BB: SUNYAC

[jdex]

Cortland vs. Fredonia switch DH to today,  single game Saturday at CSt. Weather perhaps moving in Saturday

Conference regular season draws to close this weekend. Cortland (13-2) has already again wrapped up first place and tourney hosts' role May 2-4. Rest of tourney field of four still unset though current runnerup Oswego (9-6) with homestanding Friday/Saturday three-game series vs. Plattsburgh (5-10) seems a lock.
Brockport (8-7) at present is third with key Fri/Sat home three-gamer vs. current fourth place Oneonta (6-7). Vitally interested in that series is fifth place New Paltz (6-10) which has doubleheader Sunday at Oneonta.
Even current cellar dwellers Plattsburgh and Fredonia (5-10) with playoff breath, though slight. Fredonia finishes with
Fri/Sat three-game set at Cortland.

New Paltz also home in Saturday DH vs. Ithaca

[jdex]

Cortland clubs Fredonia twice, 18-0 and 10-1 at Wallace Field in C-land. M. Palumbo winning twirler in first test with six innings of four-hit ball. Two others close out nine inning matchup. RDragons 1-0 leaders through three innings without a hit. Then mount 16 of them in runaway. Five-run, six-hit fourth inning begins fest. Post four runs in fifth, five in sixth, three in seveth. V. Bomasuto 3x4, 3r, 3bi; A. Simon 2x3, 4bi; C. Jackson 1x3, 2r, 3bi, hr; T. Panetta 1x1, 4r, 2bb; M. Fillers 1x1, r, 2bi;P. Farina 1x3, r, 2bi. S. Sturm feels brunt of Cortland attack, Devil pitcher yields 8h, 10r, 9er, 5 inn, 1bb, 0k. C. Lorenzo 2x3, C. Frontale 2x4 for Freds
Cortland with 11 more hits in seven-inning afterpiece in support of B. McClain (6 inn, 5h, 1r, er, 1bb, 4k). Fredonia within 3-1 in fifth but  RDragons quickly jump to 6-1 edge on PJ Rinaldi rbi hit and M. Rosing two-run home run. Rosing 2x3, r, 5bi; Rinaldi (last week's conference player of the week) 2x2, 2bi, 2bh; C. Ziemendord 2x4, 2r
Fredonia beaten 11-5 Thursday by Allegheny

Oswego nips Plattsburgh 1-0 in ninth inning of scheduled seven-inning second game of DH in Oswego. K. Liner singles home winning run for third Lakers hit vs. Plattsburgh's J. Jenkins, whose no-hit bid ends when Oswego's T. Curry singles to left leading off home eighth inning. Jenkins closed on mound in first game 12-11 10-inning Pburgh victory. Jenkins leaves bases loaded in bottom of sixth, retires Lakers in order in seventh. Cards with six hits off winning Oswego pitcher T. Cronin. D. Saccocio hit by Jenkins pitch to start ninth. Steals second, and to third on S. Buniak bunt single.  Following K and intentional bb, Liner hits to right to settle it.
Plattsburgh in first of DH trails Oswego 8-0 after six innings. Pburgh delivers staggering rally, five runs in seventh, four in eighth, one in ninth to take 10-9 lead. OSt evens it in ninth. Cards post two-run 10th on C. Pescetti rbi single and two passed ball leading to Pescetti scoring 12th run. Oswego answers once with M. Kutscher leadoff double, error, fielder's choice. Fifth Plattsburgh pitcher M. Jenkins shuts door. Starts second game. Teams split 30 hits, six errors. Burgh's J. Rodriguez 3x5, 2r, 2bi; L. Weaver 3x4, 2r, 2bi, bb; B. Rombauts 2x3, 2r, bi; N. Lupo 2x6, 2r; Pescetti 2x5, 2r, bi. Lakers use five pitchers, J. Martin loser. T. Baker 3x5, 2r, 2bi for Lakers

Brockport knocks over Oneonta 10-1 following an 18-5 spanking of Red Dragons in twinbill at the Port.  Eagles score three in the first inning of seven inning second game. T. Clifford (5inn, 2h, r, 2bb, 6k) and D. Stackhouse allow Oneonta just two hits.
Eagles in first outing fall behind when OSt's C. Kies launches game with home run to left. Port responds in first with three runs, D. Hurlimann's triple to center chasing home first two. Eagles by 9-1 entering sixth inning. Oneonta scores four but Port immediately adds six spot including C. Grande two-run homer. Brockport 15 hits, one error; Oneonta six hits, three misplays. J. McCarthy winning pitcher (6inn, 5r, 4er, 0bb, 6k). M. Gianni 1x3, 3bb, 4r; Hurliman 1x2, 2r, 3bi; J. Kenney 3x5, r, 4bi; C. Grande 3x5, 2r, hr, 4bi; S. Peake 2x3, r, 3bi. Oneonta's  Wright 1x4, r, 2bi

[magicman]

Plattsburgh State's JD Jenkins has a no hitter going through 6 innings against Oswego in game 2 of their double-header. Cardinals can't score any runs either as it's 0-0 going into the top of the 7th. Jenkins just got out of a bases loaded jam in the bottom of the 6th when he issued a 2 out walk, then hit a batter and issued another walk. Got the Laker's 3 hole hitter to pop up to end the threat.

