Clifton Park was able to pull out a very close game, holding off Niskayuna’s rampage late in the game. Our pitching staff managed to keep things together under heavy pressure from Niskayuna’s bats. This game saw the pitching debut of Nick Popp, who did an outstanding job. Nick only faced 4 batters, due to the awesome defensive efforts of Kevin Lynch (RF) and David Van Beusekom (1st base) who managed to connect for a double day. A hard hit fly ball was caught by Lynch, who quickly threw to Van Beusekom to produce the second out – Great play boys. The other pitchers that contributed to the win were David Van Beusekom, Jake Blinstrub, Alex Boodram and Jack Normandin, who not only pitched a complete inning but who also came back in, in the last inning to capture the last out – Nicely done. Clifton Park also saw nice defensive work from Evan Jones, Mike Westfall, Mike Miranda, Kelsey Kohler, Michael Hicks and Ryan Katinas. Clifton Park’s offense came alive early with a RBI double from Jack Normandin, who scored Alex Boodram, and singles, by Nick Popp and Kelsey Kohler, which pushed in David Van Beusekom and Mike Westfall. Van Beusekom also had a shot of his own, with a double that danced just inside the third base line, in the second inning. Mike Miranda also had 2 RBI’s with a hard hit single late in the game. Well played everyone.