The SUNY Oneonta baseball team came away with a split of a doubleheader today against Plattsburgh played at Oneonta High School.  Junior Steve Ascher threw game one and struck out 12 batters en route to picking up his fourth win of the season.  Oneonta won the first game, 6-2, while dropping the second game 11-1.  The split puts the Red Dragons at 6-13 overall and 2-1 in the SUNYAC while Plattsburgh moves to 8-13 overall and 3-4 in the conference.
 
Ascher allowed only three hits in game one and both runs were unearned.  Ascher is now 4-1 on the season and has lowered his team-leading earned run average to 1.77.  Opponents are also only hitting .165 against him.
 
Ascher carried a 17 inning scoreless streak into today's game, but saw it come to an end in the first inning, as Plattsburgh scored the a single run to lead 1-0.
 
Oneonta still trailed by the lone run until exploding for five runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to take the lead.
 
Freshman Casy Kies (Apalachin/Vestal) was hit by a pitch to start the inning and then was sacrificed to second by classmate David Wright.  A walk to Matt Mastroianni gave Oneonta two on for senior Christopher Orlando, who smacked a double to right center to drive in both runners.
 
After another walk to sophomore Dylan Stamile, junior Jon Halligan roped a double to left center to knock in Orlando with the third run of the inning.  Stamile and Halligan then scored on a two-out double by freshman Billy Riedel.
 
Plattsburgh scored another single run in the top of the seventh, but Oneonta countered with a run of its own in the bottom half of the inning.  Kies led off the inning with a double and was then moved over to third by Wright before coming home on a single by Orlando.
 
Orlando collected three hits and drove in three runs to lead the offense.  Kies and Riedel each had two hits.
 
In game 2, Plattsburgh had a 3-0 lead entering the fourth inning where they added four runs in their half of the fourth and tacked on four more in the fifth for a commanding 11-0 lead.  Oneonta's lone run came in the bottom of the seventh inning when Orlando scored on a fielder's choice, RBI, by Halligan.
 
The two teams will finish its three-game series tomorrow beginning at noon.  The game is scheduled to be played on campus, but may be moved back to the High School after a determination is made on how playable the field is on campus.