AUBURNDALE, FL - The Oneonta baseball team cruised past Mount Saint Mary (NY) 11-3 in Thursday's RussMatt Central Florida Invitational game. The Red Dragons move to 7-6 overall, while the Knights fall to 2-10.
Oneonta scored in the first four innings and opened the first with an RBI single from sophomore Joey Dwyer (Shoreham, NY/Shoreham Wading River). After Dwyer stole second, junior Logan Hutter (Smithtown, NY/Smithtown West/Smithtown) doubled down the left-field line to single Dwyer home.
After giving up two hits, senior pitcher Tom Roefaro (Utica, NY/Notre Dame) struck out three Knights in the bottom of the first.
Oneonta added another run from an RBI single from junior Josh Gilkey (Syracuse, NY/East Syracuse Minor) to make it 3-0. Roefaro struck out two more batters in the bottom of the frame. The Red Dragons built to a five-run lead in the top of the third. Senior Sean Liquori (Thiells, NY/North Rockland) hit a sacrifice bunt to put Dwyer and junior Anthony Foglia (Somers, NY/North Salem) on second and third. Hutter singled in a run, and Dwyer brought the second run home.
Foglia hit a two-RBI single to bring runs from sophomore Nick Jacoby (Yorktown Heights, NY/Yorktown) and freshman Lukas Jachens (Cornwall, NY/Cornwall Central), pushing Oneonta's lead to 7-0.
Jachens scored on a wild pitch in the sixth to extend Oneonta's advantage to eight.
The Knights scored three runs in the bottom of the frame, with Lutinski scoring on a sacrifice fly. With the bases loaded, Mount Saint Mary walked to score two more runs.
Liquori hit a sacrifice fly in the seventh to give Dwyer a run.
Junior Andrew Bonilla (Walden, NY/Valley Central) doubled and was brought home with a Dwyer single to left field. Tom Mazany (Westtown, NY/Minisink Valley / Slate Hill) was brought home with a Hutter single to cap the game 11-3.
Dwyer went 3-for-5 with two RBI, three runs, and three stolen bases. Jachens went 3-for-5 with three runs. Hutter added three hits, three runs, and two RBI.
Roefaro (1-0) went 5.2 innings with five strikeouts.
Oneonta wraps up their Florida trip on Fri. Mar. 15 at 9:15 a.m. against St. Norbert (WI).
