Yano Leads Stevens Past Ithaca; Canton Splits
Patrick Duffy
STEVENS 6, ITHACA 1
Junior
Jayson Yano tossed a complete game and drove in the go-ahead RBI in the eighth inning to lead the Stevens Institute of Technology baseball past Ithaca College 6-1 on Sunday.
The Ducks ended their two-game skid, moving to 27-12 while Ithaca fell to 17-14.
After a scoreless three and a half innings, the host Bombers struck first in the bottom of the fourth for their only run of the matinee. A pair of singles by Christian Brown and Trevor Thompson put runners on first and second, and Stephen Yanchus bounced a groundball back to the mound for what should have been an inning ending double play, but a throwing error scored Brown from second.
Yano settled down, and did not allow a runner past second base the remainder of the contest. Andrew Sanders for Ithaca was equally as dominate, as put up zeros in the run column for the first seven innings. The Ducks threatened in the fifth and sixth innings, putting runners on first and second with no outs in both frames, but Sanders buckled down and escaped the jam both instances.
His luck ran out in the top of the eighth however. Senior
Marc Calleo singled through the left side on a full count, and junior
Jonathan Toro advanced him to second with perfectly executed sacrifice bunt. A walk to junior
Tyler Bush, followed by a groundout put men on second and third with two outs. Yano came up and helped his own cause with a two-run single up the middle.
Stevens added a four spot in the top of the ninth, starting off with freshman
Tommy Baronner working a walk. Senior
Gregg Nickels was hit with a pitch, and then senior
Ryan Mannello dropped down a bunt that ended up striking the bat which prevented the ball from rolling foul, giving Mannello a single. Calleo stepped up and rapped a two-run double down the left field line, which was followed up by Mannello scampering home on a wild pitch. Toro, who had reached on a walk, came home on a throwing error by the pitcher to end the scoring for the Ducks.
Calleo had three hits while Toro reached base twice and also dropped down two sacrifice bunts. Yano was excellent, allowing eight hits with only the one unearned run, striking out three while only walking one.
Josh Savacool, Yanchus and Zach Cole all had two hits for the Bombers while Sanders struck out four in his seven and a third innings.
CANTON v Penn State Abington
The SUNY Canton baseball team used a strong group pitching performance and a 2 RBI single from
Seth Douglas to split a doubleheader with host Penn State Abington on Sunday.
Game 1
Neither team plated a run in the first six innings of action in what proved to be a pitcher's duel. The Roos loaded the bases with one out in the second but an infield pop out and strike out ended the frame. Again in the fifth SUNY Canton threatened with a pair of runners in scorers position but a line out ended the inning.
The Roos broke through in the seventh.
Matt Hall (Palmyra, NY) pinch hit and led off with a walk.
Christian Nazario-Cruz (Naguabo, Puerto Rico) singled to left field and Douglas followed with a 2 RBI base hit to center field.
SUNY Canton used five pitchers who combined for a three hit shut out.
Zach Lawrence (West Palm Beach, FL) got the start throwing three innings without giving up a hit and struck out four.
Derek Harkin (Ottawa, ON) walked one and surrendered one hit in an inning, while
Dom Deliberti (Staten Island, NY) gave up no hits with a strike out in the fifth.
John Mancini (Scotia, NY) sprinkled a hit and walk over the sixth inning earning the win, while
Travis Bigelow (Ottawa, ON) struck out two and gave up a hit to pick up the save in the seventh.
Game 2
The Lions got off to a quick start on an RBI triple down the right field line in the first.
Brandon Welch (Constable, NY) knotted the game at one placing a base hit down the right field line to score
Jeremy Baez (Bronx, NY). Baez added an RBI of his own in the third on a sacrifice fly to right to score
Jesse Barton (Belle Glade, FL), giving SUNY Canton a 2-1 lead.
Abington (18-19) plated two on an RBI single and an error in the sixth to take a 3-2 lead. The Roos (12-28) went down in order in the seventh as the Lions held on for the win.
Five pitchers took the mound for SUNY Canton again in the nightcap.
Khalil Bratton (Queens, NY) tookt he no-decision giving up three hits and one earned in 3.0 innings. Mancini took the loss allow two runs, one earned, in one-third of an inning.