DAY THREE

MANSFIELD – Corning Grey won twice on Saturday to become the first team to qualify for the Joel Stephens Invitational Championship. Corning shutout FMS 4-0 and downed Montrose 6-1 to win the Naylor/Dobson Division with a 3-0 mark. Brockville (ONT) took the lead in the tough Heaps/Heaps Division beating Conneaut 3-1 to improve to 2-0. Mansfield dropped a 4-3 heartbreaker to Greece to end its divisional play with a 2-1 record and will have to wait until the completion of games Sunday to see if they advance to the Stephens or Palmer Championship round on Monday. Horseheads kept its hopes alive in the Plamer/Henneman Division by improving to 1-1 with a 3-2 win over Greece .

Saturday’s 11 game schedule will be followed by 10 games on Sunday to determine who advance to the championship brackets. The four divisional winners will play for the Joel Stephens Championship on Monday while the four divisional runner-ups will vie for the Josh Palmer Championship also on Monday.

In a 9 a.m. game at Shaute Field, Bath scored twice in the bottom of the sixth inning to take a 5-4 lead and hold off Owego for a 5-4 win. Brandon Wilson picked up the win, pitching the last inning and a third. Bath starter Dan Tunison struck out nine, scattered three hits with no walks and did not give up an earned run in five innings of work.

In a 9 a.m. game at Kelly Field in Smythe Park , Mansfield topped Northern Tioga 12-3. Kevin Hill went 3-4 and drove in two runs to lead the Mansfield offensive attack. Cody Garrison also had 2 RBI for Mansfield . Tyler Rumsey was the winning pitcher.

BROCKVILLE 17
ELMIRA HEIGHTS 7

In an 11:30 a.m. game at Shaute Field, used a nine-run third inning to build a big lead and roll to a 17-7 win over Elmira Heights . Jordan Herbison, Zack Joslin and Derek Howe each had two hits to lead the Brockville attack.

CORNING GRAY 4
F.M.S. GENERALS 0

In an 11:30 a.m. game at Kelly Field in Smythe Park , Bean Johnson threw a two-hit shutout as Corning blanked the F.M.S. Generals 4-0. Johnson struck out eight and did not walk a batter.

In an 11:30 a.m. game at Williamson High School , Horseheads scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning and made them stand up in a 3-2 win over Greece . Jeff Paul went 3-3 with two doubles and a triple and Tony Battisti drove in two runs for Horseheads. Matt Bowman was the winning pitcher.

In a 3 p.m. game at Shaute Field, Syracuse scored four runs in the first inning on their way to an 11-0 shutout over Ferris-Goodrich. Ryan Cole doubled in two runs in the first inning and went 3-5 with two doubles and two RBI to pace a 10-hit attack by Syracuse . Three pitchers combined for the shutout with Cory Nelson going the first four innings to get credit for the win. Nelson gave up three hits while striking out four.

In a 3 p.m. game at Kelly Field, Lamm Post – the defending Joel Stephens Champions – got a complete game three-hitter from Scott Steimer. Lamm Post scored all the runs they would need with four runs in the second inning keyed by a two-run triple by Rob Maxwell. Elmira Heights scored their only run in the first inning on a sacrifice fly by Shaun Merrill.

In a 3 p.m. game at Williamson, Bradford County scored four runs in the bottom of the first inning and added five more in the third to beat FMS 13-3. Ramy Ragab had a double and four RBI to lead an 11-hit offense attack for Bradford . Mike Martin got the in relief of Mike Donovan.

In a 6 p.m. game at Williamson High School, Corning won its third straight game as C.J. Huyett threw a complete game five-hitter striking out nine. Jeremy Blackwell went 3-3 with three RBI while Brandon Lewis was 2-4 with a double and RBI. Corning clinched first place in the Naylor Dobson to gain a berth in the Joel Stephens Championship bracket on Monday.

In a 6 p.m. game at Kelly Field, Brockville rallied to beat Conneaut 3-1 behind a complete game two-hitter from Derek Howe who struck out five. Ivan Cherwinski, Cody Cassellman and Howe all drove in runs for Brockville which took the lead in the Heaps/Heaps Division with a 2-0 mark.

In a 6 p.m. game at Shaute Field , Greece rallied with two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to edge Mansfield 4-3. Mansfield took an early 1-0 lead but Greece scored twice in the third inning before Mansfield retook the lead with two runs in the fifth. Raffaele Parisi got the win in relief while Kevin Hill took the loss. Kevin Adamski, Justin Hewitt and Yimy Quiepo each had two hits for Greece which improves to 1-1. Mansfield , which ended division play with a 2-1 record will have to wait until the end of play Sunday to see if they earn a berth in either the Stephens or Palmer Championship brackets. Levi Weiskopff had two hits for Mansfield .

Bath 5 Mansfield 12 Horseheads 3 Brockville 17 Corning 4
Owego 4 N. Tioga 3

Greece

2 Elmira Heights 7 FMS 0

Syracuse 11 Lamm Post 5 Bradford 13 Mansfield 3 Brockville 3
Ferris-Goodrich 0 Elmira Heights 1 FMS 3

Greece

4 Conneaut 1

Time	Field	Field	Field
	Shaute Field	Kelly Field	Williamson High

9 am	Lamm Post vs Brockville	Owego vs Ferris-Goodrich

11:30am	FMS vs Montrose	N. Tioga vs. Greece

Noon			Owego vs. Syracuse

2:30 pm			Ferris-Goodrich vs. Bath

3 pm	Horseheads vs. N. Tioga	Bradford vs. Montrose

6 pm	Lamm Post vs. Conneaut	Bath vs. Syracuse