Baseball

Oxford 3, Thomas A. Edison 2

OXFORD – Lack of patience proved to be a good thing.

With two outs in the bottom of the seventh, Oxford senior Steve Locke launched the first offering from Edison hurler Alik Brown over the centerfielder’s head. Locke circled the bases for the winning run giving Oxford a Class C playoff win, and it sets up a semifinals matchup at Elmira Notre Dame Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.

Locke had not enjoyed a great deal of success against the Spartans left with a groundout and a walk in his two previous plate appearances. “I was just looking to hit a line drive, and then let Ben (Burdick) do the damage behind me,” Locke said after the game. It was his first homer of the season, and he was carried off the field on the shoulders of his teammates afterward.”