Staff Report
First baseman Rawley Bishop hit two home runs, including a grand slam Saturday, to lead the Oneonta Tigers to a 7-2 New-York Penn League victory over the Aberdeen Ironbirds at Damaschke Field.
Outfielders Michael Rockett and Alexis Espinoza each contributed two hits and a run for the Tigers, who took a 6-0 lead after Bishop's slam in the fifth.
Chris Sedon led off the inning with a strikeout but reached base on a wild pitch by Aberdeen's Nicholas Haughian. Sedon later scored on a single by Jamie Johnson.
Jimmy Gulliver was caught trying to steal home before a single by Rockett chased Haughian. Reliever Brian Sisk hit Wade Gaynor to load the bases before Bishop homered to left field.
Bishop, whose also homered to left with two out in the fourth, finished 2-for-4 with two runs and five RBIs.
Espinoza, who went 2-for-4, tripled in the eighth and scored the final run on a John Murrian single.
Winning pitcher Nate Newman allowed three hits, walked two and striking out three over five innings. Reliever Michael Torrealba gave up a walk and a double in the ninth before Kevin Faulk got two sacrifice-fly outs and a pop out to catcher Murrian to end the game.
Pitch-hitter Espinoza doubled and scored in the ninth inning of Friday's 10-1 loss at Aberdeen.
The Ironbirds' Lance West went 1-for-2 with a home run and two walks. Aberdeen took a 9-0 lead after the seventh inning on a two-out home run by West.
Starting pitcher Luis Angel Sanz (0-1) allowed three runs on three hits, walked five and struck out six for the Tigers.
Bishop, Keith Hernandez and Rockett each singled for Oneonta.
O-Tigers 7, Ironbirds 2
{"Sports agate MLB teams"/}Saturday's Box Score
AberdeenOneonta
{"Sports agate MLB batting"/}abrhbiabrhbi
{"Sports agate body text"/}Davis ss3000Johnson cf4111
Britton 2b4010Rockett lf4120
Carolus ph1000Gaynor dh4225
Twnsend 1b4000Bishop 1b4225
Dalles dh4020Espinoza rf4120
Baxter lf4000Murrian c3011
Rosa 3b3110Palacios 3b4000
D Oleo cf2110Sedon 2b4100
Bnevacia rf3011Gulliver ss4010
Ward c1001
Totals29262Totals33797
{"Sports agate MLB 9inning"/}Aberdeen000000002""2
Oneonta00015001x""7
{"Sports agate bat stax"/}E""Rosa (3), Haughian (1), Townsend (1). DP""Aberdeen 1, Oneonta 1. LOB""Aberdeen 9, Oneonta 5. 2B""Bonevacia (5), D Oleo (3). 3B""Espinoza (2). HR""Bishop (2) 2. SF""Bonevacia, Ward. SB""Murrian (1), Espinoza (2). CS""Gulliver (1).
{"Sports agate body text"/}AberdeenIPHRERBBSO
Haughian L,0-24¤64414
Sisk3ª33301
{"Sports agate MLB pitching"/}Oneonta
{"Sports agate body text"/}Newman W,1-1530023
LaLuna210000
Torrealba122220
Faulk100010
Torrealba pitched to 2 batters in the 9th. WP""Haughian 2. HBP"" Gaynor (by Sisk), Gaynor (by Sisk), Ward (by Newman), Ward (by Newman). Umpires""Home, John Collins; Field, Jose Rivera. T""2:39. A""1,522.
Ironbirds 10, O-Tigers 1
{"Sports agate MLB teams"/}Friday's Box Score
Oneontaaberdeen
{"Sports agate MLB batting"/}abrhbiabrhbi
{"Sports agate body text"/}Johnson cf3000Mooney 2b4110
Espinoza ph1110Davis ss4121
Gulliver dh3000Edwards dh3000
Palacios ph1000Dalles c4011
Gaynor 3b4001Townsnd 1b4110
Bishop 1b4010Kelly 3b4100
Hrnandez c3010D Oleo cf4220
Rockett rf3010Bnevacia rf2223
Mansilla lf3000West lf2213
Sedon 2b3000
Jamie ss2000
Totals30141Totals311098
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Aberdeen02100331x""10
{"Sports agate bat stax"/}DP""Oneonta 1, Aberdeen 1. LOB""Oneonta 3, Aberdeen 8. 2b""Espinoza (3), Bonevacia (4). 3B""D Oleo (2). S""Edwards. SF""Davis. PB""Hernandez (2).
{"Sports agate body text"/}OneontaIPHRERBBSO
Sanz L,0-1433256
Hess123321
Kapteyn223322
Torrealba131100
{"Sports agate MLB pitching"/}Aberdeen
{"Sports agate body text"/}Hess pitched to 3 batters in the 6th
WP""Sanz, Hess, Kapteyn 2, Torrealba. Umpires""Home, Brett Houseman; Field, Nick Lentz. T""2:43 (:26 delay). A""6,701.
