WASHINGTON, PA – The visiting Tupper Lake Riverpigs took on the second place Brilliance Sox in the 2nd game of today’s Empire League Series play.

Bruce Bell would get the ball for the Sox while Jorge Murillo would get his first start of the season for the Riverpigs.

Brilliance Sox would get on the board first when Tyler Reis would reach base on an error by Riverpigs third baseman to score Dustyn Macaluso. A second run would plate on a Balk call by Riverpigs pitcher.

The Sox would take out the Surge Starter in the the 3rd inning when Trey Bigford doubled to right center to score Ben Andrews.

Dustyn Macaluso would hit his 4th homer in 2 days in the bottom of the 4th inning for the Brilliance Sox to make it a 7-0 game.

Bruce Bell would go 6 complete innings without allowing a single run. He would strike out 3 batters and only giving up 3 hits and earn another victory.

Both Teams will continue play tomorrow at 11:00 am ET and 3:00 pm ET for more Empire League Series action

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WASHINGTON, PA –  Today’s first matchup featured the Saranac Lake Surge versus the first place Road Warrior Black Sox.

Sean Lubreski would start for the first place Black Sox against Donnell Hightower of the Surge.

Surge would get on the board first when Chris Kwitzler would get his first homer of the series over the left center wall.

The Surge would add 3 more in the 3rd inning when James Guererri scored on a double by Kyle Robinson, Olmstead would score on a ground ball by Chris Kwitzler and Robinson would score on a sac fly by Tyler Hill.

A big 4th inning for the Surge as they would bat around scoring 6 runs on 6 hits including doubles from Robinson and Kwitzler and a big home run by Sid Kumar to make it 10-2 Surge.

In the 5th Inning the Surge would once again explode for 5 more runs including a second homer of the game by Chris Kwitzler.

Sid Kumar would hit a second homer in the game to give the Surge a commanding lead.

Donnell Hightower would pitch a great game for the Surge going 6 innings striking out 3 batters and earning the big victory over the first place Black Sox

Both  teams will continue play tomorrow at 11:00 am ET and 3:00 pm ET.

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WASHINGTON, PA – Surge catcher Tyler Hill will be wearing a new uniform for 2021 as he has officially been signed to the York Revolution of the Atlantic League for the 2021 season.

Tyler Hill has been displaying a great amount of talent offensively and defensively and will continue to learn from Manager Mark Mason who is currently his manager with the Saranac Lake Surge of the 2021 Empire League Series.

No better way to end a 4 for 4 day then to get the news that Hill will be wearing a York Revolution jersey next year.

“I have no words, I’m very thankful for the coaches, my family, Mark Mason and the Empire League for this amazing opportunity. I couldn’t have done it without them.”

Hill will continue to perform and learn from his future manager Mark Mason as the Surge look to finish strong in the Empire League Series.

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WASHINGTON, PA – The Saranac Lake Surge would take on the second place Brilliance Sox in todays 2nd matchup of the day.

Left handed pitcher Leo Madrid would take the mound for the Surge against Sean Johnson of the Sox.

Dustyn Macaluso wasted no time as he homered on the first pitch of the game to deep left field. The Sox would get another run on a Trey Bigford base hit that scored Ben Andrews to take a 2-0 lead in the 1st.

Surge would answer with one of their own when Taylor Olmstead reached first on a walk, steal second and scored on a base hit by Tyler Hill to make the score 2-1.

Sox would plate 2 more in the top of the 2nd on a couple of errors by Surge infielders to make it 4-1.

Dustyn Macaluso would continue having a day by hitting his second homer of the season. A solo shot to left field to make it 5-1.

Leo Madrid would go 6 innings of work striking out 8 total batters and only 3 runs earned.

Surge would get one more in the bottom of the 8th inning when Taylor Olmstead would single in Alexis Monge who tripled to start the inning and cut the lead to 5-2.

Tyler Hill ends the day going 4 for 4 and enough to get the call up to York Revolution for the 2021 season.

Dustyn Macaluso had a monster day hitting his 3rd bomb of the game. Another 2 run shot to give the Sox a 7-2 lead and the victory.

Both teams will continue play tomorrow at 11:00 am ET and 3:00 pm ET.

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WASHINGTON, PA – The visiting Tupper Lake Riverpigs would take on the first place Road Warrior Sox in todays first Empire League Series matchup.

Black Sox starter Cas Silber would take on Riverpigs left hander Dimitri Nunez.

The Black Sox took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first on a sacrifice fly to centerfield by Joe Torre to score Marten Pauwels.

Cas Silber was outstanding as he had 5 strikeouts going into the 3rd inning. Marcus Guzman would be the first guy to get a hit in the 4th on a double to right center. Silber would finish the inning with his 7th strikeout through 4 innings played.

A second run would come in the game or the Sox after a routine double play turned into an error that kept the inning alive. The very next hitter grounded to third where another error was made to score a run.

Dimitri Nunez would go 6 innings for the Riverpigs allowing just 1 run on 4 hits striking out 5 batters. He would not get any run support and would be in line for the loss.

Cas Silber would leave the game after throwing 8 solid innings allowing no runs on 3 hits and striking out an impressive 12 batters.

Ken Williams would come in to close it for the Black Sox but got into a bit of a jam with bases loaded and 1 out but would get himself out of it to get the save.

Both teams will continue play tomorrow at 11:00 am ET

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