SKAndes Opens Baseball Season With a League Win

DELAWARE LEAGUE – The Jefferson/Stamford baseball team opened its season at Archibald Field in Stamford with a15-4 loss to non league Schenevus on March 31. Jon Micheal Leas led Stamford's offense, connecting on a homer, while  Schenevus was led by Cody Keator's three hits for four RBI, which included a home run. Teammate Allen Osborn stole five bases and added another four RBI to help his shared cause on the mound as he combined with Ryan Spanger to strike out 14 J/S batters. 

Windham opened their season with a 7-4 loss to non-league Cairo-Durham. WAJ connected for six hits, but they didn't get all the runs across the plate. Payton Dempsey hit a pair of singles and Jacob Schwartz doubled.

Laurens/Milford handed Margaretville an 11-10 loss on April 2 in a non-league pairing. L/M came from behind, scoring three runs on two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning. Connor Wayman  connected on Margaretville's only base hit. On the mound, Anthony Maggio struck out five L/M batters. Margaretville trailed 5-3, but scored five runs in the top of the fifth to go on top 8-7. They added two more runs in the top of the sixth and L/M added one before L/M went on to clinch it.

Schoharie defeated Gilboa/Roxbury 7-3 in G/R's non-league opener on April 2. Schoharie held a 3-0 lead going into the fifth and although G/R scored single runs over the next three innings, Schoharie was able to match runs to clinch the win. Gavin Bohringer connected on a triple and Preston Bruck added a double to lead  as Burton Strauch scored a pair of runs for G/R.

Middleburgh shutout Windham 11-0 in non-league action on April 2. Devin Schlosser led Windham with one hit and stole two bases, while James Garrison added a hit. 

Jeffeson/Stamford hit the road on April 3 to play South Kortright/Andes in league pairing. SK won it 12-3. Cole Thomas, JB Trimbell and Anthony Martinez all connected on a pair of hits for the Rams. Jackson Hudson doubled and Jon Micheal Leas connected on a double for J/S.

Gilboa/Roxbury defeated Margaretville 28-1 to pick up a non-league victory on the Gilboa diamond April 3. Garrison Ross led the way with four hits and six RBI, helping his cause on the mound where he struck out nine Margaretville batters. Burton Strauch, David Cammer and Brayden Carr all had a trio of hits. For Margaretville, CJ Fairbarin connected on his team's only hit.

Middleburgh defeated Jefferson/Stamford 21-3 last Friday. Jon Michael Leas went 2 for 2 behind the bat for a pair of RBIs. Charlie Miller, Pat Terk and Cameron Tompkins all added singles for J/S.