Baseball

Johnson City 4, Norwich 1

JOHNSON CITY – Norwich went from a half-game lead in the STAC Central Division to trailing the Wildcats by half a game after Monday’s showdown.

Johnson City answered Norwich’s run in the top of the sixth with all four of its runs. “Other than that one inning, it was a well pitched game on both sides,” said Norwich coach John Martinson. “Their pitcher had a nice fastball and dropped in a curve. It was a breakout inning for both teams, and (Johnson City) was able to move runners around.”

Nick McCullough singled and stole second in the top of the sixth. He scored Norwich’s lone run on a Colby Griffin single.

Norwich (6-3, 7-3-1) hosts Oneonta Thursday.

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Cutting (W) and Owens. Mackay Hotaling (L), Justin Lindenthaler (6) and Thomas Kalicicki. Doubles: (JC) Pellicciatti, Hodges.

Otselic Valley 5, DeRuyter 3

SOUTH OTSELIC – Otselic Valley broke out for four runs in the fourth inning to take the lead against DeRuyter in Monday afternoon’s win.

Chuckie Bishop had an RBI double to score Karl Graham, and Travis Sheldon followed with an RBI double. Graham and Sheldon later scored on RBI groundouts.

Sheldon finished 2-for-3 and Doug Day added two hits. Winning pitcher Dylan Comfort gave up six hits.

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