Cardinals and Pioneers Win

Cardinals and Pioneers Win

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UTICA v SUNYIT
The Utica College baseball team snapped a four game skid Wednesday as it downed local rival SUNY Polytechnic Institute, 9-7, in non-conference action at the Utica College Baseball Field.  The Pioneers were led by junior pitcher Josh Luczak (Ava, NY/RFA) who tossed seven innings allowing four runs while striking out three for his second win of the season.

The Pioneers got on the board first in the bottom of the second with one hit and the help of a SUNY error and wild pitch.  Brandon Thomas (West Winfield, NY/Mount Markham) led off the inning with a single to left field, advanced to second on an error and then scored on a wild pitch to give UC a 1-0 edge.

The Wildcats answered right back in the top of the third with a two-out single to knot up the contest, 1-1.

SUNY edged its first lead of the game in the fifth on two hits to take a 2-1 lead.  The Pioneers had a chance to get out of the inning on a double play ball, however were unable to convert as the fielder's choice gave Poly the lead.

UC came right back in the bottom half of the inning to tie up the contest as Thomas Woodburn (West Islip, NY/West Islip) ripped a two-out single up the middle scoring Bryce Patterson (Corning, NY/Corning East).

Utica opened it up in the sixth with five runs, including four with two outs, to work a 7-2 lead headed into the final frames.

Each team put two more scores on the board over the next two innings as UC led 9-4 going into the ninth.

SUNY made a run in the ninth scoring three runs however fell short as UC won its 12th game of the season behind Ethan Bliss (Cooperstown, NY /Cooperstown)'s save performance.

Freshman Jake Ryan (Kingston, NY/Kingston) led the UC offense going 2-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored while Matthew DeMartino (Oceanside, NY/Oceanside) added two hits, one run and one RBI.


ST. JOHN FISHER v Brockport
The St. John Fisher College baseball program pounded out 15 hits and scored one run in all but innings, as the Cardinals earned a 6-2 win over visiting College at Brockport on Wednesday at Fisher's Dugan Yard.
 
With the win, Fisher improves to 11-15 overall, while Brockport falls to 13-11.
 
Starting pitcher Ryan Smith earned the win on the mound, going five innings with four strikeouts and just three hits allowed.
 
Colton Fergus pitched two solid innings in relief, while Kevin Berge and Josh Amann each went one frame and didn't allow an earned run.
 
The top of the order accounted for a majority of Fisher's offense, as the team's No. 1, 2 and 3 hitters each enjoyed multi-hit games.
 
Junior Mike Roman tripled and finished the day 3-for-5 with three runs scored, while classmate Joe Simmons also went 3-for-5 with a run scored.   Shane Barley, Fisher's No. 3 hitter, went 2-for-4 and drove in Fisher's first two runs of the game.
 
Matthew Cahill and Cody Wiktorski each scored a run and tallied an extra-base hit.
 
Freshmen Scott Eisenmenger, Tyler Troccia and Jack Vivinetto each drove in a run and had a base hit.


CANTON v Cazenovia
Christian Nazario-Cruz (Naguabo, Puerto Rico) and the SUNY Canton bats exploded for 19 runs as the baseball team split a doubleheader against Cazenovia College on Wednesday afternoon at DeLutis Field. The Wildcats (7-10) took the opener 8-6 before the Roos (7-19) bounced back with a 13-11 victory in the nightcap.
 
Game 1
The Roos scored the first three runs of the game in the first and second innings. Jeremy Baez (Bronx, NY) singled to center field scoring Nazario-Cruz on the play. Derrick Machado (Brooklyn, NY) drove Seth Douglas (Reedsburg, WI) in with a base hit to left field. Nazario-Cruz doubled in the second inning to score Brandon Welch(Constable, NY) who walked earlier in the inning.
 
Cazenovia scored eight runs in the third (4), fourth (3) and fifth (1) innings to take a commanding 8-3 lead into the sixth. SUNY Canton looked to rally in the bottom of the seventh and brought three runners across falling just short of the comeback. Nicolas Demarais (Plattsburgh, NY) hit a 2 RBI single to left scoring Baez and Douglas and Vinny Bondinello's (Egg Harbor, NJ) base hit to center scored Matt Hall (Palmyra, NY).
 
Robbie Osterer (Ottawa, ON) sprinkled three hits over four innings as just four of his seven runs surrendered were earned. However, he walked four batters and threw four wild pitches while striking out eight batters.
 
Game 2
The Wildcats plated a pair of runs in the top of the first in the second game, but the Roos bounced right back in the bottom half of the inning. Machado reached on a fielder's choice as Nazario-Cruz and Matos both scored. Demarais singled home Machado and Chris Roenbeck (Plattsburgh, NY) scored after Greg Dobies (Schenectady, NY) reached on an error by the catcher.
 
Cazenovia took a 5-4 lead after scoring three runs in the second and third innings but the Roos tied the game at five after Nazario-Cruz scored Demararis on an RBI groundout. In a back-and-forth affair Caz took an 8-5 lead after their at-bats in the fourth. The Roos got one back on a Machado RBI single in the bottom of the frame.
 
SUNY Canton knotted the game at 8-8 with two runs in the bottom of the fifth on a clutch single from Douglas that plated Matos and Nazario-Cruz. The Roos, playing as the host team, seized control of the game with a five run outburst in the sixth.
 
Welch singled to left and Nazario-Cruz followed with a 2 RBI double. Matos kept the inning going with another 2 RBI double to left and Baez closed out the scoring on an RBI triple.
 
The Wildcats plated three runs in a seventh inning rally that would fall short as Casey Garcia (Miramar, FL) came on to close the door and earn his first save. He threw two-thirds of an inning giving up one hit.
 
Dom Deliberti (Staten Island, NY) earned his second win of the season to improve to 2-0 throwing one and two-thirds of relief, while Khalil Bratton (Queens, NY) got the no-decision.


Arcadia v STEVENS
Junior Nick Sieber went 2-for-3 with two RBI's, but the Stevens Institute of Technology baseball team fell to Arcadia University 7-6 on Wednesday.
 
The loss snaps the Ducks seven game winning streak and drops them to 15-10 while Arcadia improved to 14-9.
 
The Knights knocked in four runs in the first two innings, the big blow coming on a two-run double by junior Connor Arsenault. Stevens cut into the lead in the top of the second when Sieber drove in sophomore Michael Mule' with a double down the left field lne.
 
Arcadia took advantage of a fielding error in the top of fourth as sophomore Austin Eppenstein touched the plate to stretch the lead back to four. The Ducks did not go away, as Mule' drew a bases loaded walk to score a run to start the comeback in the top of the sixth.
 
The Ducks knotted the contest at five in the top of the eighth when Sieber drove in junior Jayson Yano who had reached on a one out single. The next batter was senior Brian Hennelly who had entered as a pinch hitter two innings earlier, and Hennelly hit a big triple to right field scoring pinch runner Tommy Baronner and Sieber. Stevens took the lead in the top of the ninth when Yano roped a single to right center to score classmate Jonathan Toro.
 
With one out in the bottom of the ninth, Arsenault reached on an infield single. A pair of errors loaded the bases, and senior Dan Shiramizu grounded into a fielder's choice to tie the game at six. Sophomore Justin Chasmar hit a single to center field to score Michael Nessel and lead the home team to a walk-off victory.
 
Yano went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored while the Ducks swiped six bags, led by three from Toro. Senior Peirce Marston started and fanned six over five innings while freshman Quinn DiPasquale tossed two perfect innings in relief.
 
Arsenault went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBI's while Pat Shevlin went 2-for-3.