BB: SUNYAC

[jdex]

Oneonta wins twice, 4-2 and 6-3, with late game heroics at Old Westbury. M. Schoonover's double drives in final two runs in four-run top of the final seventh inning. OW scores twice in the first. B. Parkes hurls two-hitter over the first six frames. J. Hegmann pitches hitless seventh for the save. OSt gets four hits. The second game is settled in extra innings when R. Peluso plates go-ahead fourth run in the top of the ninth. T. Hand and D. Haussel follow with rbi base hits. RDragons 5-11, OW 7-11

Fredonia in Florida loses a tough one Thursday to Colby (ME) which rides D. Csapler's bottom of the ninth inning two-out two-strike two-rbi single to 6-5 victory. Freds fall behind 4-1 through five innings but push over four scores in the sixth on E. Krohl and B. Frantz two-run singles for 5-4 advantage. Leave runners aboard second and third in the top of the ninth. C. Wolf and E. Carmello give good relief outings for Devils till Carmello puts Colby's first two runners on base in the ninth. Z. Hugg out of the pen. Sac bunt precedes intentional walk, pair of outs and Csapler's game-deciding blow -- Colby's 13th safety. Colby 6-1

Fredonia at Oneonta action Saturday and Sunday already ppd.

Cortland home outing Thursday vs. SUNYIT ppd. to Friday at 1 p.m. thanks to 28 degree wind chill
Oswego at Ithaca game Thursday ppd.

[jdex]

 Cortland defeats SUNYIT 7-3 in RDragons'  Wallace Field home opener. Cortland push across three runs in the first and third innings and pile up 7-0 lead. IT gets offense going in the final two frames. J. Adornetto singles home Cortland's first score and three IT errors contribute to more early damage. In the third it's M. DeCarr's triple plating a pair and D. Castaldo's single driving home DeCarr. Z. Graczyk's rbi single nets the seventh run in the sixth inning. Utica Wildcats score twice with no outs in the eighth before S. Kimmelman relieves and strikes out three with the the bases loaded. Corts use five pitchers, starter B. Nemeti tossing four innings and fanning five. Graczyk 2x3 with a run, walk, rbi; Castaldo 2x2, rbi. IT's R. Wegner 3x4. Starting pitcher M. Rose the loser, works three innings. CSt 14-4 and at Plattsburgh over the weekend.
IT         000 000 021 -- 3-9-4
Cortland 303 001 00x -- 7-8-2

New Paltz trips host Brockport twice, 9-1, 3-1

Oswego succumbs 2-1 in 13th inning at Ithaca in quite the opening game of doubleheader. IC's C. Brown ends it with one-out rbi single to left-center, his second hit. L. Stark sets the stage with leadoff single and move to second on wild pitch. Starters D. Erne of OSt and P. Lemmo of IC both go the first 10 innings. Erne 1r, 1er, 4h, 1bb, 6K; Lemmo 1r, 1er, 6h, 3bb, 7K. Both gone in the 11th. IC scores in the third on C. Caswell rbi single. Oswego evens it in the fourth on J. Giller rbi single. Giller later in the inning  tossed out at the plate (rf to 1b to c) for third out. Oswego strands runners on second and third in the ninth. IC reliever J. Wagner is the winner with three innings of one-hit, 2bb, 3K ball. A. Bishop sustains OSt loss. Oswego's E. Charles 2x5.
Oswego  000 100 000 000 0 -- 1-7-1
Ithaca    001 000 000 000 1 -- 2-6-1

Oswego tumbles 10-3 in the second game at Ithaca. Lakers 9-5, Bombers 13-4

[jdex]

Cortland blanks host Plattsburgh twice, 7-0 and 7-0. M. Hughes tosses eight innings of first game shutout, allowing 3h, 3bb and striking out 1. RDragons score twice in the first on C. Jackson single. Z. Graczyk doubles home two in the sixth and another in the eighth. M. Rosing 3x5, Graczyk, PJ Rinaldi and Jackson with two hits apiece. Jackson with three ribbies. T. Panetta two hits, 2bh. In seven inning second game K. Barkley (4-0) hurls six inning three-hitter, walks 3 with 4K. Corts score unearned run in the fourth and settle matters with a five-run fifth that includes Rinaldi rbi single, Jackson rbi triple, Rosing rbi double and sac flys from Graczyk and B. Barry. Dragons 16-4 overall, 5-0 YAC. Pburgh 3-11
Cortland    201 002 020 -- 7-13-0
Plattsburgh 000 000 000 -- 0-4-1

