HORNELL – The Genesee Valley-Belfast baseball team (21-1) moved onto the Section 5 Class C2 title game with a stunning 4-3 victory over Gananda on Thursday.
It was a pitchers dual between Ethan Davenport for GVBC (six strikeouts, no walks, seven hits) and Gananda’s Henry Shutt (seven strikeouts, no walks and six hits). “Not often you see a game with no errors and no base on balls from either side,” GVBC coach Dennis Miles said.
Timely hitting was the key for GVBC as Ryan Daciw plated two in the fourth inning on a single to left field. In the top of the sixth inning, Gananda would bunch four hits to score their three runs and take a 3-2 lead.
It was short lived as GVBC would get three hits to take a 4-3 lead in the bottom half. A single by Nolan Hunter drove in two runs and Ethan Davenport shut the door in the seventh with two strikeouts and a flyout.
Davenport was 2-3 with a double, triple and scored twice.
For Gananda, Ben Wadsworth was 2-3 with one RBI.
Next up for GVBC is the C2 Championship at Dwyer Stadium in Batavia vs Kendall (21-1). Game time is 7:30.
Softball
Fillmore 2-1 over Lyndonville in Section 5 Class D semifinals
Fillmore: 2 runs, 6 hits, 2 errors
Lyndonville: 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors
Fillmore pitcher — Mylee Miller nine strikeouts, 0 walks
Lyndonville pitcher — Arnie Sturdevant six strikeouts, three walks
Fillmore Offense — Mylee Miller 2/3, 2 RBI’s; Mattie McCumiskey 2/3; and Morghyn Ross two runs scored.
Lyndonville Offense — scored off a infield pop error in first inning, Arnie Sturtevent scored.
“Tonight was just a hard fought close decision that went our way,” Fillmore coach Jon Beardsley said. “Offensively, we couldn’t ever string anything together, but when we got Morghyn in scoring position, we scored her. Mylee was locked in on the mound again today. It was just a complete game, team win, tonight and it happened against a very good Lyndonville team (21-2 coming into this game).
Fillmore (16-4) will play Keshequa at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Class D title game.
