ONEONTA, N.Y.—The SUNY Oneonta baseball team completed its spring trip to Winter Haven, Fla. this past Thursday with a 12-inning, 6-4 loss to Amherst College. The Red Dragons return north with an overall record of 4-6 and are scheduled to be at Montclair State this coming Tuesday for a single 9-inning contest beginning at 3:30 p.m.
In their last four games of the trip, Oneonta managed a doubleheader split with Messiah while falling to Keene State and Amherst. Against Messiah, the Red Dragons let a 5-1 lead slip away in game one of the twin bill as they fell 7-6. In game two, Oneonta assaulted Falcon pitching en route to a 16-2 victory.
The Keene State game was a rematch of last spring's NCAA regional contest where Oneonta eliminated the Owls from the NCAA tournament. This time Keene got the better of Oneonta in a 6-2 win.
For the trip, it was junior
Kevin Knack (Ghent , Ichabod Crane) and sophomore
Bryan Marotta (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa) (Clifton Park, Shenendehowa) that led the offense, hitting .371 and .344 respectively. Marotta had the team's lone home run during the trip and drove in a team high seven runs. Knack led the team with 13 hits and had a pair of doubles and one of the seven triples that the Red Dragons had on the trip.
A pair of juniors and a rookie led the pitching staff. The duo of
Joshua Herzenberg (White Plains/White Plains) (White Plains, White Plains) and
Jeffrey Carter (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa) (Clifton Park, Shenendehowa) both pitched well in their two starts in Florida. Freshman
Jake Robinson (East Norwich/Oyster Bay) (East Norwich, Oyster Bay) was solid out of the bullpen in his first collegiate action. Herzenberg pitched a complete-game in his first start of the season, a 3-1 win against UMass Boston, who went to the College World Series last year. In his second start, he got a no decision after 7-1/3 innings versus Amherst. Herzenberg finished the trip 1-0 with a 2.20 ERA with 14 strikeouts.
Carter, who went 1-0, struck out six batters in his 11 innings in his two starts and had a team low 1.59 ERA. Robinson made three appearances in relief, struck out eight hitters in 10 innings of work, and had a 1.80 ERA.
Line Scores
Messiah 7, Oneonta State 6 (Mar 15, 2011 at Winter Haven, Fla) (Game 1)
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Messiah............. 000 010 6 - 7 8 1
Oneonta State....... 221 000 1 - 6 14 3 (3-4)
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Pitchers: Messiah - BROOMELL; HELGERSON(6); HERSHBERGER(7); ADAMS(7) and BROWN. Oneonta State -
Ken Smith (Ossining/Ossining);
Thomas Hand (Wallkill/Valley Central)(7) and
Eric Wells (Athens, PA/Athens).
Win-HELGERSON Save-ADAMS Loss-
Thomas Hand (Wallkill/Valley Central)(1-1)
Oneonta State 16, Messiah 2 (Mar 15, 2011 at Winter Haven, Fla) (Game 2)
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Oneonta State....... 414 106 0 - 16 17 5 (4-4)
Messiah............. 000 001 1 - 2 4 2
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Pitchers: Oneonta State -
Jeffrey Carter (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa) and
Bryan Marotta (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa);
Michael Arcuri (Utica/Proctor). Messiah - GILL;
MCCLURE(3); OKERBLOM(5); HELGERSON(6); HOLLENBACH(7) and SLETTA.
Win-
Jeffrey Carter (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa)(1-0) Loss-GILL
Keene State 6, Oneonta State 2 (Mar 16, 2011 at Winter Haven, FL)
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Oneonta State....... 000 001 001 - 2 7 1 (3-4)
Keene State......... 000 002 40X - 6 10 5 (5-2)
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Pitchers: Oneonta State -
Christopher Smith (Colonie/Colonie);
Chris Tyson (Niskayuna/Niskayuna)(7);
Zachary Levanduski (Elmira Heights/Thomas Edison)(7) and
Eric Wells (Athens, PA/Athens).
Keene State - Tim Thiesing; Adam Stanclift(4); Joe Katin(7); Kyle Underwood(9) and DiPrato.
Win-Adam Stanclift(2-0) Loss-
Christopher Smith (Colonie/Colonie)(0-1) T-2;15 A-150
HR Keene State - Bobby Doyon; Larry Longo.
Amherst 6, Oneonta State 4 (Mar 17, 2011 at Winter Haven, Fla)
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Amherst............. 100 000 030 002 - 6 13 3
Oneonta State....... 000 012 100 000 - 4 10 3 (4-6)
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Pitchers: Amherst - KEENAN; JOYCE(6); HARRIS(12) and SAMELA.
Oneonta State -
Joshua Herzenberg (White Plains/White Plains);
Jake Robinson (East Norwich/Oyster Bay)(8);
Zachary Levanduski (Elmira Heights/Thomas Edison)(11);
Corey Andresen (Deposit/Deposit)(12) and
Bryan Marotta (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa).
Win-JOYCE Save-HARRIS Loss-
Zachary Levanduski (Elmira Heights/Thomas Edison)(0-1) T- A-0
KEENAN faced 2 batters in the 6th
