RIVERBATS BLANK GOLDEN EAGLES TO BEGIN NYCBL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

Courtesy of John McGraw, NYCBL Media Relations

BROCKPORT, N.Y. – Ryan O’Rourke (Merrimack), Jeremy Macklin (Huston-Tillotson)and Matt Branham (USC Upstate) combined on a two-hit shutout and Jesse Bosnik (St. Bonaventure) slammed a three-run home run as the Brockport Riverbats defeated the Glens Falls Golden Eagles, 5-0, in game one of the NYCBL Championship Series on Thursday afternoon at SUNY Brockport. The victory gives Brockport a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three series. Game two will be played at 7:00 p.m. on Friday night at East Field in Glens Falls, N.Y. If a third game is necessary, it will take place at East Field on Saturday afternoon at 1:00 p.m.

Ryan O’Rourke held a potent Golden Eagles offense to two hits over seven innings. O’Rourke walked four and struck out three. He limited Glens Falls to a pair of singles, one in the second inning and one in the seventh. Jeremy Macklin pitched a scoreless eighth and Matt Branham worked a perfect ninth.

Brockport took control of the game with a four-run seventh inning that was capped off by Jesse Bosnik’s three-run home run. Eric Guillen (USC Upstate) reached on an error to start the frame and scored on a Billy Herman (Slippery Rock) RBI single to give the Riverbats a 2-0 lead. Following a single by Ryan Nokelby (Texas Lutheran), Bosnik belted an 0-1 pitch by Glens Falls starter Shane Davis (Canisius) over the right-field fence to put Brockport ahead, 5-0.

Bosnik went 2-for-4 with three RBI, Ryan Nokelby had a team-high three hits and scored two runs and Billy Herman was 2-for-5 with one RBI and one run scored. Jared Hood (Texas-Tyler) drove in Brockport’s first run of the game in the first inning with an RBI single.

Shane Davis pitched seven innings for Glens Falls. He allowed a season-high five runs on 12 hits, walked one and struck out two. Will Hassett (Siena) hurled a scoreless eighth. Jonathan White (Vanderbilt) and Jonathan Koscso (South Florida) had one hit apiece for the Golden Eagles.

R H E

Glens Falls 0 2 1

Brockport 5 12 1

Shane Davis (L, 1-1), Will Hassett (8) and Nick McCoy. Ryan O’Rourke (W, 2-0), Jeremy Macklin (8), Matt Branham (9) and Joe Pavone.

Time: 2:27

Attendance: 101