Baseball Sectional Finals

Class AAA: (1) Fairport 6, (3) Rush-Henrietta 3

The Red Raiders got stellar pitching performances by Sam Miller and Sam Roselli to win their second straight sectional title.

Miller got the start and came out firing, recording his first eleven outs via a strikeout. He finished with 13 Ks in the game.

Fairport scored three runs in the fourth inning, with Roselli hitting a 2-RBI double and later scoring on a squeeze play executed by Matt Bartusek.

Rush-Henrietta scored a run in both the fifth and sixth innings, with Austin Yageric hitting an RBI single in the fifth and Oliver Wright getting one of his own in the sixth.

Roselli took the mound midway through the inning with two runners in scoring position and left the bases loaded with two strikeouts to end the frame, keeping the game 3-2.

Jackson Rucker gave the Red Raiders some breathing room in the bottom half of the inning, hitting a two-out, bases-loaded single that scored two runs and plated another via an error.

R-H got a run on a fielder’s choice, but Roselli was able to close out the game, finishing his eventing with four strikeouts and a save.

Roselli was named the MVP of the tournament for his efforts on the mound and at the plate.

The Red Raiders won their second straight and ninth sectional title all time.

Fairport (18-4) will play either Niagara Falls or Lancaster in the Far West Regionals next weekend.

Rush-Henrietta’s season ends with a 9-13 record.

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Class A: (2) Pittsford Sutherland 8, (5) Honeoye Falls-Lima 4

In a rematch of last year’s championship game, the Knights used a pair of crooked numbers to get revenge on the Cougars.

HF-L took a 2-0 lead into the bottom of the fourth inning, scoring runs on a passed ball and an error.

The Knights answered with a trio of runs in the fourth, highlighted by an RBI single by Owen Osborne.

The Cougars tied it up in the fifth inning, with Connor Finn hitting a one-out RBI single to make it 3-3.

The game remained tied until the bottom of the sixth inning where Sutherland blew the game open with five runs.

Aidan Kress started the inning with an RBI single through the left side of the infield. Jaxon Bernas hit a chopper right up the middle of the infield to score two more runs. Ryan Munzinger tacked on another RBI single and the Knights got one more home on a wild pitch to make it 8-3.

The Cougars got a run in the seventh inning and brought the tying run to the plate, but Paul Byrne was able to close the door. Byrne went the distance, striking out ten batters to earn MVP honors.

Sutherland got revenge for last year’s loss to HF-L in the Class A2 title game, which the Cougars won 11-2. The Knights last won a sectional title in 2022. This is their 16th title, the most in Section V baseball.

Sutherland (17-6) will play either Kenmore East or Amherst from Section VI in the Far West Regionals. The game will be played on Saturday, June 1st at 1:00 p.m. at Grand Island High School.

HF-L’s season ends with a 13-10 record.

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