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Sizing up the PGCBL East Division playoffs

The PGCBL regular season has come to a close, and that means it’s playoff time. Four teams out of the East Division, the Amsterdam Mohawks, Albany Dutchmen, Mohawk Valley DiamondDawgs and Saugerties Stallions all begin their run for the league championship tonight. It will begin with the division semifinals, a one-game, winner-take-all playoff for a bid to the division championship series. #1…

Mohawks down Dragons in season finale

A cycle by an opposing player and a crooked number on the scoreboard sunk the Glens Falls Dragons in their season finale on Monday night against the Amsterdam Mohawks by a score of 12-5. Heading into the fifth inning with the score knotted up at three, the Mohawk offense shifted into high gear as they batted around and put five runs on the board. The scoring began with the fourth batter of the…

Mohawks use early lead to take down Dragons

It took just five pitches into the game for Amsterdam to grab two runs and they didn’t look back after that as they beat the Glens Falls Dragons at East Field Thursday night by a final tally of 7-5. The first three Amsterdam hitters got on base to start the night, two of them scoring off of Dragons starting pitcher Lake Robertson in just five pitches. John Valente singled to start the game, Jake…

Marino’s dominant pitching shuts down Dragons

The Glens Falls Dragons did not get a hit until the fourth inning and on a slow offensive night fell to the Albany Dutchmen on Tuesday at East Field in Glens Falls by a final score of 4-2. Dutchmen starting pitcher Greg Marino set the higher standard early on as he set down the first 11 Dragon hitters, not allowing a hit until a two-out, fourth inning double off the bat of Brandon Torres. By this…

Still undefeated! East takes down West in PGCBL All-Star Game

After a wild fifth inning from both teams, it was the East Division holding off the West Division in the 2017 PGCBL All-Star game on Tuesday night at Shuttleworth Park in Amsterdam by a final score of 10-8. The game got off to a quiet start, but the East team led 3-1 after four innings, and the West had been held to just two hits. In the fifth was when the West bats came alive as they sent 12…

PGCBL players put skills to the test in competitions and home run derby

The PGCBL All-Star festivities at Shuttleworth Park continued late Tuesday afternoon with the Skills Competition and the Home Run Derby. Catching Accuracy Competition In this competition, catchers threw a ball from home plate to behind second base into a target with a hole in it. Two points were allotted for hitting the target and four for getting it in the hole, and each thrower got three…

East up-and-comers beat West in PGCBL Prospect Game

In a game that turned around in one inning, up-and-coming players of the East Division defeated those of the West Division in the PGCBL Prospect Game on Tuesday afternoon at Shuttleworth Park in Amsterdam by a final score of 12-9 in an offensive showcase. Heading into the bottom of the sixth inning, the East team trailed 4-1 and were looking to turn things around. They did it in a huge way,…

Dragons drop 15 runs on Stallions for second straight win

The Dragons scored five runs in the first inning and did not look back after that, using their lineup from top to bottom en route to beating the Saugerties Stallions on Friday night at East Field by a final score of 15-3. The Dragons sent 10 batters to the plate in the first as three of them picked up hits, and eight of the 10 reached base in the inning. The frame was highlighted by an RBI single…