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July 29, 2010

Hawkeyes will host playoff game

Staff Writer CNHI

— This much is sure: The Cooperstown Hawkeyes will host a playoff game at 5 p.m. on Saturday at Doubleday Field. Who their opponent will be though, is still very much up in the air. Cooperstown clinched a playoff berth with a 4-1 victory over Albany Tuesday evening at Doubleday Field and played two games on Wednesday. They are currently 21-19, a halfgame ahead of fourth place Glens Falls. They played Glens Falls at 1 p.m. on Wednesday and with a win would lock up third place and a likely first round match-up with the Oneonta Outlaws beginning Friday night.

The Outlaws ended their regular season on Tuesday with an 8-5 win at Albany.

If Cooperstown finishes fourth, they will likely start the playoffs at top seed and defending NYCBL champion Amsterdam on Friday night and host Amsterdam Saturday at Doubleday Field at 5 p.m.

Hawkeyes head coach Jake Dennstedt said playing the Outlaws would be exciting for both teams and both communities.

``There is definitely that rivalry there, and I’m sure the communities would get into it and we’d have good crowds,’’ Dennstedt said.

``We’re happy that we’re in, that was our main goal.’’

The Outlaws and Hawkeyes met seven times this summer, with the home team winning each game. Four of the games were played at Oneonta’s Damaschke Field.

``If we do play Oneonta, we’ll obviously have to try and find a way to win at their place,’’ Dennstedt said.

If the series goes three games, the deciding game would be played at Damaschke Field on Sunday.

Against Albany on Tuesday, two of Cooperstown’s runs scored on passed balls.

Cooperstown opened the scoring in the first inning, when Matt Howard reached on fielding error by Albany’s shortstop. Howard went to second when Alex Todd walked, to third on a groundout by Goose Kallunki and scored when Brett Sowers reached on a dropped thirdstrike. The Hawkeyes made it 2-0 in the third inning.

Josh Boyd opened the inning with an infield hit to shortstop and went to second on Howard’s sacrifice bunt. Todd then hit an RBI single.

After Albany closed to 2-1 on a homer to right by Mike DiBiase in the fourth, Cooperstown capped the scoring with two runs in the seventh. Cooperstown graduate Frank Petroskey reached on a bunt single to start things.

After Boyd popped up a bunt for an out, Petroskey went to second on a passed ball. Howard followed with a lined single to right that sent Petroskey to third. Petroskey then scored on passed ball to make it 3-1.

Howard went to second on the play. Todd was intentionally walked before both runners moved up on a double-steal.

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