Jenkins pitches a no hitter for 7 innings and if the Cardinal bats had scored just a single run he would have had the 1st no hitter in Plattsburgh State history. The Lakers get their first hit in the bottom of the 8th inning and that runner was erased on a double play. The Lakers finally score a run in the bottom of the 9th when Dan Saccicio was hit by a pitch, stole 2nd and went to 3rd when the next batter had a bunt single. Jenkins struck out the next batter and then intentionally walked clean-up hitter, Tim Smith to load the bases. Kyle Liner then singled to drive in the winning run. The 1-0 loss cost the Cardinals a chance at making the playoffs. Had they won that game and if New Paltz and Oneonta spit their Sunday doubleheader then the Cards would have grabbed the 4th seed.

Tough loss for the Cardinals and JD Jenkins but that was the story of the Cardinals for the entire season. Too many late inning tough losses that produced one heartbreaker after another.     

[jdex]

Cortland shut down 3-1 by Fredonia senior S. Larson in Devils' final game. Badly bruised in Friday's DH, Freds with 13 hits and M. Prentice's two-out two-rbi single in seventh. Breaks 1-1 deadlock. Larson shines with six-hitter, 1bb, 6k in route-going performance. Matches CSt's B. Serio (6.1inn, 1r, 8h, 1bb, 4k) who registers first out in seventh, then yanked. Two relievers falter -- major season-long concern. Devils with four hits to score one in the first. RDragons score in second. Prentice 3x4, 2bi; K. Koslwski 2x4, r; R. Mendiola 1x3, 2r; B. Frantz 2x4, bi. Cortland's M. Rosing 2x3. S. Komanecky absorbs pitching loss. Devils end six-game CSt win streak

Plattsburgh posts three in the 10th and Y. Osawa sets Oswego down 1-2-3 for 9-6 win in Oswego.  Bases full walks to pinch-hitter M. Varques and Osawa give Cards the lead. Error gets ninth run. Both sides resilient. Oswego in ninth with two-outs and no one aboard ......eventually scores on wild pitch for 6-6 tie. Walk starts it and J. Curry delivers single. Plattsburgh scores four in top of ninth to take 6-5 lead. L. Weaver triples for two runs with two outs against just-inserted reliever who notches inning-ending strikeout. Five hits in Cards ninth. They finish with 11, Lakers 15. Oswego finishes 10-8 in SUNYAC, Pburgh 7-11

Brockport dominates Oneonta 10-5. Five-run sixth inning pivotal. W. Burghardt 2x4, r, 3bi; M. Gianni, D. Hurlimann, L. Mastellone with two rbi apiece. Port throws five pitchers, Oneonta four. RDragon D. Wright 4x5, r

New Paltz tumbles twice at home to Ithaca, 7-2, 11-1 in seven-inning contests

Conference fourth place playoff berth to be determined between Oneonta and New Paltz in Sunday's DH between the pair in Oneonta. Oneonta 6-10, NP 6-10. New Paltz needs sweep. Oneonta with leg up on strength of early April win. Thus should split and identical records occur, Oneonta advances with series edge vs. NP.
Cortland (15-2) top seed and May 2-4 tourney host.  Brockport (11-7) second seed, Oswego (10-8) third.
Plattsburgh could indeed windup with as many conference wins as Oneonta and New Paltz. But Pburgh lost both season series

[jdex]

Oneonta moves into conference playoffs by virtue of 3-2 comeback win over New Paltz. Seven inning opener of DH in Oneonta. D. Stamile drives 3-1 pitch to leftfield for two-run single in bottom of sixth. Inning opening double to left by D. Wright (2x3, r, bi) followed by K, wild pitch, stolen base and Stamile's blow chasing A. Grann (4h, 2bb, 5k) from mound after 100-plus pitches. Harm done. OSt just four hits, no errors. K. Jordan (7inn, 8h, 2bb, 3k) wins it. NP with single runs in first and second innings. T. Bell, R. Guido with rbi. Wright drives in third inning Oneonta run. S. Morse 2x4, r; M. Sparacino 1x3, r for NP. One Hawk boot

Oneonta wins second tilt 5-2 as S. Ascher flips three-hit shutout ball over first six of nine innings. Notches victory. NP scores two in final frame and finishes with just four hits.

