Stevens Splits With Utica; Fisher Drops Two; Canton Falls by One
STEVENS v UTICA
Game 1- Utica 3, Stevens 2
Utica drew first blood in the top of the first innings, taking advantage of a pair of errors. The Ducks answered in the bottom half as junior
Jonathan Toro led off the game with a single to right field and came around to score on a long double to left by classmate
Jayson Yano.
The Pioneers took the lead back in the top of the fourth inning when junior Matthew DeMartino hit a solo home run to right field. They added another run after junior Bryce Patterson reached on a bunt single and moved into scoring on a wild pitch. Junior leadoff hitter Adam Pexton then delivered a double down the right field line to score Patterson. Stevens threatened in the bottom of the sixth after junior
Zeph Walters and freshman
Alex Detweiler had singles to put runners on the corners and two outs but junior Joshua Webb recorded a strikeout to end the inning.
The Ducks (8-8) pushed for the comeback in the bottom of the seventh after junior
John Sideris led off with a pinch hit single to right center. After senior
Ryan Mannello came on as a pinch runner, he advanced to third after a pair of groundouts. Toro drove him and with a single right back through the box and moved to second on a single by sophomore
Michael Mule'. But Webb stranded them there, inducing a fly ball to center to end game one.
Toro went 2-for-4 with an RBI while Yano reached base twice. Freshman
Andrew Hamel struck out four in three innings of relief while senior
Gary Boardman fanned four in four innings.
Patterson went 2-for-3 for the Pioneers while Webb tossed a complete game with seven strikeouts and only one walk.
Game 2: Stevens 4, Utica 3 (10 innings)
The two sides traded zeros for the first five innings, as Detweiler and senior Ryan Watson combined to allow three baserunners. In the top of the sixth, the Pioneers (8-3) notched the first two runs on a two-out, two-run single by freshman Andrew Hobika, Jr. Stevens broke up the no-hit bid in the bottom of the sixth as sophomore
Harrison Kaye reached on an infield single and took second on a throwing error by the shortstop. Toro was hit by a pitch and the Ducks loaded the bases after a single by Mule'. Kaye came around to score on a sacrifice fly by Walters. After a hit batsman reloaded the bases, Detweiler helped his own cause by driving in a run to knot the score at two by beating out an infield single.
Utica scratched a run across in the top of the eighth after a leadoff walked to sophomore Jerred Beniquez who promptly swiped second. After a sac bunt advanced him to third, he was driven in on a double by Hobika, Jr. The Ducks quickly tied the score in the bottom half when Toro, who had led off with a ground rule double to left center, came around to score on a single by Walters.
A one-out single by Toro in the bottom of the tenth started the winning rally for the Ducks. He swiped second and was driven in by Michael Mule' who delivered the walk-off single.
Toro finished 2-for-4 with three runs scored and a stolen base while Mule' recorded two hits to go along with the game-winning RBI. Detweiler fanned seven in seven and a third innings. Senior
Peirce Marston got win after throwing an inning of perfect relief.
Hobika, Jr, went 2-for-4 with three RBI and Watson scattered three hits in five and a third innings. William Winsman took the loss after pitching three and two thirds innings in relief.
ST. JOHN FISHER
The St. John Fisher College baseball squad dropped a pair of contests to Keystone College Sunday, falling 7-4 in game one before dropping the nightcap, 5-3 in La Plume, PA.
With the pair of losses, Fisher falls to 6-10 on the season while Keystone improves to 9-4.
Fisher 4, Keystone 7
Scott Eisenmenger singled down the left field line in the second inning to score
Mike Roman and bring the Cardinals to within 2-1.
Fisher tied the score at 2 in the top of the third on a sacrifice fly from
Jack Trotman.
The Giants got two runs back in the bottom half of the third inning to take a 4-2 lead before
Joe Simmons singled to score Roman.
Trailing 7-3 in the final frame,
Shane Barley picked up a sacrifice fly for the final run of the game.
Terry Engels earned the loss to fall to 2-3 on the season.
Fisher 3, Keystone 5
Fisher got on the scoreboard first in the nightcap with an RBI triple from
Cody Wiktorski who brought home
Calvin Woolhiser in the top of the second.
The Giants evened the game in the bottom half, and pushed their lead to 4-1 after five innings.
Eisenmenger picked up his second RBI single of the day in the sixth inning to score Barley.
After Keystone got back a run,
Tom Kline drew Fisher to within 5-3 in the seventh inning but that is as close as Fisher would come.
Marc Iseneker moves to 0-3 on the season with the loss.
SUNY CANTON
Host St. Joseph's College Brooklyn used two runs in the bottom of the ninth including a walk-off to hand the SUNY Canton baseball team a 5-4 loss on Sunday.
The Roos opened the game with two runs in the top of the first.
Christian Nazario-Cruz (Naguabo, Puerto Rico) started the game with a single down the left field line and stole second.
Wilson Matos(Brooklyn, NY) laid down a sacrifice bunt to move Cruz over to third with one down. He would then score on a
Jeremy Baez (Bronx, NY) ground out.
Brandon Welch (Constable, NY) doubled to center with two down and
Seth Douglas (Reedsburg, WI) followed with a single to right center as SUNY Canton (4-12) led 2-0 early.
The Bears responded with three runs in the bottom of the third in large part due to a pair of errors by SUNY Canton. All three runs that came across in the frame were unearned.
SUNY Canton immediately got one back in the top of the fourth to tie the game at 3-3. Douglas opened the inning getting on base after being hit by a pitch. He then stole second and scored after a
Derrick Machado (Brooklyn, NY) single and a fielding error by the outfielder.
Douglas continued his strong outing, reaching base to start the inning for a third time in the top of the eighth as he doubled down the left field line.
Chris Roenbeck (Plattsburgh, NY) moved the lead run to third on a sacrifice and
Greg Dobies (Schenectady, NY) singled down the left field line to give the Roos a 4-3 lead.
SUNY Canton took the one run lead into the bottom of the ninth but St. Joseph's rallied. After a leadoff walk the Bears moved the runner to second with a sacrifice bunt. After a single the Bears tied the game up on a balk. The following batter walked and with one down in the inning a slow roller in the infield brought the game-winning run across the plate. The Roos fired to the plate but the tag was just late as St. Joseph's earned the win.
Zach Lawrence (West Palm Beach, FL) scattered five hits over five innings without surrendering a single earned run. He struck out two and walked one.
Robbie Osterer (Ottawa, ON) threw three innings of relief on the mound, while
Keenan Shannon (Ballston Spa, NY) took the loss for the Roos.