Oneonta Legion baseball cruises to doubleheader sweep

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June 25, 2012

Oneonta Legion baseball cruises to doubleheader sweep

Anonymous Staff Report The Daily Star Mon Jun 25, 2012, 03:30 AM EDT

Sean Getman came up big for Oneonta Legion Post 259 on Sunday.

Getman went 8-for-10, drove in five runs and earned a pitching victory to lead the Green Wave to a doubleheader sweep of host Ilion, 15-1 and 17-7.

"He hit the ball hard every time up," Oneonta coach Mike Jester said of Getman, who went 3-for-5 with a triple and two RBIs in the first game, which ended after five innings via mercy rule.

Oneonta also received two hits and two RBIs from Zach Pidgeon, who doubled along with Mark Giallanzo. Ben Moxley struck out seven, walked one and allowed one unearned run in a three-hitter for the Green Wave, who held a 2-1 lead before scoring 11 times in the fourth inning.

Moxley is unbeaten during 2012, following an 8-0 high school season for the Class B state champion Oneonta Yellowjackets with his second straight pitching win in Legion play.

Getman, who went 3-0 for OHS, also is perfect on the mound in 2012. He struck out five in four innings of the second game, allowing five runs _ two earned _ on five hits and two walks to improve to 2-0 this Legion season.

Getman helped himself at the plate, going 5-for-5 with two RBIs. Pidgeon finished 4-for-5 with two RBIs in the second game, when the Green Wave received three hits and six RBIs from Giallanzo.

"They hit the ball hard both games," Jester said. "They were seeing the ball pretty good and got some big hits for us."

Giallanzo's 3-for-4 effort in the second game featured a two-run single in the first inning, a two-run double in the second and a two-run triple in the third. David Wright, Moxley and Pidgeon also doubled in the second game for Oneonta, which received another triple from Getman.

The Green Wave (8-3) return home at 6 p.m. today to play Homer at Damaschke Field.

Oneonta 15, Ilion 1

First game

Oneonta     200 (11)2 _ 15 10 3

Ilion     010 00 _ 1 3 3

Ben Moxley (W,2-0) and Zach Pidgeon, Matt Bitzer (5). Rich Lusby (L), Matt Klosner (4), James Fedor (4) and Tim Nicolette. 2B _ Zach Pidgeon (O), Mark Giallanzo (O). 3B _ Sean Getman (O), Dan Colburn (I).

Oneonta 17, Ilion 7

Second game

Oneonta     454 020 2 _ 17 17 2

Ilion     101 311 0 _ 7 8 1

Sean Getman (W,2-0), Ryne Rivino (5) and Matt Bitzer. Joey DeSarro (L), Mark Spina (3), Mike Belmont (7), Travis Murray (7) and James Fedor. 2B _ David Wright (O), Mark Giallanzo (O), Ben Moxley (O), Zach Pidgeon (O), Xavier Schafer (I), Mike Belmont (I), Matt Klosner (I). 3B _ Sean Getman (O), Mark Giallanzo (O).