PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. - The Oneonta baseball team fell to Plattsburgh in a pair of games on Saturday afternoon. The Red Dragons lost 8-7 in extra innings in the first game and then dropped 10-1 in the second. Oneonta moves to 14-18 overall and 4-11 in the SUNYAC, while Plattsburgh goes to 19-10 overall and 7-5 in the conference. 

Game One - Plattsburgh 8, Oneonta 7

The Red Dragons took a 2-0 in the first inning with sophomore Brendan Duffy (Southold, NY/Southold Jr./Sr.) hitting a two-RBI single to left-center. Plattsburgh tacked on a run in the bottom of the frame to cut the lead to 2-1. 

Oneonta built up to a 6-1 lead in the top of the second inning. Junior Logan Hutter (Smithtown, NY/Smithtown West/Smithtown) singled home runs from Joey Dwyer (Shoreham, NY/Shoreham Wading River) and LuKas Jachens. Duffy hit a single to center field to add scores from Sean Liquori (Thiells, NY/North Rockland) and Hutter.

The Cardinals scored on an error to cut the lead to 6-2, and neither side scored until the bottom of the fifth inning. Ben Catrambone singled to center field to bring in a run from Austin Caldwell. Jack Defayette reached home on a sacrifice fly to make it 6-4.

Plattsburgh would tie in the sixth inning with RBI singles from Daniel Noveilli and Caldwell.     

Another two scoreless innings followed before Oneonta retook the lead in the top of the eighth. Senior Liam Kaseta (Somers, NY/Somers) hit a sacrifice fly to left field to bring Hutter home to make it 8-7. The Cardinals answered with Diltz singling home a run to tie in the bottom of the eighth to force extra innings. 

Plattsburgh held Oneonta without a hit in extra innings, and in the bottom of the 11th, Andrew Veit hit the game-winning single to take the win.  

Game Two - Plattsburgh 10, Oneonta 1

The Cardinals poured in five runs in the first inning to jump to a 5-0 lead. DeFayette doubled to left field to bring in two runs, and another double from Adam Wein brought DeFayette home.

Oneonta struggled on offense and were held without a run until the fourth inning. Freshman Sean Clinton (New York, NY/Clarkstown South) singled in a run from Liquori to cut the lead to 5-1. 

The offenses slowed until the sixth inning when the Cardinals added three more runs. Plattsburgh pushed the lead to nine runs in the seventh, with Alex Kornblau hitting a two-RBI triple to right-center field. Oneonta could not muster a comeback in the final innings and were held without a run. 

Oneonta next hosts Elmira on Tue. Apr. 23 at 4 p.m.