visiting Tupper Lake Riverpigs took on the Brilliance Sox for game 10 of the Empire League Series.

Zach Quinn would get the start for the Riverpigs in this one against Doug Olcese of the Brilliance Sox.

Riverpigs would get things going in the top of the 2nd inning when Brandon Camargo lined to left field for a base hit scoring Steven Rodriguez. Camargo would end up scoring on a single up the middle by Nicholas Ybarra as they both continue their tremendous hitting streak.

The Black Sox would get on the board in the bottom of the third inning when Ben Andrews was hit by the pitch with bases loaded.

Riverpigs would take a 5-1 lead when Josh Goulet belted his first home run of the year deep to left field. A 2 run shot that would score Steven Rodriguez.

The first hit for the Sox would come in the bottom of the 5th inning when Cody Lovejoy would break up Quinn’s no-no. The Sox would score a run on a sac fly by Dustyn Macaluso.

Zach Quinn would toss a great game for the Riverpigs going 7 complete allowing 2 runs on 3 hits striking out 3 batters. Sean Rivera would come in to close the game and break the Riverpigs losing streak.

Both Teams will play tomorrow at 9:00am and 1:00pm for more Empire League Series action.

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WASHINGTON, PA – The Saranac Lake Surge would take on the Road Warrior Black Sox in todays Empire League matchup.

Derek Reddy would lead things off for the Black Sox belting a big home run off Surge starter Leo Madrid in the bottom of the first inning.

The Black Sox would take a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the 2nd when Joe Torre singled in a run and following him was Derek Reddy once again scoring Pete Yorgen with a ground ball to shortstop.

The Black Sox added a few more in the 5th inning of a 4 hits that would take out the Surge starter and go into the 6th leading 6-0.

The Surge got on the board in the top of the 6th inning when Richard Miller and Eddie Suri scored for the Surge on a error by the second baseman. John Tierney Jr would then singled to center to score Sid Kumar to cut the lead in half.

The Black Sox would go on to defeat the Surge and reclaim first place. Ken Williams would start and finish this one going a complete game allowing just 3 runs and striking out 4.

Both Teams will continue play tomorrow at 9:00am and 1:00pm for more Empire League Series action.

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WASHINGTON, PA – The Saranac Lake Surge took on the first place Brilliance Sox in the second matchup of the Empire League Series today.

Ean Walda would get the start for the Brilliance Sox against Ryan Tomao of the Saranac Lake Surge.

It was an eventful inning as the Sox took a 1-0 lead in the top half. But the Surge answered in the bottom half of the inning when lead off hitter Taylor Olmstead hit a monster shot over the center field wall for the first run of the game and his second home run of the season.

With the Brilliance Sox leading 2-1 in the bottom of the 4th inning, Eddie Suri singled to the right side to score Tyler Hill and tie the game at 2.

Trey Hunt doubled in Ben Andrews who had doubled to get things going for the Sox in the Top of the 6th, and Hunt would score on a 3rd double by Tyler Reis to bring the score to 4-2. Ed Millian would create some breathing room for the Sox as he singled in two more Sox runners with 2 outs to give the sox a 6-2 lead.

Dustyn Macaluso would take advantage of the deflated Surge as he hit a line drive to center in which the ball was misplayed and went over Surge centerfielders head for a Sox triple that would score two more. Macaluso himself scored on a wild pitch to make the score 9-2.

Surge answered in the bottom half when Cory Alexander scored on a double by Tyler Hill. Kyle Robinson would be driven in by Richard Millers grounder to first and Hill would follow on a grounder to short by Eddie Suri to make the score 9-5.

In the bottom of the 8th Inning, Richard Miller would hit his first homer of the year to right field. A 2 run home run on a ball that traveled 435 feet to bring the score to 9-7.

The Surge would make things interesting in the bottom of the 9th inning getting bases loaded for their clean up hitter Tyler Hill. Hill would ground to first base to make the game 9-8 with runners on 2nd and 3rd and 2 outs. With bases loaded after an intentional walk, Hassan Westbrook would get Eddie Suri to ground out to end the game.

Both teams will play tomorrow at 11:00am and 3:00pm as we continue Empire League Series play.

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