Cortland      000 151 0 -- 7-6-0
Plattsburgh  000 000 0 -- 0-3-4

New Paltz completes three game sweep at Brockport, winning Saturday 8-4 in 12 innings

Fredonia at Oneonta action today and Sunday ppd.
Oswego at Utica cancelled

Sunday has Cortland at Pburgh .....

[jdex]

Cortland romps to 15-6 win at Plattsburgh, staking out 8-0 first inning lead. Z. Graczyk opens with home run. Pburgh retires the next two RDragons before next eight reach base -- Graczyk batting again in the inning with two-run single. Corts with five of their overall 14 hits in the frame. Margin grows to 13-0 in the fourth. Burgh, hitless against B. Serio slants till two outs in the fifth, scores six in the eighth on one hit, walks, catcher's interference, wild pitches, etc. Serio in five innings of work strikes out nine with no walks. T. Scott tosses the next two with three Ks. Cortland uses 24 players. Graczyk 2x3, J. Adornetto 2x4, 2r; D. Castaldo 2x4, bi; R. Keppler 2x3, 2r, 3bi. CSt 17-4, 6-0 YAC. Cards 3-12, 1-5

Cortland     820 300 101 -- 15-14-2
Plattsburgh 000 000 060 --  6- 2- 2

[jdex]

Cortland regains No. 1 D3.com poll perch followed by Linfield, Marietta, Salisbury, Ramapo

RDragons' Tuesday home game with Oswego ppd. Tentatively rescheduled for Wednesday, though Oswego has date then at St. Lawrence

Tuesday's Brockport at Fredonia ppd. to Thursday

Still charted Oneonta at New Paltz. Oneonta yet to play a conference game

Cortland       6-0    17-4
Oswego        2-1     9-6
Fredonia       2-1     9-4
New Paltz     3-3     6-11
Brockport     1-5     10-8
Plattsburgh   1-5      3-12
Oneonta       0-0      5-11

[John McGraw]

Cortland regains its No. 1 D3.com poll perch followed by Linfield, Marietta, Salisbury, Ramapo

RDragons' Tuesday home game with Oswego ppd. Tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, though Oswego has date then with St. Lawrence

Tuesday's Brockport at Fredonia ppd. to Thursday

Still charted Oneonta at New Paltz

With all of the snow that just fell here in CNY, I doubt anyone around the area is playing until the weekend.

[jdex]

Oneonta's first conference action results in 3-1 win at New Paltz where RDragons score three in the ninth. Bases loaded walk ties it, D. Hassel's single provides go-ahead marker and another walk adds insurance

Cortland home game with Oswego ppd. from Tuesday to Thursday

[jdex]

Plattsburgh runs past Lyndon St. 12-4 in first of two games. Plattsburgh takes the nightcap 6-5

Oneonta edged 7-6 at Ithaca whose Bombers see OSt score five in the fifth for a 5-5 tie only to have IC take a 6-5 lead in the bottom of the inning. Red Dragons pull even in the sixth but Ithacans push over deciding run in their sixth. Scoreless tjree innings from there atop cold South Hill.

New Paltz at Vassar ppd.

Oswego at St. Lawrence ppd.

