CORTLAND, N.Y.—The SUNY Oneonta baseball team lost a pair of games on the second day of the SUNYAC tournament at Cortland ending its conference title run. Oneonta (21-17) lost its first game to the host, 6-2, and then fell in the elimination game to Brockport, 12-3.
Cortland put together a five-run second inning that proved to be too much to overcome in game one today. After the first two batters reached via a walk and a hit batter, a throwing error by Oneonta starter,
Ken Smith (Ossining/Ossining), loaded the bases with no outs.
Oneonta recorded the first out of the inning with a force out at home before Justin Fredenburg hit a single to right field to drive in the first two runs of the inning. Zack Graczyk then tripled to drive in two more before Graczyk scored on a double by John Adornetto to complete the scoring in the second.
Oneonta scored single runs in the fourth and ninth innings for its two runs in the game. Sophomore
Bryan Marotta (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa) was hit by a pitch to start the fourth. He went to second on a wild pitch, advanced to third on a ground out by
Michael DeCarr (Syracuse/Westhill), and scored on a single to left center field by
Michael Center (Schenectady/Schenectady).
DeCarr scored Oneonta's run in the ninth via an RBI single by
Eric Wells (Athens, PA/Athens). DeCarr singled through the left side to lead off the inning. He went to second on a wild pitch before scoring on the two-out single.
Wells had two of Oneonta's seven hits in the contest. Smith took the loss pitching five innings with seven walks and six strikeouts.
Today's second game for Oneonta was a rematch of yesterday's opening game of the tournament, which was a 5-2 win for the Red Dragons.
The Golden Eagles jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first off starter
Corey Andresen (Deposit/Deposit). Andresen lasted only 5-1/3 innings allowing six hits and four runs. He walked two batters and struck out three.
Brockport added a run in the fourth and led 3-0 entering the top of the fifth inning where Oneonta finally broke through with a pair of runs. The big hit came from junior
Kevin Knack (Ghent /Ichabod Crane), who hit a one-out single to drive in freshman
Sean Fruscio (Latham/Shaker) and junior
Cody Hitt (Boonville/Adirondack). Fruscio led off the inning with a single and then stole second. Hitt walked and both were sacrificed up one base by freshman
Jake Robinson (East Norwich/Oyster Bay).
Brockport opened up a 7-2 lead with four runs in the sixth inning and put the game away with five more runs in the eighth inning.
Oneonta's third run in the game was scored in the seventh inning when Robinson knocked in Hitt from third. Hit led off the inning with a double and went to third when the right fielder made an error in fielding the ball.
Game 1
SUNY Cortland 6, Oneonta State 2
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Oneonta State....... 000 100 001 - 2 7 2 (21-16)
SUNY Cortland....... 050 000 10X - 6 10 0 (32-7)
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Pitchers: Oneonta State -
Ken Smith (Ossining/Ossining);
Jim Hegmann (Middletown/Pine Bush)(6) and
Eric Wells (Athens, PA/Athens).
SUNY Cortland - A.SCHULDT and J.FREDENBURG.
Win-A.SCHULDT (7-1) Loss-
Ken Smith (Ossining/Ossining) (4-2)
Game 2
Brockport 12, Oneonta State 3
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Oneonta State....... 000 020 100 - 3 11 3 (21-17)
Brockport........... 200 104 05X - 12 12 3 (26-11)
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Pitchers: Oneonta State -
Corey Andresen (Deposit/Deposit);
Chris Tyson (Niskayuna/Niskayuna)(6);
Jim Hegmann (Middletown/Pine Bush)(6);
Zachary Levanduski (Elmira Heights/Thomas Edison)(8);
Thomas Hand (Wallkill/Valley Central)(8) and
Michael Arcuri (Utica/Proctor);
Eric Wells (Athens, PA/Athens).
Brockport -James Bardenett; James Williamson(7); John Lowe(8); Anthony Siracusa(8); Mike Potenza(9) and
Mike Goldstein; Kevin Gerken; Casey Job.
Win-James Bardenett (3-1) Loss-
Corey Andresen (Deposit/Deposit) (2-2)
HR Brockport - Mike DeGregory.
J.Bardenett faced 2 batters in the 7th.
Z LEVANDUSKI faced 4 batters in the 8th.
