Fisher Takes First Loss of Season Against Nationally-Ranked Aurora
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The St. John Fisher College baseball team dropped its first game of 2013 in a 10-5 loss to No. 24 Aurora University on Sunday afternoon at Chain of Lakes Park in Winter Haven, FL. With the loss, the team falls to 3-1 on the season and will return to action at 12 p.m. on Tuesday when it takes on Saint Vincent College in the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational.
Fisher opened up the game with several hits in the first inning, including two doubles, a triple and a single. Ben Bostick opened the game with a double to right center followed by a single from Chris Roeder. Bostick attempted to score on the single but was thrown out on a direct throw from left field to the catcher on the fly.
Osterman then came to the plate and tripled to deep centerfield, scoring Roeder. The next batter was Brad Rush, who doubled down the left field line, scoring Osterman from third.
Aurora did not stay down for long, however, getting four runs in the bottom of the first to take a 4-2 advantage, a lead it would never relinquish.
After Aurora added a run in the second, the Cardinals attempted a comeback in the sixth, scoring two runs to close the gap to 5-4. Osterman reached after getting plunked and scored when Rush tripled to right center. Shane Barley then did his job, hitting a sacrifice fly to left field to score Rush.
The mounted comeback did not last, as Aurora put the game out of reach with a five hit, five run bottom of the sixth.
Shawn Corrigan got the loss for the Cardinals after getting the start and going 1.2 innings. Corrigan allowed four hits and five runs with a walk.
Jordan Doroshenko had a good outing in long relief, going 3.2 innings, surrendering just three hits and three runs while fanning three. Doroshenko help the Spartans scoreless in his first three innings of work.
Thomas Dybas came in for 1.2 innings, allowing four hits and two earned runs before Corey Upright came in for the eighth, holding Aurora hitless with one strikeout.
Rush and Ben Webb each had two-hit games for the Cardinals, with Rush driving in two and scoring once. Webb had an RBI in the top of the ninth with a double to right center that scored Johnny Beck.
Osterman scored twice on the day while having a RBI. Barley had Fisher’s other run batted in.