Author: Travis Heiser

Come out to the park Friday, June 29th as your DiamondDawgs take on the Glens Falls Golden Eagles. Game Time is 705PM. The Little Falls and Dolgeville Big M Supermarkets are sponsoring the game. The Dawgmobile will be parked out in front of the stadium and will stuffed full of groceries courtesy of Big M Supermarkets. As fans arrive to the stadium they will be able to enter in a drawing to win ALL the groceries in the car. The fan that comes closest to the retail value of the groceries in the car will win. The winner will be announced during the 7th inning and the winner must be present to win.

Make sure you look in your local newspapers for your FREE tickets to the June 29th game courtesy of Big M Supermarkets.

FREE Ice Cream will also be given out on Friday, June 29 to the first 250 kids courtesy of Kenickies.

By Jon Rathbun – Little Falls Times

Herkimer County Community College teammates Hassan Evans and Tyler Hall made significant contributions Sunday to the Mohawk Valley DiamondDawgs’ soggy 10-2 victory over the Watertown Wizards.

Evans hit his first home run of the season and drove in four runs as the the DiamondDawgs won for the fourth time in five games and Hall had three hits and two runs batted in.

Evans, a Division I Delaware State recruit from Brooklyn who is living with Hall’s family in Fonda this summer, got the scoring started with a three-run home run in the second inning at Veterans Memorial Park. Jesse Buratt had drawn a one-out walk from Ryan Filipowicz and Evan Wolf had singled before Evans, hitless in his last nine at-bats and batting .138 with one RBI, cracked his three-run home run.

Evans added a run-scoring single an inning later and scored a run on Hall’s two-run single. Eric Helmrich had started the inning with a tripled and scored on a hit by Eddie Sorondo as the DiamondDawgs took a 7-1 lead.

Jack Morrow added a home run in the fifth inning and Helmrich hit a sacrifice fly in the sixth.

Batting ninth, the SUNY-Cortland-bound Hall reached base in all four of his plate appearances. He singled in the second, third and eighth innings and was hit by a pitch leading off the sixth when he scored on Helmrich’s fly ball.

Hall and Evans were 5-for-7 combined with six runs batted in and reached base six times in the bottom two spots in the Mohawk Valley batting order.

Cameron Sorgie threw seven inning and earned his first Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League victory. The SUNY-Albany right-hander struck out 10 batters, walked three and allowed two runs on four hits. Duanesburg High School graduate Aaron Casper struck out three batters in two innings of relief.

Leadoff batter Donald Walter went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in the fifth inning for Watertown.

Defensively, Mohawk Valley played its third error-free game of the season. The DiamondDawgs have won all three games in which they have not committed an error. They had erred in 10 consecutive games and committed 27 errors during that stretch.

Following a trip to Glens Falls Monday, the DiamondDawgs play their next two games against Amsterdam’s league-leading Mohawks. Mohawk Valley plays at home Tuesday and, following a day off Wednesday, visits Shuttleworth Park Thursday.

The Mohawk Valley DiamondDawgs were back to Veteran’s Memorial Park for a Perfect Game Collegiate League (PGCBL) Sunday matinee against the Watertown Wizards. The DiamondDawgs offense exploded for ten runs to help secure the team’s seventh win of the season in a 10-2 rout.

Cameron Sorgie (UAlbany) pitched seven innings for the Dawgs and gave up four hits, two earned runs, walked three and recorded ten strikeouts for his first win of the season. Aaron Casper (Canisius) came in to relieve Sorgie and pitched two innings giving up one hit and walking three and recording three strikeouts.

Wizards’ starter Ryan Filipowicz (Holy Cross) was pounded for seven earned runs on nine hits and walked three with two strikeouts and picked up his second loss of the season. Bryan Burns (Plattsburgh State) came in for relief but allowed three more runs, two of which were earned and gave up a walk and hit two batters. Devante’ Taylor (Alcorn State) was brought in for an inning of and allowed one hit, a walk, hit a batter and picked up three strikeouts.

The offensive parade was started by Hassan Evans (Herkimer C.C.) who homered in the bottom of the second inning and gave the DiamondDawgs a quick 3-0 lead. Evans led the DiamondDawgs going 2 for 4 with a double, two runs scored and four runs batted in (RBI). Tyler Hall (Herkimer C.C.) contributed going 3 for 3 with a run scored and two RBI. Evan Wolf (UC Davis), Jesse Buratt (Baton Rouge C.C.) and Eric Helmrich (Marist) all went 1 for 3 for the Dawgs and combined for five runs scored. Helmrich also added a triple and an RBI. Eddie Sorondo (Delaware State) went 1 for 5 and added a run and an RBI while Jack Morrow (Young Harris) went 1 for 5 belting a homerun in the fifth.

