Knights upend Rush-Henrietta 5-2

The Sutherland Knights defeated the Rush-Henrietta Royal Comets 5-2 at Sargent Field on Saturday.

The Knights jumped out to a 2-0 lead with three straight hits in the 3rd inning courtesy of a H. Merrill single, and back-to-back doubles from J. Swisher and B. Kaczka. The Royal Comets used three walks in the fourth inning to narrow the lead to 2-1 but in the fifth inning, Sutherland used run scoring base hits from G. Heyman and Z. Salvia to extend the lead to 5-1.

The Royal Comets once again took advantage of a couple of walks to plate a run in the sixth and make the score 5-2. RH couldn't get any closer as Sutherland closer A. DePaolis threw a scoreless 7th for his second save of the season.

J. Meuchner threw 4 innings while striking out 7 Royal Comets for his second win of 2011. W. Doggett pitched 1.2 innings of relief, giving up 1 run, before giving way to DePaolis with two outs in the 6th.

S. Lowe, J. Swisher and H. Merrill each had two hits apiece to pace the Knights. Swisher also had two doubles, two runs scored and an RBI and Merrill had two runs scored. Kaczka, Heyman and Salvia all had run scoring singles for Sutherland.

Sutherland is now 2-0 and hosts Batavia on Monday at 4:30 pm at Sargent Field.