Leading off today: Perfect games aren't exactly rare in high school baseball, but Indian Lake/Long Lake added an unusual twist Tuesday by having three pitchers team up on a gem.
Henry Sandiford, Matt Moore and Kyle McMurty combined to set down all 21 Keene batters in order, striking out 11 during a 23-0 victory in a Mountain and Valley Athletic Conference game.
Staked to an 11-0 lead in the first inning, Sandiford was credited with the win with four innings of work. Moore took over in the fifth and McMurty pitched the seventh.
Following up: Yesterday's blog included an item about Charlie Peltz firing three straight no-hitters for Queensbury, running his streak to 23 innings without surrendering a hit.
We weren't sure whether the three straight no-hitters were unprecedented, and now we know the answer: No.
Reporter Keith McShea dug out a Buffalo News story about Ryan Dunford, who as a sophomore in 2003 hurled three straight no-hitters (one of them a perfect game) and went 6 2/3 no-hit innings into his next start before surrendering a hit during Bishop Timon-St. Jude's 2-0 win over Lancaster St, Mary's in Game 2 of the Georgetown Cup finals.
Dunford finished that season with an 8-1 record.
More record fodder: Victor senior Tommy Wagner broke the Section 5 record for career hits, banging out a pair of doubled Tuesday to help beat Rush-Henrietta 5-3. His second hit was No. 184 for his career, passing Cody Dix (Lyndonville, 2010).
Not too bright: An umpire at an Illinois high school baseball game was arrested on the field Friday after allegedly attacking the first responders that tried to help after he passed out.
Witnesses said they believed the umpire, Daryl Jacobson, was possibly drunk at the time.
Jacobson, 49, was charged with two counts of aggravated battery and two counts of resisting a peace officer.
Jacobson was the infield umpire as Stark County hosted United High School. According to witnesses, Jacobson passed out on the field and when he was being assisted,
