Laingsburg at Dansville – – First Game of Baseball Doubleheader – – The Bleacher Denizen – – April 22, 2026 – – by Chuck Krafft

Today, the BleacherDenizenMobile has been pointed at Dansville High School, where the home town Aggies will take on the Wolfpack from Laingsburg.

As we wait for these games to begin, I hope you will enjoy this rendition of “God Bless the USA” from my You Tube Channel!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ePjJiWG5OY

Here are the starting lineups. Dansville is the home team and Laingsburg will bat first.

LAINGSBURG

Quintin Garcia 2b

Paxton Rodriquez p

Everett Rodriquez ss

Liam Esch cf

Harrison Dorman lf

Colton Heaton rf

Cooper Morr 2b

Jake Rivet 3b

Eli Morr c

DANSVILLE

Broady Scott lf

Cavren Gavin 2b

Hunter Greenman cf

Nathan Sherwood p

Joey McMillan 1b

Cullen Carls c

Nolan Haselby ss

Dexter Schneider rf

Randolf Schneider 3b

When I got to the game I had the pleasure of learning the Coach Matt Bailey’s son, eighth grader Logan Bailey will be announcing. (Next year, he will probably be playing and too busy to announce!!) He did a wonderful job announcing the starting lineups. It was great seeing that level of confidence from someone so young!

It is now time to review the events of this game through the occasionally alert eyes of an Aging Bleacher Denizen who was never able to get his baseball career off to much of a start. It took him way too long to learn that is not enough to simply swing the bat because you are only rewarded when it actually manages to touch the baseball. When his coach heard the words, “Strike Three” too often, your Bleacher Denizen was asked to observe the game from the bench.

Dansville Pitcher Nathan Sherwood retired the Laingsburg leadoff batter in the top of the first inning on a grounder to shortstop. Paxton Rodriquez and then Everett Rodriquez walked. Paxton Rodriquez took third base and Everett Rodriquez took second base on a wild pitch. Paxton Rodriquez scored and Everett Rodriquez advanced to third base on an RBI groundout to second base by Liam Esch. Everett Rodriquez scored on a wild pitch. Nathan Sherwood retired the next Wolfpack batter on a groundout to second base to end the inning.

Laingsburg scored two runs in the top of the first inning to take a 2-0 lead.

Paxton Rodriquez struck out Dansville’s leadoff batter in the first inning. Cavren Gavin lined a single to left field and stole second base. Paxton Rodriquez struck out the next Aggie hitter. Cavren Gavin went to third base when Nathan Sherwood was safe at first base on an error. Nathan Sherwood stole second baser. Joey McMillan walked to load the bases.

Cavren Gavin scored, Nathan Sherwood went to third base and Joey McMillan went to second base on a wild pitch. Paxton Rodriquez struck out the next Aggie hitter to end the inning.

Dansville scored one run in the bottom of the first inning to trim the Laingsburg lead to 2-1.

Randolf Schneider came in to pitch for Dansville and Nathan Sherwood moved to third base.

Randolf Schneider retired the Wolfpack leadoff batter in the top of the second inning on a fly to left field. Cooper Morr singled to center field and went to third base when Jake Rivet doubled to center field. Eli Morr was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Calvin Stier entered the game as a courtesy runner.

Cooper Morr scored and Jake Rivet took third base on a fielder’s choice grounder to shortstop by Quintin Garcia. Calvin Stier was out at second base. Laingsburg made its third out on a grounder to the shortstop.

Laingsburg scored one run in the top of the second inning to boost its lead to 3-1.

Paxton Rodriquez struck out Dansville’s leadoff hitter in the bottom of the second inning. Dexter Schneider walked. Laingsburg Catcher Eli Morr fired the ball to second base to catch the runner stealing. Randolf Schneider walked. Paxton Rodriquez picked the runner off first base to end the inning.

Randolf Schneider retired the Laingsburg leadoff batter in the top of the third inning on a fly to left field. Liam Esch walked. Liam Esch was out at second base and Harrison Dorman safe at first base on a fielder’s choice grounder to third base. Harrison Dorman took second base on an overthrow. Randolf Schneider retired the next Wolfpack hitter on a grounder to third base to end the inning.

Paxton Rodriquez struck out the Aggie leadoff batter in the bottom of the third inning. Cavren Gavin walked and went to second base when Hunter Greenman was safe at first base on an error. Laingsburg Center Fielder Liam Esch went was back to track down a fly ball off the bat of Nathan Sherwood for the second out. Paxton Rodriquez struck out the next Dansville hitter to end the inning.

After three full innings, Laingsburg had a 3-1 lead.

Dansville Pitcher Randolf Schneider retired the three Laingsburg fourth inning hitters on a fly to right field, a grounder to the shortstop and a strikeout.

Paxton Rodriquez retired the three Dansville fourth inning hitters on a fly to right field, a bouncer to the mound and a strikeout.

