Ducks Squeak Past CCNY; Bombers and Cardinals Drop Contests

Ducks Squeak Past CCNY; Bombers and Cardinals Drop Contests

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STEVENS 7, CCNY 4
Five pitchers combined to strike out 18 hitters to lead the Stevens Institute of Technology baseball team past the City College of New York 7-4 on Sunday.

Stevens improved to 3-0 on the young season, with CCNY falling in their season opener.
                                
The Ducks opened the scoring in the bottom of the first inning. After a pair of walks and a hit batter, sophomore Garrett Wells hit a grounder up the middle that the shortstop couldn't handle, scoring senior Brian Hennelly. Stevens tacked another run on in the bottom of the third as sophomore Nolan Bennett knocked in senior Nicholas Sieber who had reached on a walk.
 
Stevens took advantage of another Beaver throwing error, as senior Marc Calleo reached on a fielder's choice that plated Wells. CCNY sliced into the Ducks lead, scoring two unearned runs off an error and an RBI groundout by freshman Pedro Taveras. Stevens answered back with two of their own in the bottom half of the sixth off a pair of RBI singles from senior Gregg Nickels and junior John Sideris.
 
Junior Jayson Yano hit a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh to score Hennelly and give the Ducks a 6-2 advatage. However the visitors cut the deficit in half, scoring on a wild pitch and an RBI single from junior Ariel Torres. Stevens added an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth on a Bennett sacrifice fly. The Beavers brought the go-ahead run to the plate with two outs in the top of the ninth but freshman Andrew Hamel fanned Taveras to close the door on a CCNY comeback bid and earned his first career save.
 
Yano went 3-3 with a walk while Hennelly, Nickels, and Sideris all had multiple hit outings for the Ducks. Freshman Alex Detweiler and sophomore Zeph Walters combined to throw seven innings of two-hit ball while allowing only two hits, two unearned runs and struck out 13 Beaver hitters.
 
Sophomore Jhosse Estrella recorded two hits for CCNY while junior Sacha Urbach struck out three in four innings of relief.
 

Pomona-Pitzer 5, ITHACA 2
The Ithaca College baseball team fell to Pomona-Pitzer, 5-2, in their season opener in Claremont, Calif. on Sunday afternoon. Ithaca produced five hits in the contest, while Pomona-Pitzer (12-3) recorded 10.

Senior John Prendergast earned the starting nod on the mound for Ithaca and tossed a scoreless first inning after a Sagehen runner reached base on a walk, advanced to second on a balk and moved to third on a passed ball with two outs.

Pomona-Pitzer took a 2-0 lead on a homerun in the bottom of the second inning, which knocked Prendergast out of the game and brought junior Brandon Diorio in for an early relief appearance. After the pitching change, the Sagehens tacked on two more runs to build a 4-0 edge through two innings.

Another run crossed the plate for Pomona-Pitzer in the third to account for the Sagehens' five runs.

The Bombers attempted a late comeback with two runs in the seventh on back-to-back groundouts from sophomore Josh Savacool and junior John Stanley. Senior Brian Burns and Cooper Belyeascored Ithaca's runs.

Belyea and junior Zach Cole both notched doubles at the plate.

Seniors Andrew Sanders and Jimmy Wagner, and freshman Tyler Hill all saw action in relief roles for Ithaca.


ST. JOHN FISHER
The St. John Fisher College baseball program dropped two games on Sunday.   The Cardinals (3-6) suffered an 11-1 loss to Marietta College, the nation's 12th-ranked team, and fell 5-3 to Ohio Wesleyan in its second game in Punta Gorda, Fla.   Fisher will close out its Florida trip with two games on Monday.

Marietta 11, Fisher 1

Marietta scored a run in all but one inning, while the Cardinals were able to get just one run in the fifth with junior Mike Roman scoring on an error.  Roman, Cody Wiktorski, Matthew Cahill, Calvin Woolhiser, Scott Eisenmenger and Frank Carnevale each singled for the Cardinals.

Ohio Wesleyan 5, Fisher 3
Fisher jumped out to a 3-1 lead after four innings, but the Battling Bishop scored four in the sixth and kept the Cardinals at bay over the final three frames.  Eisenmenger racked up two hits, while fellow freshman Victor Konstantinovsky delivered a two-run single. Cahill singled and scored a run, while Simmons was 1-for-3 with an RBI and a stolen base.  Starting pitcher Josh Amannallowed one run over the first four innings. Colton Fergus pitched two scoreless innnings in relief.