SUNY Oneonta and Oswego State combined for 27 runs and 35 hits in game 2 of today's SUNYAC doubleheader and, fortunately for the host Red Dragons, they came away with a hard fought 15-12 victory to earn a split with the Lakers after dropping game 1 7-3.  Oneonta is now 9-16 overall and 4-3 in the conference while Oswego leaves town 14-6 overall and 6-4 in the SUNYAC.
 
Neither team scored in the first inning and Oswego was held scoreless in the fourth, eighth and ninth innings while Oneonta scored at least one run in innings two through eight.
 
Oswego scored a pair of runs in the top of the second on an RBI single by Kyle Liner and a fielder's choice RBI by Tom Curry.
 
Oneonta got one back in the bottom of the inning thanks to a throwing error by the third baseman that allowed Christopher Orlando to get to second base.  Sophomore Dylan Stamile drove Orlando in with a single down the right field line.
 
Both teams scored three runs each in its halves of the third inning.  Oneonta tied the game in the bottom of the fourth when freshman Casy Kies (Apalachin/Vestal) singled to drive in classmate Billy Riedel from second base with two outs.
 
Oswego added a pair of runs in the top of the fifth to regain the lead at 7-5.  Mike McMullen drove in the second run of the inning with a single to left field.
 
Oneonta stormed back in the bottom of the fifth with three runs, as the Red Dragons made the Lakers pay for a pair of errors.  Matt Mastroianni reached on an infield single to start the inning before being moved over to second by Orlando.  Stamile then hit a slow roller to the pitcher that he beat out, but the throw went wide, which allowed him to move to second base and Mastroianni to score.  Freshman David Wright then singled home Stamile and went to second on the throw home.  Wright went to third base on a wild pitch and scored on a throwing error by the third baseman.
 
Both teams scored two runs each in the sixth inning and three runs each in the seventh inning.
 
Oneonta loaded the bases in the seventh with no outs and scored its first two runs of the inning on a one-out double by freshman Mike Cruz.  The final, and eventual winning run, came in on a sacrifice fly to right field by Orlando.
 
The Red Dragons added a pair of runs in the home half of the eighth on a ground out by freshman Wayne Baker (Port Washington/Paul D. Schreiber) that brought home junior Nate Eastman from third after he led off the inning with a single and went to third on a double by Wright.  Wright came into score on an RBI single by sophomore Joe Franke.
 
Picking up his first win of the season was sophomore John Sica, who pitched two-thirds of an inning to finish out the seventh.  Wright pitched a perfect ninth inning for Oneonta to earn his first collegiate save.
 
Stamile was 3-for-3 in game 2 with a pair of runs batted in.  Mastroianni collected three hits while scoring three times.  Eastman, Wright, Riedel and freshman Casy Kies (Apalachin/Vestal) all had two hits.
 
In the opening game of the day, Oswego scored two runs in the third and sixth innings while adding three more in the seventh inning.  Tim Smith was 4-for-4 with three runs batted in to lead the Lakers offense.
 
The lone highlight for Oneonta in game 1 was a three-run home run by Kies in the bottom of the seventh inning.
 
Sophomore Kyle Jordan pitched 6-2/3 innings allowing seven runs and nine hits, as he fell to 2-2 on the season.
 
Miles Kelly went the distance for the Lakers and allowed eight hits while striking out four batters to run his record to 4-1 this season.
 
Oneonta will be back in action again on Tuesday, as they host New Paltz for a doubleheader beginning at noon.