Photos: Dutch’s Doug LaValley Wins 251st Game
Last Wednesday, April 26, the Guilderland Baseball team hosted Albany at Dutchmen Park. Guilderland’s head coach Doug LaValley looked to become the all-time winningest coach, surpassing Fred Field, with his 251st win. The Dutchmen bats came alive in the fifth inning to pull away from the Falcons, winning 14 to 3.
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Making his pitch: Guilderland’s Owen Simonsen delivers his pitch in the first inning. Simonsen went five innings giving up two runs (one earned) on seven hits while striking out nine.
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Securing the catch: Guilderland’s Evan Wickham makes the catch with two hands.
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Making the throw: Guilderland’s Evan Wickham after fielding the grounder throws across the diamond towards first base.
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Lacing a hit: Guilderland’s Ryan Gilbert makes contact with his bat to hit the ball for a single. Gilbert had two hits in five at-bats with two runs and two RBIs.
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Making hits: Guilderland’s Evan Schreivogl swings to make contact with the ball. Schreivogl had three hits in four at-bats while scoring twice and an RBI.
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Hitting it long: Guilderland’s Evan Wickham waits for his pitch to break the game open. Wickham had two hits in three at-bats which included a grand slam homerun, scoring a run and four RBIs.
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Calm at the dish: Guilderland’s Nico Santabarbara stands in the batters box poised to swing the bat at the oncoming pitch. Santabarbara had three hits in three at-bats scoring a run and had three RBIs.
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Keeping him close: Guilderland’s Christian Walsh places a tag onto a Albany baserunner making sure he doesn’t try and steal a base.
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Gunning down: Guilderland’s Mike Uzzilia comes up firing, after an Albany batter misses, to make a throw towards second.
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Thou shall not make it: Guilderland’s Evan Wickham slides in front of the bag to tag the Albany base runner out.
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Soft grip: Guilderland’s Ryan Thomson comes up throwing after fielding a grounder.
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Big blast: After hitting a grand slam homerun, Guilderland’s Evan Wickham gets greeted by his teammates at home plate.
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Shutting the door: Guilderland’s Kyler Ackert comes in to pitch the last two innings to give the Dutch the win. Ackert pitched two innings giving up one run (earned) on two hits while striking out three.