The Oneonta State baseball team had as many hits as host Brockport, but came up short 2-1 in the three-game series opener today.  Oneonta (14-19/7-9 SUNYAC) needs to win at least one of two tomorrow to have a chance to get into the SUNYAC tournament as the fourth team.  A sweep for the Red Dragons will give them the No. 3 spot.

Senior Chris Tyson (Niskayuna/Niskayuna) pitched eight strong innings for Oneonta allowing six hits and a pair of earned runs.  He faced 29 batters and struck out five of them as he fell to 3-3 on the season while lowering his team-leading ERA to 2.39.

Junior designated hitter, Chris Massaroni (Voorheesville/Voorheesville), led Oneonta with three hits while senior Kevin Knack (Ghent/Ichabod Crane) collected a pair of hits.

Brockport scored first today in the bottom of the first.  With one out, they recorded back-to-back singles to put runners at the corners.  The runner came in from third on a ground out to third base.

Oneonta manufactured a run to tie the score in the top of the sixth inning.  Senior Tory Bouyea (Plattsburgh/Plattsburgh) led off the inning with a single up the middle and was followed with another single by Massaroni.  The two were sacrificed into scoring position by Matt Salvatore (Staten Island/Staten Island).  Bouyea scored when senior Cody Hitt (Boonville/Adirondack) hit a sacrifice fly to right field.

In the bottom of the inning, Brockport (24-12/10-6 SUNYAC) scored the eventual winning run on a two-out, RBI double by Mike Weakley.

The two teams will complete its series tomorrow beginning at noon with the first game of a doubleheader.