Mohawk Valley Baseball
The Mohawk Valley DiamondDawgs of the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League is teaming up with K’s for a Cause to benefit the Herkimer County Hunger Coalition.
During each home contest, fans will have more reasons to cheer on their hometown DiamondDawgs as the team will donate $1.00 for every batter a Little Falls hurler strikes out to the Herkimer County Hunger Coalition.
ITHACA, N.Y. – Sophmore Chris Cruz (DiamondDawgs 2012) hit a monster two-run home run in the sixth inning and made an incredible diving catch in the seventh, but the baseball team couldn’t hold on to the lead and Binghamton scratched out a 6-4 victory on Wednesday at Hoy Field. The loss ended the Big Red’s four-game winning streak.
Cruz crushed his ninth home run of the season down the right-field line. The blast ballooned in the wind, which was blowing hard toward left, but still had plenty of distance to clear the fence. Cruz has now tripled his home run production from last season and is tied for third in program history for home runs in a season (the record is 11) and is currently hitting .306 and has started every game for the “Big Red’.
GLENS FALLS, N.Y. – Herkimer County Community College sophomore pitcher Willie Gabay (Mohawk Valley 2011-2012) ended a Mountain Valley Athletic Conference doubleheader against Adirondack Community College with a bang on Sat., Apr. 6. Gabay fired a no-hitter, the first of his career, as Herkimer defeated Adirondack, in a game that was played at East Field in Glens Falls, the home of the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League’s Glens Falls Golden Eagles.
The Herkimer sophomore struck out a career-high 12 Gabay and only allowed a single earned run in the second inning.
The Herkimer County Comm. College Generals swept the holiday weekend doubleheader with Adirondack and have, as of this writing, won 16-straight games. Herkimer has not been defeated since Mar. 15. The Generals have outscored their opponents 110-19 in the month of April.
Several Herkimer Generals will play for the Mohawk Valley DiamondDawgs this summer including 2011 PGCBL All-Star Willie Gabay, catcher Luke Nethaway, infielder Tyler Hall and outfielder Hassan Evans (Mohawk Valley 2011).
Dover, Del. (Apr. 9, 2012) — Delaware State University catcher Eddie Sorondo (so., Jersey City, N.J.) has been honored by the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) for his play last week.
Sorondo was named MEAC Baseball Player-of-the-Week today after batting .636 to help lead the Hornets to three wins in four games last week. He also scored four runs and drove in four last week.
Sorondo leads the Hornets with a .385 average this season.
Now that it’s the end of March the Mohawk Valley DiamondDawgs are actively looking for families to house their players.
This season, you or your company can enjoy DiamondDawgs Baseball with a great view from our skybox located over the DiamondDawgs dugout. The skybox at Veterans Memorial Stadium is great opportunity for a corporate outing or just a night out with friends. You and your guests won’t miss a minute of the action from this elevated private deck area. Also included in the skybox rental is 25 free hotdogs!!!! Contact the DiamondDawgs today before it’s sold out!!!!
This past weekend 2012 DiamondDawg Chris Cruz led the Cornell University Baseball Team to its first 4-0 start since 1981. Cruz is hitting 471 on the early season with 8 hits including; 2 homeruns, 2 doubles. He also has 4 RBI and has scored six runs. Cruz and the Cornell Baseball Team will hope to keep their winning ways going this weakened as they face George Washington University.
The Mohawk Valley DiamondDawgs announced today the hiring of Little Falls native Katie Robarge as the club’s Assistant General Manager and Director of Groups.
A native of Little Falls, Robarge joins the DiamondDawgs following a successful internship last summer with the Salem Red Sox, the Class A Advanced Affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. She currently lives in Salem, Virginia and works at Virginia Tech University as a concession supervisor.
“I would like to thank Travis Heiser and Dave Dittmann for the opportunity to work for my hometown team; and I am looking forward to expanding the positive influence that baseball has had and will continue to have on my community.” Robarge said.
“From the first time Katie and I spoke, she displayed a passion for the game of baseball and her hometown,” DiamondDawgs President Travis Heiser said. “With her past experience in minor league baseball she understands how much work it takes to run a successful operation, there is no question that she will help us continue to grow as an organization”.
The DiamondDawgs are a member of the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League a wood bat league in upstate New York. Nine PGCBL teams play a 48-game schedule in June and July. The league is affiliated with Perfect Game USA, the largest independent scouting service in the United States