[jdex]

Plattsburgh's  J. Leddy pitches complete game 4-1 win over Norwich U. in Burgh. J. Caston 3x3, bi, bb; Y. Osawa 2x3, bb. Cards 13-21, Norwich 7-16

Tuesday's Cazenovia at Cortland, Rochester at Brockport, Hamilton vs. Oneonta at Rome, all rained out

Plattsburgh at Lyndon St. (VT)

[jdex]

Plattsburgh bows 3-2 at Lyndon St. (VT)

Tuesday's Cazenovia at Cortland, Rochester at Brockport, Hamilton vs. Oneonta at Rome, all rained out

Wednesday's  RIT at Brockport ppd.; Canton at Plattsburgh moved to Friday night

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Cortland tames Oneonta 9-1 in opening tourney action. No. 9 hitter C. Ziemendorf three-run home run to left in fifth sets tone. Ziemendorf 3x4, 3r, 4bi. B. McClain (9-1) with one-hitter -- sixth frame single to center by D. Wright, in 8.1 innings (4bb, 4k). Orlando sac fly in sixth posts OSt. run. S. Ascher goes seven innings, 8h, 5r, 5er, 5bb, 1k. T. Laiter completes one-hitter with popup, strikeout. Oneonta with four runners LOB. Corts with 11 hits. A. Iacomini 2x3, r, bi, 3bh. Each side with error. Scoreless thru three innings. Iacomini triple, groundout provides 1-0 CSt edge in fourth. Ziemendorf roundtripper makes it 4-0. V. Bomasuto sac fly stretches to 5-1 in seventh. Oneonta relievers touched up in eighth for four runs. Cortland 28-8, plays again Saturday at 1

Oswego dispatches Brockport 4-1. B. Karinchak pitches win going distance (er, 0bb, 3k). Port with 1-0 lead after three on M. Gianni sac fly. Lakers with fourth and sixth inning single scores helped by errors though two hits in each frame. Add scores in seventh, eighth boosted by K. Liner, T. Smith rbi bingles. Each side hits safely nine times. Lakers err thrice, Eagles twice. Oswego's J. Rauseo 3x4, r, 2sb; Smith 3x4, r, bi; Liner 2x3, bi. Port pitcher M. Coleman 7inn, 8h, 4r, 2er, 1bb, 4k. W. Burghardt 2x3; S. Peake 2x3. Brockport vs. Oneonta in Saturday morn elimination game at 10

Not great weather forecast entire weekend

Anyone yet heard of regional site plans?

[jdex]

Rain suspends Brockport/Oswego game in middle of eighth of elimination game in Cortland. Resume Sunday morning at 10:30. Brockport with 3-2 lead and throws out tying run at plate in eighth. Scoreless game to home fifth, Port stikes on groundout rbi, M. Gianni and W. Burghadt run-producing singles for 3-0 lead. Leaves sacks packed. Oswego scores in sixth. D. Saccocio triples and home on groundout. Bport misses big chance to extend in seventh -- bases full, no outs. D. Kohlman enters as fourth Oswego pitcher and retires side, strands three. T. Clifford pitches seven innings for Port, two relievers follow. Lakers within one in eighth when T. Smith rbi single drives in unearned run. T. Cronin starts for Oswego but not out for second inning. Lakers with four hurlers. Burghardt 2x3 for Eagles, Smith 3x4, 2bi for Oswego

Cortland moves along in tourney winners bracket with 4-1 win vs. Oswego. M. Palumbo throws his first complete game of season, fanning the side in ninth. Lakers manage eight hits, 2bb and register 8k. Palumbo aided by two doubleplays. Oswego leaves seven runners aboard, five in scoring position. RDragons stretch 2-1 lead with two-run seventh with two outs. A. Iacomini ignites with single, eventually scores on PJ Rinaldi single. V. Bomasuto base knock delivers another that causes Laker starter M. Kelly exit for P. Bown. Earlier, Cortland counters Oswego run in fifth with one its own for 2-1 lead. M. DeMilio rbi single for RDragons. Laker T. Smith rbi blow to left-center squared it at 1-1. Rinaldi rbi double in first chases home D. Castaldo who singles on game's first pitch.
Cortland winds up with 12 hits. A. Simon 3x4, r; Rinaldi 2x4, r, 2bi, 2bh; T. Panetta 2x3, bb. Strand 10. Laker E. Hamilton 2x4. RDragons 29-8 and 2-2 vs. Oswego this season play again Sunday at noon vs. Bport/Oswego survivor. Oswego 20-11

