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Bombers baseball wins back-to-back games

Lake Placid’s PJ Colby pitches during a game against Chazy on Tuesday in Lake Placid. Colby pitched three innings against Crown Point on Friday, earning six strikeouts. (Enterprise photo — Parker O’Brien)

LAKE PLACID — After winning two of its first three games to open the season, the Lake Placid baseball team picked up two more wins last week, including a big 14-7 victory over the defending Section VII, Class D Champion, Crown Point Panthers, at home on Friday. The Blue Bombers also topped the Wells Indians 23-1 on the road Thursday.

Lake Placid 14, Crown Point 7

Lake Placid had the bats rolling early and often on Friday, with the team combining for 16 hits in the ball game en route to its 14-7 victory on their home diamond.

Max Hyman paced the Blue Bombers from the plate, batting four-for-four. Hyman also scored four runs, had three RBIs, a double and a home run.

Lake Placid also had strong at-bats from Jon Caito, Jarrett Mihill, Vann Morelli and Hyler Isham, all four of whom had two hits each. PJ Colby, Ryan Curry and Foster Wood each recorded a double in the win for the Blue Bombers.

Lake Placid jumped out to an early 4-1 lead in the first inning and from that point on the team scored at least one run in every inning to improve to 4-1 overall. The Blue Bombers have scored 10 or more runs in all four of their league wins.

The Blue Bombers also got solid pitching from starter Colby and reliever Morelli. The duo combined to strike out 13 batters while giving up nine hits.

Crown Point’s Reese Pertak, Evan Carey and Ryan Russell created havoc for Lake Placid’s pitchers all evening, scattering seven hits, while scoring five runs. Russell finished with three hits, while Pertak and Carey had a pair of hits in the loss.

Russell started the game on the mound and struck out three Blue Bomber batters, while Carey came in during the sixth inning and had two strikeouts.

Lake Placid 23, Wells 1

The Blue Bombers notched a massive victory over Wells on Thursday, topping the Indians 23-1 in a game that was called off in the fifth inning due to a mercy rule.

Lake Placid’s Caito, Isham and Ryan Curry led the team’s 18-hit effort with two hits each. The Blue Bombers also had nine batters record an extra-base hit.

Kevin Simmons was the lone Wells batter to record an extra-base hit. Simmons had a double.

Hyman started the game on the mound for Lake Placid, striking out five batters, before being relieved for Owen Hayes in the third inning. Hayes had two strikeouts, while Katie Coursen pitched the last inning striking out one batter.

Wells’ Cameron DeCarr pitched four innings while recording six strikeouts and Chase Brooks closed out the game.

The Blue Bombers will continue league play today in a rematch against Crown Point on the road. The game is slated to start at 4:30 p.m.

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