RIVERPIGS COME FROM BEHIND TO DEFEAT THE SURGE 8-6

WASHINGTON, PA – Battle of the Adirondacks continued today as the visiting Tupper Lake Riverpigs took on the Saranac Lake Surge.

Surge came out swinging the bats first in the Bottom of the 1st inning. The team scored a run on a base hit by Tyler Hill to score Will Thomas.

Brandon Camargo stays hot for the Riverpigs as he singled in a run to get things going in the TOp of the 2nd scoring Aramis Cruz. Josh Goulet, who walked in the inning, scored on a fielders choice error.

Surge would answer in the bottom of the second when Will Thomas singled in Sid Kumar to tie the game at 2. Nelson Laviosa scored on a wild pitch to take the lead 3-2. 

Riverpigs would add a run in the top of the 5th inning on a single by Colton Adams to score Tyler Bailey to make it a 4-3 game.

Sid Kumar would give the Surge a cushion when he doubled to left field in the bottom of the 5th inning to give the Surge a 6-3 lead. 

A back and forth battle in this rival game as the Riverpigs would score another 2 runs on a single by Josh Goulet to score Steven Rodriguez and Ronald Krsolovic. 

In the Top half of the final inning, Aramis Cruz would triple in two runs to take a 7-6 lead. Following him was Josh Goulet who hit a sac fly to score Cruz. David Grubaugh would come in to pitch the inning prior so he would be credited with the Win.

Riverpigs improve to (5-6) while the Surge fall to 1-10 for the series.

Both Teams continue play tomorrow at 10:00am and 1:30pm for more Empire League Series action.

Article by Empire Media