Gosse powers O-Tigers

By P.J. Harmer
Staff Writer

June 25, 2008 10:00 am

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ONEONTA _ Mike Gosse made amends quickly.

Gosse hit a two-run double and a sacrifice fly to help the Oneonta Tigers to their first win at home this season, beating the Lowell Spinners, 4-1, in front of 404 fans at Damaschke Field in a New York-Penn League game Tuesday night.

Gosse's throwing error in the 14th inning helped Lowell earn a 4-3 victory in the continuation of Monday's suspended game, played earlier Tuesday.

"That was a tough loss," Gosse said. "I kind of boffed a ball that let in their winning run. Completely different game once you turn around. You have to put that past you and come out firing."

With the O-Tigers trailing, 1-0, in the third, Brent Wyatt reached on an infield single up the middle and Chris White walked to put runners on first and second. After Ben Guez struck out, Gosse came up against Lowell starter Yeiper Castillo.

Gosse gave the O-Tigers the lead for good when his towering double went over right fielder Mitch Dening. Wyatt and White scored to make it 2-1.

"I won't lie, it was right down the middle," Gosse said. "I just hit it out there and tried to get a couple runs so we could get ahead. It gave us the go-ahead runs. I got a pretty good piece. I'm just glad those two guys got around to score."

First-year Oneonta manager Ryan Newman said Gosse's hit was a big confidence booster.

"To have that happen in the first game can crush a kid," Newman said. "For him to come back and get that big hit is awesome. That's a great feeling for him. He's been swinging the bat well for us all year. He's got a nice stroke."

Oneonta and Lowell, tied atop the Stedler Division with 4-3 records, finish a three-game set at 7 tonight at Damaschke Field. The Tigers then host Tri-City at 7 p.m. Thursday, before visiting the ValleyCats at 7 p.m. Friday.

The O-Tigers are 1-2 at home.

"We had a couple tough losses, especially the one from last night that carried to today," Gosse said. "Obviously when (Tri-City) no-hit us (Saturday) it was kind of tough, but it's nice to get the first win on our home field."

Oneonta made it 3-1 in the fourth when Joe Bowen, Wyatt and White each walked with two outs before Castillo grazed Guez with a pitch to force Bowen in to score.

Lowell threatened in the sixth.

Reliever Aaron Fuhrman walked Dening and Ronald Bermudez to start the inning and Carlos Fernandez blooped a single to right to load the bases. Fuhrman settled down, getting Darren Blocker to fly out to shallow right, striking out Luis Sumoza looking and inducing Will Middlebrooks to pop to first.

"Our pitching staff did an outstanding job today," Newman said. "They did fantastic. It feels good to get that first win (at home) out of the way. Especially with the first result."

Darwin DeLeon (1-0) earned the victory, allowing one run on two hits over five innings. He struck out two and walked one. Tyler Stohr got his second save, allowing one hit in the ninth. He walked one and struck out one.

The O-Tigers scored their final run in the seventh. Guez hit a one-out double and moved to third on a wild pitch. He scored when Gosse flied out to shallow left. Sumoza's throw was off line as Guez's slid in easily.

"Fortunately, Guez has some wheels on him," Gosse said. "I'm glad he was at third base because he can kick and fly."

Guez, Gosse and Wyatt had Oneonta's only hits.

Lowell took a 1-0 lead in the first when Ryan Dent singled to left and moved to second when Dening got hit by a pitch. A wild pitch from DeLeon allowed Dent to move to third and Dening to second. Bermudez then grounded out to short, scoring Dent. DeLeon struck out Fernandez and got Blocker to ground out to short to end the inning.

Lowell 4, Oneonta 3

Middlebrooks scored on a throwing error from Gosse in the top of the 14th inning and the Spinners held on for a victory in the continuation of Monday's game, which had been suspended because of rain after 11 innings with the score tied at 3.

Middlebrooks opened the 14th reaching on a throwing error by shortstop Wyatt. First baseman Wade Lamont couldn't scoop Wyatt's throw in the dirt.

"Those physical mistakes are going to happen," Newman said. "It's the mental ones we try and limit. We had men on second base with one out for two innings and just couldn't get that big hit. This is a great staff were facing. I have to tip my cap to them. This second game we came back and our staff did their job and matched them.

Rafael Gil then hit a hard shot at Oneonta pitcher Anthony Shawler (0-1), who couldn't hang onto the ball. Shawler bobbled it slightly but recovered to get Gil at first. Middlebrooks moved to second on the play. After a walk to Zach Gentile put runners on first and second, Shawler got Dent to fly out to center.

Dening then grounded to second baseman Gosse, whose throw to the left side of first pulled Lamont off the base as the ball went to the fence, allowing Middlebrooks to score.

Michael Tomoleoni (1-0) put Oneonta down in order in the bottom of the inning.

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P.J. Harmer can be reached at pharmer@thedailystar.com or 607-432-1000, ext. 229.

