By Scott Kinville
LITTLE FALLS, N.Y. — The eighth-ranked Herkimer College Generals Baseball Team swept a doubleheader 20-3 and 19-1 against the Fulton-Montgomery CC Raiders on Tuesday at Veterans Memorial Park in Little Falls.
The Generals are now 23-4 overall this season and have won 12 games in a row. Their last defeat was a 4-3 loss in eight innings at the hands of the Raiders at Shuttleworth Park in Amsterdam on April 6. The Generals have won the season series against Fulton-Montgomery three games to one.
Herkimer jumped out to a 6-2 lead in the first inning of game one and never looked back. They added three runs in the second, eight in the third, and three more in the fourth to finish off the Raiders. Pitcher Joey Citrangola picked up the win and is now 3-0 this season. No further statistics were available at press time.
Things went from bad to worse for the visitors in game two, as the Generals completed the sweep with a 19-1 victory. No further statistics for this game were available at press time.
Up next for Herkimer is a doubleheader at Veterans Memorial Park on Thursday against the Columbia-Greene CC Twins. It is a rematch at Columbia-Greene last Saturday that the Generals won 21-2 and 15-4. Game one on Thursday is scheduled to start at 2:00 p.m., and game two is set to start at 4:00 p.m.
Photos by Dave Warner
