Frankfort-Schuyler Baseball Defeats Herkimer

FRANKFORT, N.Y. — The Frankfort-Schuyler Maroon Knights exploded for 14 runs on 14 hits on Monday as they defeated the Herkimer Magicians 14-5 in baseball action.

Frankfort-Schuyler built a 4-1 lead through two innings. The Magicians answered back in the top of the third as Jack Kozma and Gavin Pizer scored to cut the home teams lead to one. That was as close as the game would get, as the Maroon Knights responded with runs by Martino Rocco, Conner Grates, Nicholas Service, and Collin Grems to take an 8-3 lead. All four F-S runs were scored with two outs.

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Herkimer got one back in the top of the fourth when Brady Saunders triple drove in Terrance Jones to make it 8-4. The Maroon Knights bats remained on fire in their half of the fourth, as they put four more runs across. Chase Evans got it started with a lead off single, followed by a walk by Grems, and a Dalton Loy single to load the bases. Evans scored on grounder to first by Rocco, as Grems was thrown out at home on the same play.

Grates drove Loy in with a base hit, and Rocco came in on a groundout by Thomas Service before the Magicians could end the inning. The Maroon Knights added two more in the bottom of the fifth as Evans and Grems came across to score again making 14-4.

The Magicians got a run in the top of the sixth as Saunders parlayed a two single into a run. They could get no more as the home team them scoreless in the top of the seventh inning and sealed the nine run victory.

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Rocco had a monster game for the Maroon Knights, scoring a run in each of the first four innings, while adding two RBIs, two hits, and five stolen bases. Nicholas Service had four hits, two runs scored, and two RBIs, while Thomas Service and Loy had two hits each. Grates, Grems, and Evans scored two runs each. Thomas Service and Brian Martinez each had a pair of RBIs.

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Brayden Wisheart was the starting pitcher for Frankfort-Schuyler and went three innings. Nicholas Service took over in the fourth inning and went the rest of the way.

Terrance Jones scored two runs and added two stolen bases and a hit for Herkimer. Saunders had two hits (including a triple) with a run and a stolen base. Kozma and Pizer each had one hit, one run, and two stolen bases with Pizer adding an RBI.