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Mt. Ararat-Cony baseball tidbits

Cony showed flashes of good play in its 14-8 win over the Eagles on Saturday but the Rams remain a work in progress. For every good defensive play - - there was a nice diving stab at first and feed to the pitcher by Cory Clarke - -  the Rams made two bad ones. They lost two balls in the sun because players on the right side weren’t wearing sunglasses. Cony coach Ray Vallee reminded the team of crucial losses, one in an Eastern Maine championship game, when a Cony player lost a ball in the sun.
Mt. Ararat scored three runs in the sixth on what began as a bases loaded passed ball. Cony catcher Jason Burns threw the ball past pitcher Eric Lee, allowing the second runner to score, and first baseman Corey Lapierre threw the ball past Burns allowing the third run to score.
Clarke, who is six feet and 195 pounds, showed his speed on a triple to right in Cony’s five-run fifth inning. “He’s the fastest kid on the team,’ Vallee said.
Vallee said second baseman Ray Cotnoir is scheduled to undergo elbow surgery in early May and will be lost for the season. He hopes Tyler Rodrigue can make a return from a bout with mononucleosis by that time.
Mt. Ararat’s Scott Rogers collected a couple of bloop singles. He’s the son of Mt. Ararat coach Craig Rogers and brother of Mark Rogers, now in the Milwaukee Brewers organization. Last year, he beat Cony with a home run.

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