By P.J. Harmer

Staff Writer

ONEONTA — Burke Badenhop had a complete performance for the Oneonta Tigers on Wednesday.

Badenhop limited Tri-City to five hits over seven shutout innings to lead the O-Tigers to a 4-0 victory and a double-header sweep in front of 2,121 at Damaschke Field.

Oneonta won the opener, 2-1, in eight innings. The first game was a continuation of a suspended game July 31.

Badenhop struck out three and threw 51 of 89 pitches for strikes in the complete-game victory.

"Your goal is to throw seven innings every time out," said right-hander Badenhop, who improved to 4-4. "I felt pr[an error occurred while processing this directive]etty good — a little rusty because I got an extra couple of days off because of the All-Star break."

The only trouble Badenhop faced came in the sixth inning. Thomas Manzella led off with a bloop single to center and Eric King followed with a grounder to third that took a hard bounce over Cory Middleton.

However, Badenhop then got Luke Barganier to bounce into a 3-6-1 double play. Neil Sellers ended the inning by popping out to second.

"That was a huge double play," Badenhop said. "The baseball gods were fair that inning."

Oneonta’s defense proved key all game. Right fielder Matt Joyce and left fielder Leo Grullon each had diving catches, center fielder Jeramy Laster made a sprinting over-the-head catch, and first baseman Jeff Larish came up with a sliding catch in foul territory.

"It’s one of those nights where it’s pitching and defense," Brookens said. "We’ve been playing really good defense lately."

The O-Tigers (37-23) play host to Tri-City at 7 tonight. Oneonta leads the Stedler Division by three games over Lowell, which lost to Vermont, 12-11, in 10 innings. Sendy Vasquez (5-0, 3.71 ERA) is scheduled to pitch for Oneonta tonight.

Oneonta gave Badenhop a cushion in the first inning.

Jorge Patino singled to lead off but was forced out at second when Matt Joyce grounded to second. Joyce took second on a wild pitch.

After Michael Hollimon struck out swinging for the second out, Jeff Larish walked to put runners on first and second. Ryan Roberson followed with a double to center, scoring Joyce and Larish to make it 2-0.

"The first pitch was a change-up and I worked off that," Roberson said. "A lot of teams like to double up (pitches). I was looking change, got it in the middle in and put a good swing on it."

The Tigers added two runs in the fifth. Joyce walked with one out and scored when Hollimon hit his league-leading ninth triple. Larish grounded to first for the second out and Roberson followed with a single to score Hollimon.

"He had a real nice night," Brookens said of Roberson. "He’s got a couple of games where he’s hit the ball well."

Hollimon and Roberson finished with two hits apiece for the Tigers.

Joyce’s RBI single with one out in the bottom of the eighth scored Will Rhymes for a victory in the opener.

The game was a continuation from July 31. Oneonta led, 1-0, to start the game.

Tri-City’s Neil Sellers scored on a wild pitch in the fourth to tie it.

Rhymes reached on a shortstop Thomas Manzella to start the eighth, and Rhymes moved to second on Mark Haske’s sacrifice bunt.

After Hollimon was intentionally walked, Joyce hit a hard grounder to center on a 1-2 pitch to score Rhymes from second.

"I fouled one off and was kind of trying to think of what he would throw," Joyce said. "He threw an off-speed pitch and luckily I got the job done. Rhymes, with his good speed, was able to score.

"It was a rush to come in a game-winning situation and come through."

Matt Norfleet (1-1) earned the victory in relief. Jose Fragoso started and allowed six hits and no unearned runs in seven innings.

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P.J. Harmer can be reached at pharmer@thedailystar.com or 607-432-1000, ext. 229.

WEDNESDAY’S O-TIGERS BOX SCORES

TRI-CITY Ø Ø ONEONTAÐØ Ø

ab r h bi Ø ÐØÐØØØ ab r h bi

Sutil 2b 4Ø0Ø0Ø0 Rhymes 2b 4Ø1Ø0Ø0

Manzella ss 4Ø0Ø0Ø0 Haske ss 3Ø0Ø1Ø0

Sellers 3b 4Ø1Ø2Ø0 Hollimon ss 2Ø1Ø1Ø0

Parraz dh 4Ø0Ø3Ø0 Joyce rf 4Ø0Ø2Ø2

Cnninghm rf 3Ø0Ø1Ø0 Middletn 3b 3Ø0Ø0Ø0

Cooper lf 1Ø0Ø0Ø0 Justice cf 3Ø0Ø0Ø0

Cavers c 2Ø0Ø0Ø0 Timm lf 2Ø0Ø0Ø0

Bulkley cf 0Ø0Ø0Ø0 Mendez 1b 3Ø0Ø1Ø0

Barganier cf 3Ø0Ø1Ø0 Roa 3Ø0Ø0Ø0

Totals ÐØ 25Ø1Ø7Ø0 Totals ÐÐ 27Ø2Ø5Ø2

Tri-City 00010000 1

Oneonta 10000001 2

E—Manzella, Rhymes, Fragoso. DP Oneonta 1. LOB—Tri-City 6, Oneonta 6. 2B—Joyce 2, Hollimon. S Haske