Brockport with 4-1 kayo of Oneonta in tourney elimination game at Cortland's Wallace Field. Scores three in fifth on four hits. Hit batter starts rally. K. Tracy sac fly, M. Gianni and D. Hurlimann singles plate runs in four-hit inning. Add run in seventh. Oneonta with runners in scoring shape every inning. Finally breaks through in eighth. Port with 11-10 hit edge and makes two errors to RDragons' one. J. McCarthy winning hurler over first seven innings, 7h, 0bb, 2k. B. Westling 1-2-3 ninth. W. Burghardt 2x4, bi; P. Wilson 2x4, r. Oneonta's K. Jordan pitches into eighth, 4er, 1bb, 1k. C. Orlando 3x4; W. Baker 3x4; D. Stamile bi
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[baseballislife]

Looking forward to this take four of the Oswego-Cortland match-up.  They appear to be the clear-cut best two in the SUNYAC this year.

[jdex]

Cortland for 32nd time dons conference crown with 12-5 beating of Brockport at CSt. RDragons break on top 7-0 in first inning with seven hits, two Eagles errors. T. Panetta three-run home run to left wraps up binge. B. Serio (8-2) pitches seven innings for Cortland. R. Stankiewicz starts for Eagles after finishing off earlier Brockport elimination of Oswego. Stankiwicz gives way to parade of relievers. Cortland with 15 hits, three errors; Port eight hits, four errors. Ten Dragons hit safely. M. Rosing 3x3, r, 3bi; A. Iacomini 2x3, 2r, bi; C. Ziemendorf 2x3, 2r; V. Bomasuto 2x5, r, bi; T. Panetta 1x3, r, 3bi; A. Simon 1x4, r, 2bi. Eagle J. Kenney 3x4, 2bi. Cortland earns automatic NCAA tourney slot, its 22nd appearance in a row. Is 30-8 --- 10th straight 30 win campaigns and 20th in last 21 years. Brockport 24-14

M. Palumbo tourney mvp. Joins mates B. McClain, B. Serio, C. Ziemendorf, A. Iacomini, A. Simon on all-tourney along with Bport's J. McCarthy, T. Clifford, A. Benedetto, Oswego's T. Smith, B. Karinchak


Brockport on Sunday morn quickly finishes off 3-2 win over Oswego.
R. Stankiewicz returns to Eagles' mound in resumption of suspended game. Retires Lakers 1-2-3 in ninth for save. Bport nine hits, two errors. Oswego 6 hits, one error. Three-run fifth inning enough for Brockport to withstand Oswego single scores in sixth and eighth innings. With Stankiewicz pitching in relief with one out and two aboard in eighth, he gets strikeout and survives fielding error when tying run tossed out at home following the miscue.

[jdex]

Brockport and Oswego (20-12) in NCAA playoff push to reach just-announced regional site Newark, NY ......

Today: Brockport (25-14) defeats Fisher 3-1

Wednesday: Oswego at Utica (dh), Cortland at Mt. St. Mary (Newburgh)

Friday: Bport home vs. RIT

Saturday: Bport hosts Ithaca, Oswego hosts RIT (dh)

Sunday: Oswego at Ithaca

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Oswego gets split at Utica coming from behind for 7-6 victory in seven-inning second game. Trailing 2-0, Lakers' six-run fifth inning eruption supplies firepower. Oswego drops 4-3 first game. Lakers 21-13, Utica 9-21

Cortland builds 7-0 lead and goes on to defeat Mt. St. Mary 9-3 in Newburgh. RDragons score in six of nine frames, A. Iacomini rbi double providing 1-0 first inning lead. Z. Ferris, first of seven CSt pitchers, gets win working first two innings. Nine Cortland batters contribute to 10 hit attack, six for extra bases. B. Marotta 2x5, 2 2bh, r, 2bi; K. Andrews 1x3, bb, 2r. Errorless afield. Host Knights five hits, four errors to finish 13-20 campaign. Cortland 31-8

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Brockport swept by RIT, 5-2, 11-3

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Brockport rocks visiting Ithaca 10-3 in regular season finale for both. Port scores three in third and six in fourth featuring K. Tracy three-run homer and D. Hurlimann two-run homer. Each side 12 hits. J. Prendergast incurs first pitching setback in 10 decisions. Works three inn, 6h, 7r, 7er, 1bb, 0k. Four Bombers follow on hill. M. Coleman (4-3) picks up win over first five innings. Port 26-16 including this week's conquering of IC and Fisher, double slip to RIT. Ithaca 26-10

Oswego finishes Wednesday with split at Utica. Lakers 21-13