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O-TIGERS 4, SPINNERS 1

LOWELLONEONTA

ab r h biab r h bi

Dent ss5 1 1 0Guez cf3 1 1 1

Dening rf3 0 0 0Gosse 2b3 0 1 3

Bermudez cf3 0 0 1Guzman 3b3 0 0 0

Fern-Oliva 1b4 0 1 0Ramirez 1b2 0 0 0

Blocker dh4 0 1 0Harryman 1b2 0 0 0

Sumoza lf4 0 0 0Stein rf4 0 0 0

Mddlbrks 3b4 0 0 0Lamont dh4 0 0 0

Cooney c2 0 0 0Bowen c2 1 0 0

Burgos ph1 0 1 0Wyatt ss2 1 1 0

Hee 2b3 0 2 0White lf1 1 0 0

Totals 33 1 5 1Totals26 4 3 4

Lowell100 000 000 _ 1 5 1

Oneonta002 100 10x _ 4 3 2

_ Hee, Guzman 2. 2B _ Gosse, Guez. LOB _ Lowell 10, Oneonta 5. DP _ Lowell 1, Oneonta 1. CS _ Sumoza. SF _ Gosse.

LowellIPHRERBBSO

Castillo L,0-1423355

Garrison311101

Hale100000

OneontaIPHRERBBSO

DeLeon W,1-0521112

Fuhrman220022

Oliveros110003

Stohr S,2110011

WP _ Garrison, DeLeon, Fuhrman.

HBP _ Guez (by Castillo); Dening (by DeLeon).

Umpires _ Home, Shea Gipson. Field, Joseph Born.

T _ 2:33. A _ 404.

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SPINNERS 4, O-TIGERS 3

Completion of Monday's suspended game

LOWELLONEONTA

ab r h biab r h bi

Dent ss7 1 1 0Guez cf6 2 2 0

Dening rf6 1 2 0Guzmn ss/3b6 0 2 3

Bermudez cf7 0 0 0Parrott dh5 0 1 0

Fern-Oliva 1b6 0 2 1Hrrymn ph/dh1 0 0 0

Burgos dh2 0 1 1Ramirez 1b5 0 1 0

Brooks ph/dh1 0 1 0White pr0 0 0 0

Hee pr/dh2 1 0 0Lamont 1b1 0 0 0

Sumoza lf5 0 0 0Stein rf6 0 2 0

Mddlbrks 3b4 1 0 0Arlet lf5 0 0 0

Gil c5 0 0 1Weber c5 0 0 0

Gentile 2b4 0 0 0Pounds 3b1 0 0 0

Wyatt ss4 0 1 0

Gosse 2b5 1 3 0

Totals49 4 7 3Totals50 3 12 3

Lowell100 001 001 000 01 _ 4 7 0

Oneonta100 000 020 000 00 _ 3 12 3

_ Pounds, Wyatt, Gosse. 2B _ Dening, Burgos, Brooks, Fernandez-Oliva. 3B _ Guez, Guzman. LOB _ Lowell 11, Oneonta 12. DP _ Lowell 2, Oneonta 2. SB _ Dent. CS _ Bermudez. S _ Gosse, Arlet.

LowellIPHRERBBSO

Britton531103

Buller210011

Rosario472202

Tomoleoni W,1-0310040

OneontaIPHRERBBSO

Putkonen4 1-321135

Gilman2 2-321111

Oliveros100001

Conn111131

Finefrock210003

Shawler L,0-1311013

WP _ Buller, Conn 2.

IBB _ Guez (by Tomoleoni), Weber (by Tomoleoni).

Umpires _ Home, Joseph Born. Field, Shea Gipson.

T _ 3:48 (:11 delay). A _ 1,376.

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New York-Penn League STANDINGS

{"Sports agate body centered"/}McNamara Division

{"Sports agate International League"/}WLPct.GB

Aberdeen (Orioles)44.500""

Brooklyn (Mets)44.500""

Hudson Valley (Rays)44.500""

Staten Island (Yanks)44.500""

{"Sports agate body centered"/}Pinckney Division

{"Sports agate International League"/}WLPct.GB

Auburn (Jays)62.750""

Jamestown (Marlins)43.57111/2

Batavia (Cards)44.5002

Mahoning Valley (Inds)44.5002

Williamsport (Phillies)35.3753

State College (Pirates)25.28631/2

{"Sports agate body centered"/}Stedler Division

{"Sports agate International League"/}WLPct.GB

Lowell (Red Sox)53.625""

Oneonta (Tigers)53.625""

Tri-City (Astros)35.3752

Vermont (Nationals)35.3752

{"Sports agate body centered"/}Tuesday's Games

{"Sports agate body text"/}Batavia 2, Jamestown 1

Hudson Valley 4, Brooklyn 1

Lowell 4, Oneonta 3, 14 innings, 1st game

Oneonta 4, Lowell 1, 2nd game

Mahoning Valley 5, Auburn 2

Staten Island 4, Aberdeen 3

Tri-City 3, Vermont 2, 10 innings

Williamsport 7, State College 3

{"Sports agate body centered"/}Wednesday's Games

{"Sports agate body text"/}Brooklyn at Hudson Valley

Jamestown at Batavia

Lowell at Oneonta

Mahoning Valley at Auburn

State College at Williamsport

Staten Island at Aberdeen

Tri-City at Vermont

{"Sports agate body centered"/}Thursday's Games

{"Sports agate body text"/}Aberdeen at Brooklyn

Batavia at Mahoning Valley

Lowell at Vermont

State College at Auburn

Staten Island at Hudson Valley

Tri-City at Oneonta

Williamsport at Jamestown

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