Prep Baseball Report

Ziehl paces DII-Blatter in Upstate Baseball League action



Gage Ziehl (Penfield) set the tone in the first at bat of the game. The right-handed starter followed through on the mound. Ziehl drilled the first pitch of the game into the left center gap for a double. He also struck out five and walked one over three innings for the win as DII-Blatter never trailed in a 4-2 victory over DII-DiStaffen in Upstate Baseball League action at Towers Field on the campus of the University of Rochester, Thursday. Ziehl allowed one run on three hits. Ross Janezic (School of the Arts) gave DII-Blatter the lead with a one-out RBI single to right center scoring Ziehl. Christian Blatter (McQuaid) plated Korey Canton (Greece Odyssey) with a single to left in the third inning, and DII-Blatter never looked back. Joey Alphonse (Greece Olympia) hurled two shutout innings in relief of Ziehl, and Joshua Ferris (Churchville-Chili) worked two frames for the save. Blatter finished with two RBI on the night. Janezic was 1-for-2 with a walk, run scored and an RBI. DII-DiStaffen’s Joe DellOso (Starpoint) turned in a promising relief performance. Using a change-up down in the zone for his out pitch, DellOso struck out four and walked none over three no-hit innings. He retired nine of the 10 batters he faced with an error standing between him and a perfect outing. DellOso set down the first seven he faced without allowing a ball out of the infield before a routine fly ball was mishandled in the outfield. Jacob Canfield (Webster Thomas) paced the DII-DiStaffen offense going 2-for-2 with a walk and a run scored. Caden Hann (Webster Thomas) knotted the game at one in the first with a two-out opposite field RBI triple.

 

DII-Sova vs DII-Maynard was suspended because of weather in the top of the second.