IPÐÐHÐRERÐBBÐSO

ÐTri-City ÐØ ÐØ ÐØ ÐØÐØ ÐØÐØ

Del Guidice Ø1 ØØ2ÐØ1ÐØ1ÐØ0ÐØ2

Fairchild ØØ 5 ØØ2ÐØ0ÐØ0ÐØ1ÐØ7

Soto L, 0-1 ØØ 11-3 ØØ1ÐØ1ÐØ0ÐØ2ÐØ1

ÐOneonta ÐØ ÐØ ÐØ ÐØ ÐØØØ ÐØÐØ

Fragoso Ø7ØØØ6ÐØ1ÐØ0ÐØ1ÐØ3

Norfleet W, 1-1 ØØ 1 ØØ1ÐØ0ÐØ0ÐØ0ÐØ0

WP Fragoso

HBP by Fragoso (Cavers)

Umpires—Home, Chris Mack; Field, Tom Crenshaw.

T—1:56.

TRI-CITY Ø Ø ONEONTAÐØ Ø

ab r h bi Ø ÐØÐØØØ ab r h bi

King 2b 3Ø0Ø1Ø0 Patino 2b 4Ø0Ø1Ø0

Barganier cf 3Ø0Ø0Ø0 Joyce rf 2Ø2Ø0Ø0

Sellers dh 3Ø0Ø1Ø0 Hollimon ss 3Ø1Ø2Ø1

Cunnghm lf 3Ø0Ø0Ø0 Larish 1b 1Ø1Ø0Ø0

Ori 1b 3Ø0Ø0Ø0 Robersn dh 3Ø0Ø2Ø3

Parraz rf 3Ø0Ø1Ø0 Middletn 3b 2Ø0Ø0Ø0

Thompsn 3b 3Ø0Ø1Ø0 Grullon lf 3Ø0Ø0Ø0

Lopez c 2Ø0Ø0Ø0 Laster cf 3Ø0Ø0Ø0

Manzella ss 2Ø0Ø1Ø0 Torres c 2Ø0Ø0Ø0

Totals ÐØ 25Ø0Ø5Ø0 Totals ÐÐ 29Ø1Ø5Ø1

Tri-City 0000000 0

Oneonta 200020x 4

E—Cunningham (2), Larish (1). DP Oneonta. LOB—Tri-City 4, Oneonta 6. 2B—Parraz (10), Roberson (12), 3B Hollimon..

IPÐÐHÐRERÐBBÐSO

ÐTri-City ÐØ ÐØ ÐØ ÐØÐØ ÐØÐØ

Arguello L,1-5 Ø5 ØØ5ÐØ4ÐØ4ÐØ4ÐØ6

Pluta ØØ 1 ØØ0ÐØ0ÐØ0ÐØ1ÐØ2

ÐBaltimore ÐØ ÐØ ÐØ ÐØ ÐØØØ ÐØÐØ

Badenhop L,4-4 Ø7ØØØØ5ÐØ0ÐØ0ÐØ0ÐØ3

Umpires—Home, Tom Crenshaw; Second, Chris Mack.

T—1:34. A—2,121.

NY-PENN LEAGUE STANDINGS

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Staten Island (Yanks) Ø41ØØ19ØØ.683ØØØ—Ð

Williamsprt (Pirates) Ø35ØØ26ØØ.574ÐØØ6½

Brooklyn (Mets) Ø32ØØ28ØØ.533ÐØØ9Ð

New Jersey (Cards) Ø30ØØ31ØØ.492ÐØ11½

Hudson Vly (DRays) Ø26ØØ33ØØ.441ÐØ14½

Aberdeen (Orioles) Ø21ØØ39ØØ.350ÐØ20Ð

ØØWØØØLØØPct.ØØØGB

Auburn (Blue Jays) Ø33ØØ28ØØ.541ØØØ—Ð

Mahnng Vly (Indians) Ø30ØØ31ØØ.492ÐØØ3Ð

Batavia (Phillies) Ø27ØØ33ØØ.450ÐØØ5½

Jamestown (Marlins) Ø26ØØ35ØØ.426ÐØØ7Ð

ØØWØØØLØØPct.ØØØGB

Oneonta (Tigers) Ø37ØØ23ØØ.617ØØØ—Ð

Lowell (Red Sox) Ø34ØØ26ØØ.567ÐØØ3Ð

Tri-City (Astros) Ø30ØØ31ØØ.492ÐØØ7½

Vermont (Nationals) Ø21ØØ40ØØ.344ÐØ16½

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Batavia 10, Auburn 0

Williamsport 7, Brooklyn 3

Mahoning Valley 4, Jamestown 3

Vermont 12, Lowell 11, 10 innings

New Jersey 7, Aberdeen 6

Staten Island 4, Hudson Valley 0

Oneonta 2, Tri-City 1, comp. of susp. game, 8 innings

Oneonta 4, Tri-City 0

Auburn at Batavia

Brooklyn at Williamsport

Hudson Valley at Staten Island

Jamestown at Mahoning Valley

Lowell at Vermont

New Jersey at Aberdeen

Tri-City at Oneonta

Auburn at Mahoning Valley

Batavia at Jamestown

Brooklyn at Staten Island

New Jersey at Hudson Valley

Tri-City at Lowell

Vermont at Oneonta

Williamsport at Aberdeen