The Wizards slim offense came from Donald Walter (Cal Poly Pomona) who homered and went 2 for 5 on the night with a run scored and an RBI. Jordan Enos (Holy Cross) and Conor Dishman (Wabash Valley C.C.) both went 1 for 4 with Enos adding a double while Dishman tripled and scored a run.

The DiamondDawgs return home to Veterans Memorial Park on Tuesday, June 26, 2012 for a 7:05pm contest against the first place Amsterdam Mohawks.

The Mohawk Valley DiamondDawgs overcame a 6-2 deficit to scratch out a win against the Elmira Pioneers 8-6 in a Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League contest tonight.

The DiamondDawgs were led offensively by David DelGrande (Sacramento State University) who went 2 for 3 with a double and an RBI, Mark Stuckey (Marist College) who went 2 for 4 with two doubles and three runs scored, and Tyler Hall (Herkimer County Community College) who scored two runs. Adding to the comeback were Jack Morrow (Young Harris College) who smashed a pinch-hit, two-run double, and Chris Cruz (Cornell University) who launched a deep home run to right field the secured the win for the third hurler of the night Taylor Wright (Brown University). Wright tossed two scoreless innings and struck out three. Salvatore Lisanti (Bryant University) struck out two in a scoreless ninth and notched his third save.

Elmira starter Carson Bryant (Chattanooga State CC) went 5 2/3 and gave up six hits, four runs (one earned) and struck out two as he did not figure in the decision. Reliever Mathew Goreham (Northeastern University) added an inning in relief and gave up three hits, three earned runs and walked one while being tagged with his first loss of the year. The Pioneers’ Corey Hamula (Sullivan County CC) went 3 for 5 with two runs scored, Steven Patterson (San Jacinto Delta College) doubled in one and scored two, and Spencer Brann went 1 for 5 with three RBI.

The game, which took nearly 3 ½ hours to complete, featured 11 stolen bases and 14 walks total.

The DiamondDawgs return home to Veterans Memorial Park on Sunday, June 24, 2012 for a 5:05pm contest against the Watertown Wizards.

he DiamondDawgs will have a home game June 21 at Veterans Memorial Park in Little Falls against the Elmira Pioneers with a game time 7:05. (CLICK READ MORE TO PRINT FREE TICKETS TO THIS GAME

Ladies Breast Cancer Awareness “Pink Game”
sponsored by Little Falls Hospital and Bassett Healthcare.

The DiamondDawgs will be wearing pink jerseys for this game and at the end of the game the jerseys will be autographed and sold with 100 percent of the proceeds going to KC Smith Scholarship Fund. The DiamondDawgs will also be using pink bats which will be raffled off at the end of the game to promote Breast Cancer Awareness. Bassett Healthcare will also be on hand with their Mammogram traveling screening center to give FREE Mammograms to those who qualify. It will be Free Admission for ALL Ladies as well as guys who wear a pink shirt.

Yep, it’s Thursday. Do you know what that means? The DiamondDawgsare having a their first famous THIRSTY THURSDAY promotion of the season on June 21 with $2 Beers and $1 bottles of water. Thirsty Thursday is sponsored by the Happen Inn Sports Bar and Grille in Little Falls, Coors Light and Labatt Blue.

Wet Zone: With the temperatures rising its going to be a hot day. So if you are a adult or a child make sue you sit in our designated “WET ZONE”. Fans who are in the “wet zone” may end up getting anywhere from a misted or a bit damp to soaked. Lets have fun and see if we can pack the WET ZONE seating area.

Dont forget to print out and bring the “Striking Out Breast Cancer” Logo for FREE admission into the June 21st game. Print as many as you want and lets pack the park for a great cause, great fun, and ice cold drinks.

“The Major League Stars of Tomorrow here in the Mohawk Valley Today”

The Amsterdam Mohawks made the short trip down the New York State Thruway on Tuesday night to face off against the Mohawk Valley DiamondDawgs at Veteran’s Memorial Park. The Mohawks put their league best 7-2 record on the line against the DiamondDawgs who entered the game four games back at 3-6.

The Mohawk Valley DiamondDawgs welcomed the inaugural Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League (PGCBL) champions Newark Pilots to Veteran’s Memorial Park Monday night for the second meeting of the season. The first meeting in Newark resulted in a 19-6 romp by the Pilots. The DiamondDawgs sought to return the favor in front of its home crowd looking to move closer to a .500 record (3-5) while the Pilots sought to keep up with the league leaders at 5-3.

The Mohawk Valley DiamondDawgs routed the visiting Albany Dutchmen in front of 1126 screaming fans at Veterans Memorial Park in Little Falls in a Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League contest.