Ithaca Baseball Wins 30th Game; Utica/Stevens Split; Fisher Falls to Brockport
ITHACA v YORK
The 18th-ranked Ithaca College baseball team used seven hits to score six runs and went on to a 6-5 victory over York (Pa.) on Sunday afternoon at Freeman Field. The win improves the Bombers' record to 30-6 on the season. It is the first time since 2006 that the team has won 30 games.
The Ithaca offense got on the board early with two runs in the bottom half of the first inning. The first two batters of the inning reached base as Christian Brown singled through the left side and Tim Locastro was hit by a pitch. Two batters later, Corey Caswell walked to load the bases, and set up a two-out scoring opportunity for the Bombers. Vinny Gneo capitalized with a single through the left side to score both Brown and Locastro.
The Bombers added two more runs in the second. Luke Stark singled to start the inning, then Locastro slugged a two-run home run over the left field wall to extend the Ithaca advantage to 4-0.
Ithaca added two more runs in the fourth as Stark singled and Brown hit the Bombers second two-run home run of the game to extend the Ithaca lead to 6-1.
UTICA v STEVENS
Utica shutout host Stevens Institute of Technology, 5-0, in game one for its first win in the Empire 8 Conference this season. Stevens rebounded in game two with a 7-5 win over the Pioneers.
The Pioneers were led by senior shortstop Chris Podlucky and sophomore catcher Thomas Dinnen. Podlucky went 2-for-3 with two RBI and two runs scored in the game one victory while Dinnen went 2-for-3 in game two driving in three runs in the game two defeat.
FISHER v BROCKPORT
The St. John Fisher College baseball team rallied from a 4-0 deficit, scoring one run in the eighth inning and two in the ninth, but had the game-tying run thrown out at the plate for the game's final out in a 4-3 loss to visiting College at Brockport on Sunday.
With the loss, Fisher falls to 22-13, while Brockport improves to 20-15.
Brockport scored one run in the top of the fourth, fifth, seventh and eighth innings to take a 4-0 lead going into the bottom of the eighth.