Quintin Garcia led off the top of the fifth inning for Laingsburg with a double to left field and took third base on an overthrow. Paxton Rodriquez singled up the middle to drive Quintin Rodriquez home and stole second base. Randolf Schneider retired the next Wolfpack hitter on a foul fly to first base. Liam Esch doubled to left field to drive Paxton Rodriquez home. Liam Esch held at second base when Harrison Dorman blooped a single to center field.

Dansville Center Fielder Hunter Greenman went way back to catch a drive by Colton Heaton. Liam Esch tagged up and advanced to third base. Randolf Schneider got the next batter out on a fly to left field to end the inning.

Laingsburg scored two runs in th top of the fifth inning to extend its lead to 5-1.

Quintin Garcia came in to pitch for Laingsburg and Paxton Rodriquez moved to second base.

Quintin Garcia struck out Dansville’s leadoff batter in the bottom of the fifth inning. Broady Scott singled to right-center field. Broady Scott advanced to third base on an errant pickoff throw. Cavren Gavin singled to left field to drive Broady Scott home. Laingsburg Catcher Eli Morr fired the ball to second base to catch the runner stealing.

Hunter Greenman rifled a single to left field and stole second base. Dansville made its third out on a fly to right field.

Dansville scored one run in the bottom of the fifth inning to shave the Laingsburg lead to 5-2.

Carston Smith went in to play second base for Dansville and Cavren Gavin moved to shortstop.

Jake Rivet singled up the middle to lead off the top of the sixth inning for the Wolfpack. He went to second base when Eli Morr walked. Quintin Garcia walked to load the bases. Everyone was safe on a fielder’s choice RBI grounder by Paxton Rodriquez. Jake Rivet scored, Eli Morr advanced to third base and Quintin Garcia was safe at second base.

Randolf Schneider retired the next Wolfpack batter on a popup to third base. Eli Morr scored on a wild pitch as Quintin Garcia advanced to third base and Paxton Rodriquez to second. Quintin Garcia scored and Paxton Rodriquez advanced to third base on a single to left field by Liam Esch. Liam Esch stole second base. Paxton Rodriquez scored and Liam Esch went to third base on an RBI groundout to second base by Harrison Dorman. Liam Esch scored on a single up the middle by Colton Heaton.

HUnter Greenman came in to pitch for Dansville. Randolf Schneider moved to left field and Broady Scott went to center field.

Cooper Morr walked and Colton Heaton advanced to second base. Colton Heaton advanced to third base and Cooper Morr to second base on a passed ball. Colton Heaton scored and Cooper Morr went to third base on a wild pitch. Hunter Greenman retired the next Laingsburg batter on a grounder to the shortstop to end the inning.

Laingsburg scored six runs in the top of the sixth inning to boost its lead to 11-2.

Quintin Garcia retired Dansville’s leadoff batter in the bottom of the sixth inning on a grounder to second base. Laingsburg Center Field made a fine running catch of a sinking line drive by Cullen Carls for the second out. Dansville made its third out on a bouncer to the mound.

Nolan Haselby went inly to play shortstop for Dansville and Cavren Gavin went to second base.

Hunter Greenman retired Pinch Hitter Ethan Smith on a fly to the shortstop to record Laingsburg’s first out of the seventh inning. Quintin Garcia singled to center field. Dansville First Baseman Joey McMillan made a great running catch of a soft drive in the infield to record the second out. Quintin Garcia went to third base on a wild pitch and scored when Everett Rodriquez blooped a single to center field.

Everett Rodriquez advanced to second base when Liam Esch was safe at first base on an error. Pinch Hitter Calvin Stier walked to load the bases. Hunter Greenman struck out the next batter to end the inning.

Laingsburg scored one run in the top of the seventh inning to extend its lead to 12-2.

Quintin Garcia struck out the three Dansville hitters in the seventh inning to end the game.

Laingsburg won the opener of this doubleheader by the final score of 12-2.

Cavren Gavin had two singles and one RBI for Dansville. Broady Scott and Hunter Greenman each had one single.

Nathan Sherwood pitched one inning for Dansville. Randolf Schneider pitched four and two thirds innings. He struck out one batter. Hunter Greenman pitched one and one thirds innings. He struck out one batter.

Quintin Garcia had one double, one single and one RBI for Laingsburg. Jake Rivet had a double and a single. Liam Esch had a double and two RBI. Paxton Rodriquez, Everett Rodriquez, Harrison Dorman and Colton Heaton each had one single and one RBI.

Paxton Rodriquez pitched four innings for Laingsburg. He gave up one run and struck out six batters. Quintin Garcia pitched three innings. He gave up one run and struck out four batters.

I also covered the second game of this doubleheader. Here is the play by play of that game. https://thebleacherdenizen.com/2026/04/24/laingsburg-at-dansville-second-game-of-baseball-doubleheader-the-bleacher-denizen-april-23-2026-by-chuck-krafft/