The SUNY Oneonta baseball team split its doubleheader at home versus Plattsburgh today. The Red Dragons bounced back from a 6-5 loss in game 1 with a 3-1 victory in game 2. Oneonta is now 3-1 in the SUNYAC and 8-13 overall while the Cardinals fall to 2-7 in the conference and 6-14 overall.
The Red Dragons got a solid seven innings out of starter
Alex Mastrianni (Valatie/Ichabod Crane) today in game 2. Mastrianni struck out four batters and allowed only three hits and one earned run in picking up his second win of the season.
Senior
Jim Hegmann (Middletown/Pine Bush) came in and closed things out in the nightcap, pitching two scoreless and hitless innings to record his fourth save of the season.
Oneonta got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the first inning of game 2. Senior
Dean Haussel (Sound Beach/Miller Place) singled through the left side to leadoff the inning. He went to second on a sacrifice bunt by classmate
Ivan Plata (Guilderland/Guilderland) and then went to third on a balk by Plattsburgh starter, Marc Plante. Haussel finally scored when
Christopher Orlando (Putnam Valley/Putnam Valley) got caught in a run down long enough for him to score from third. Orlando had walked to put runners at the corners.
The Cardinals tied the score in the top of the third inning on an RBI single by Mike Mulvihill that drove in Brian Latulipe from third. Latulipe walked and stole second before going to third on a throwing error by Plata.
Single runs in the seventh and eighth innings by Oneonta gave them the final margin of victory.
Chris Massaroni (Voorheesville/Voorheesville) drove in the eventual winning run with an RBI single down the left field line to knock in Plata, who walked and stole second. Oneonta's final run was a sacrifice fly off the bat of senior
Thomas Hand (Wallkill/Valley Central) that drove in
Rob Peluso (Rensselaer/Columbia), who walked and went to third on a failed pickoff.
Massaroni had a pair of hits to lead Oneonta in game 2.
Game 1 was scoreless through the first two innings before Plattsburgh scored one run in the third and two more in the fourth to take a 3-0 lead. Latulipe singled in JD Springer from second base in the third. John Casten hit a two-out, two-run single to drive in both fourth inning runs.
Oneonta got a run back in the bottom of the fifth inning when Haussel doubled to right field to drive in Peluso.
In the top of the seventh, Plattsburgh took advantage of three Oneonta errors that led to three unearned runs. Casey Brighton had a big double in the inning to drive in the final run for the Cardinals.
Oneonta rallied in the bottom of the seventh and had the tying run at second base, but Corey Grossman got the final out with a strikeout to end the game. All of Oneonta's runs came with two outs in the inning.
Mike Schoonmaker (Marlboro/Marlboro) started the rally with a walk and then stole second. Haussel singled to center field to put runners at the corners. Plata walked to load the bases, which were cleared by Orlando's double to deep left field.
Kyle Jordan (Levittown/Division) (0-1) took the loss for Oneonta, going six innings and allowing five hits and three earned runs.
Grossman recorded his first save of the season, as senior Brian Burns picked up his third win of the season. Burns went 6 2/3 innings striking out four and allowing three earned runs and four hits.
Oneonta will continue its home stand this Tuesday afternoon, as it hosts Fredonia for the first two games of its three-game series, which was rescheduled from Easter weekend. Tuesday's doubleheader begins at 1pm. The series is scheduled to conclude on Wednesday with a single nine inning game beginning at 3pm.