[jdex]

Thursday action takes Oswego to Cortland, Brockport to Fredonia

Good thing these games in upstate NY and not in central FLA ........rumor has it sun shineth and temps above freezing for first pitches. Rare rain would prohibit such play in the latter

[jdex]

Fredonia shades Brockport 4-3, scoring twice in the bottom of the eighth. Down 3-2, Blue Devil M. Casilio drives in tying run with a single and J. Bennett walks with the bags crammed for the lead. Freds 10-4, Port 10-9

Oswego holds off Cortland for 5-4 victory in 11 innings. Wild one at CSt's Wallace Field. Scoreless through eight innings as pitchers A. Bishop of OSt and B. McClain of CSt absolutely shine! Each side scores three in the ninth. RDragons leave 'em loaded in the 10th. Oswego takes charge in the 11th on M. McMullen infield single and A. Jurczynski walk to lead off. T. Scott relieves for CSt and tosses away T. Smith's sac bunt. Two score. Cortland gets one back in its 11th via error, A. Iacomini's single to right-center and T. Panetta's infield rbi single.  No outs ........... Pinch runner tossed out between second and third as apparent bunt call never develops. Game ends on strikeout/throw out at second on steal attempt.
Oswego sitting pretty in its ninth when M. McMullen and A. Jurezynski knock out one-out singles. McMullen takes third on flyout and B. Hamilton delivers rbi single to center off CSt reliever C. Petre for 1-0 lead. A. Lazzaro raps triple to right to score two for 3-0 advantage. Cortland rallies in the ninth. B. Barry -- with the only two hits heretofore vs. Bishop, draws one out walk. J. Adornetto singles to right. OSt brings P. Brown from the pen and he hits PJ Rinaldi to load the bases. M. Rosing sends fly that's snagged in right-center. TWO runners score on sac fly. Tying run takes second and scores when pinch-hitting C. Jackson's chopper in front of the plate is thrown away at first when the toss hits Jackson.
Eruptions mar exceptional pitching performances by Oswego lefty Bishop (8.1 inn, 3h, 2bb, 4K) and RDragon B. McClain (8.2 inn, 6h, 2bb, 5K). Bishop retires 14 straight and McClain 17 in a row till ninth inning undoings.
McMullen 4x5, 2r and nifty shortstop play for Lakers. B. Barry 2x3, 1r, 2bb for CSt
Oswego 10-6 overall, 3-1 Yac. Cortland 17-5, 6-1. Corts host Brockport Friday and Saturday. And recent weather ppds rescheduled: Ithaca comes to Cortland next Tuesday, and Cortland at Rochester on Wednesday (CSt. slated home date that day vs. Mt. St. Vincent cancelled)

Oswego      000 000 003 02 -- 5-8-3
Cortland     000 000 003 01 -- 4-5-1

[jdex]

No Cortland comeback today ........Brockport trims RDragons 4-1 behind three-run eighth inning and 12 hit assault. Second home field fall for Corts in two days. Cortland and Ports, who snapped five game losing streak, play two Saturday
M. Gianni (3x4) ignites Bport winning burst with leadoff single followed by two hit batters to fill the bases with no outs. Walk plates winning run and cleanup swinger N. Bunce (2x4) delivers final pair with single to left. Z. Lander in DH role goes 2x3, walk, P. Wilson 2x4, walk, rbi.
T. Renwick opens on the Port mound and goes six good innings, 1bb, 3Ks. R. Stankiewicz wins it with three innings of two hit work. Iacomini 2x3, w, rbi for Corts, M. Rosing 2x4, Z. Graczyk 2x5. K. Barkley starts and hurls into the eighth, 1bb, 6K. Three relievers follow. Rocky relief work plagues Dragons, who could also use a bit of timely hitting these days. Port 11-9, 2-6, CSt 17-6, 6-2
Brockport     000 010 030 -- 4-12-2
Cortland       000 100 000 -- 1-9-1

New Paltz edges Oswego 2-1 as C. Pyz tosses complete game four hitter with 7Ks. M. Carr doubles home deciding run in the fifth off D. Erne, who also pitches the route in seven hitter. Both NP run unearned. A. Jurczynsk homers in defeat.

[magicman]

No Cortland comeback today ........Brockport trims the RDragons 4-1 behind a three-run eighth inning and 12 hit assault. Second home field fall for Corts in two days. Cortland and Ports play two Saturday

New Paltz edges Oswego 2-1

There goes that #1 ranking as well. Seems like the Red Dragons, like so many of the men's hoop teams this year, stumble as soon as they get that #1 tag. That's the 2nd time it's happened to the Cortland baseball team this spring.

