Richardson Goes the Distance as Dragons Edge Oneonta 3-2

Pitching and defense carried a tight one at East Field on Tuesday. Colin Richardson went the distance for Glens Falls, scattering nine hits over nine innings and striking out eight as the Dragons edged the Oneonta Outlaws 3-2. Glens Falls managed just five hits of its own but played errorless ball behind its starter, manufacturing enough offense to win and climbing to 6-12 in a tidy two-hour, twenty-minute affair.

Oneonta struck first in the fifth, when Ryan Johnston doubled to center to score Blake Fortunato. The Dragons answered in the bottom half as Kaden Barmer came around on a Tyler McKillop sacrifice fly to knot it at 1-1. Glens Falls took the lead for good in the seventh: Billy Barthel scored on a passed ball, and Tyler Worth followed with an RBI double to plate Barmer and make it 3-1. Barmer was a one-man spark plug, reaching all three times up on a hit and two walks while scoring twice, and Brady Fandl led the hit column at 2-for-4. For Oneonta, Johnston and Fortunato each went 2-for-3, but the Outlaws' nine hits were undercut by four errors in the field.

Richardson's complete game was the difference, his lone late blemish a Gus Simon sacrifice fly in the eighth that pulled Oneonta within 3-2. Will Howard took the loss after five innings. The Dragons stay on the road Wednesday for a date with the Saugerties Stallions.