Fisher and Ithaca Split Sunday Doubleheader
St. John Fisher College and Ithaca College split its doubleheader on Sunday April 21. The Bombers won game one 3-2, and the Cardinals snapped a 1-1 tie in the top of the eighth inning and picked up the 2-1 victory in game two.
Game One - Ithaca 3, Fisher 2
After falling behind 1-0 in the top half of the first inning the Bombers answered with a run of their own in the bottom half of the inning. Sophomore
Christian Brown singled down the left field line to start the inning and advanced to third on a throwing error by the left fielder. Two batters later,
Tim Henry singled to left field, driving in Brown and tying the score.
The score remained tied until the home half of the fourth inning when junior
Colby Gee and senior
Corey Caswell both singled to start the inning.
Kevin Primm then used a sacrifice bunt to advance both of the runners. Gee later scored on a sacrifice fly to center field off the bat of
Matt Connolly.
The Cardinals tied the score in the top half of the sixth; however the Bombers would push a run across in the bottom of the seventh inning to secure the win in walk-off fashion.
Matt Connolly singled to start the inning and advanced to second on a bunt by
Luke Stark. Connolly then stole third. The next batter,
Christian Brown, reached on a throwing error by the third baseman that also scored Connolly and secured the win for the Bombers.
John Prendergast pitched a complete game for Ithaca, out-dueling the opposing pitcher and moving to 7-0 on the season. He allowed just two runs on seven hits, and did not walk a batter.
Fisher's Justin D'Amato went 6.2 innings, allowing just one earned run, but was tagged with the loss - his first since May 12, 2011 (a span of 21 starts). Ithaca snapped a 2-2 tie with the game-winning run scoring on a throwing error.
Fisher trailed 2-1 in the sixth, but tied the game up after Shane Barley doubled and scored on an RBI-single from Mike Fahy. Barley singled in Sean Osterman in the first inning for Fisher's first run.
Game Two - Fisher 2, Ithaca 1 (8 innings)
Pitcher Mike Rynerson went the distance for the Cardinals, allowing just two hits and striking out six, raising his record to 3-0 on the year.
Fisher took a 1-0 lead in the first with Barley singling in Fahy. Ithaca tied it at 1-1 in the bottom sixth, but Fisher would regain the lead in the eighth. Sean Osterman singled to start the inning and junior Brad Rush came throw with a two-out single to score the eventual game-winning run.