[jdex]

Brockport outlasts Cortland 10-8 in 11 innings in second game of doubleheader after Corts claim 7-4 opener.
Port in the nightcap is down 6-4 entering the top of the ninth, posts three runs for 7-6 lead, but sees hosts pull even in their ninth. Each side has a run in the 10th and Brockport wins it with two runs in the top of the 11th when M. Gianni is hit by a pitch to start things. CSt ace M. Hughes, who didn't last the first inning of the opener, relieves. Sac bunt gets Gianni to second and a groundout to third. J. Coleman beats out a hit to third base to score Gianni. K. Tracy and P. Wilson follow with hits for the 10th run. Cortland out 1-2-3 in the 11th.
Brockport's ninth inning rally features pinch-hitter B. Westling's two-run single, sac bunt and M.Gianni's base hit to center for the go-ahead tally. Interestingly, Corts decides to intentionally walk N. Bunce with one out. Passed ball puts runners in scoring position for Westling's key blow. Cortland's T. Panetta clutch two-out single in the bottom of the ninth, with CSt leaving bases crammed, sends things to OT.
Brockport takes 8-7 lead in the 10th on bases loaded hit batter after Cortland once again elected to give an intentional walk -- this time to P. Wilson. A walk followed to fill the bags and S. Kimmelman beans J. Boronczyk on 1-2 pitch. Groundout leaves bases full. Corts tie 8-8 in the bottom of the 10th. Z. Graczyk leads off with single to right-center, is bunted to second. B. Marotta unloads rbi single to center.
Total of 48 players and 33 hits K. Tracy and J. Coleman with three each, C. Grande, S. Peake (HR) two each for Port. Corts' M. Rosing, Panetta (HR) with three hits apiece,  Cataldo two with three rbi. J. Adornetto, C. Jackson (HR), PJ Rinaldi with two hits each.
Bport 12-10 overall, 3-7 YAC, Cortland 18-7, 7-3
Brockport    001 300 003 12 -- 10-15-1
Cortland     101 020 101 10 --  8-18-2

Cortland in the first game overcomes three-run -- all on bases loaded walks, first inning deficit. Eagles knock out pitcher M. Hughes in the frame but Z. Badanes throws five good relief innings and S. Kimmelman gets save. Corts score four in the second when J. Adornetto (2x4, 2r) singles home two, groundout produces another run and C. Jackson singles in the fourth. R. Keppler sac fly and B. Mistretta rbi single make it 7-3 in the third. PJ Rinaldi 2x3, 2r for CSt. Port's N. Bunce 3x4, K. Tracy 2x4. J. Coleman mound victim in first 2.2 innings.
Brockport   300 001 0 -- 4-9-2
Cortland     142 000 x -- 7-8-0

New Paltz whips Oswego 10-1 in first game and completes the sweep with 6-3 triumph. Oswego leaves bases loaded in the ninth against NP reliever J. Schmidt

Oneonta beats guest Plattsburgh 4-2. S. Ascher throws complete game four-hitter, 2r, 1er, 2bb, 7K. I. Plata 3x4, 2r; C. Massaroni 2x4, 1r, 2bi; J. Robinsonn 2x4. Dragons with 11 hits

Fredonia downs Pitt-Bradford 14-5 in first game. Freds capture second game 8-6

[jdex]

Plattsburgh defeats Oneonta 6-5 in first game Sunday, then Oneonta prevails 3-1 in the second at OSt. Opener sees Pburgh pour over three runs in the top of the final seventh inning, then withstand four-run bottom of the seventh rally. The second game has Oneonta break 1-1 tie with runs in the seventh and eighth innings. Oneonta 3-1 in YAC, 8-13 overall, the Burgh 2-7, 6-14

[jdex]

Fredonia      3-1  12-4
Oneonta      3-1   8-13
Cortland      7-3   18-7
New Paltz    6-4    9-12
Oswego       3-4   10-9
Brockport    3-7   12-10
Plattsburgh  2-7    6-14