BB: SUNYAC

[jdex]

Brockport completes its second straight conference series sweep by swatting guest Oneonta 10-2. Eagles score in five of the eight innings they batted. B. Sanders' rbi single starts it in the third. P. Ludden has rbi double in two-run fourth, G. Ruddy rbi single and C. Davis two-run double to left-center in three-run fifth. Eleven hits for the winners. Ruddy 2x5, 2r, 3bi, 2bh; W. Burghardt 2x3, 2r, 2bh, bb, sb; Ludden 2x4, 2r, bi, 2bh; Sanders 2bi; Davis 2bi. Starter A. Spindler wins (7inn, 3h, 1r, 1er, 5bb, 1k). RDragons with five hits, one error. Port two errs. T. Sitar (4.2inn, 6h, 6r, 5er, 1bb, 1k) the first of five Oneonta pitchers
      Brockport 6-0, 15-5 and hosting RIT Wednesday. Oneonta 0-3, 2-15 and at Ithaca Wednesday looking to end 10 game losing string

[Ralph Turner]

http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2016/03/recap-22March2016

Cortland has not had a walk-off home run in 25 years, because they haven't been in that situation too often!

The ironies of prosperity!         

[jdex]

Cortland stays a notch behind No. 1 Trinity TX in D3 Top 25 poll through Sunday. RDragons 18-3 and 5 first place votes to Trinity's 23-4 mark, 17 first place ballots
      Ramapo NJ (13-0-1) third, Wisc-Whitewater (8-0, 3 No. 1s) fourth, Randolph-Macon VA (18-3-1) fifth followed by 6. Birmingham Southern (20-6), 7. Emory GA (20-7), 8. Whitworth WA (20-4), 9. Shenendoah VA (16-5), 10. Rutgers-Camden NJ (10-2)
      Oswego jumps from 19th to 13th. Brockport among others receiving votes, though just 1

Cortland's Tuesday date vs. SUNY Utica Poly ppd by cold, windy weather in C-land. Corts add Wednesday home game vs. 3-7 Cazenovia

New Paltz defeats Old Westbury 7-3, breaking 3-3 tie with three-run sixth. T. Anderson single to left drives in go-ahead score. R. Frost and N. Dipietro follow with RBIs. Hawks' 7-8-9 batters a collective 9x12.  A. DiNardo 3x4, 2r; T. Anderson 3x4, r, 2bi, 2 2bh; Frost 3x4, 3bi, 2bh. L. Christy (6inn, 3r, 3er, 5h, 3bb, 8k) and J. Stybel (3inn, 0h, 2k) combine on the NP mound effort.
     New Paltz 11-6-2 and at Oswego for Fri/Sat conference action. Old Westbury 13-7

Oswego over Ithaca 8-2, erupting for five seventh inning runs to take charge 6-1 at IC. J. Giller begins the tie-breaking bid with a single to right. M. Kutscher singles up the middle. J. Barnes and Z. Kollar connect for run-scoring hits. Ithaca error aids. Lakers add two runs in the eighth against beleaguered Bombers' bullpen. N. Boughton on the hill at the start for the Lakers (4.1inn, 0r, 2h, 1bb, 4k). A. Stuart follows, gives way to M. Morano to stifle Ithaca threat. Fifth OSter T. Cronin on in relief. IC's T. Hil (6.1inn, 6r, 2er, 6h, 1bb, 4k) works into the damaging seventh for the Bombers who check Oswego to two hits till then. Kutscher 2x4, 2r; Killar 2x3, r, bi
      Oswego 14-3. Ithaca 6-8

[jdex]

Baseball News/Coaches Top 30 poll finds Cortland (18-3) second to Trinity TX (23-4) followed by Wisc-Whitewater (8-0), Ramapo NJ (13-0-1), Whitworth WA (20-4).
    6. Emory GA 20-7), 7. Randolph-Macon VA (18-3-1), 8. Rutgers-Camden (10-2), 9. Birmingham Southern (20-6), 10. Shenendoah VA (16-5).  Oswego (13-3) 18th, Brockport (15-5) 32nd. St. John Fisher (11-6) also receiving votes. Fisher jr. pitcher M. Iseneker makes D3 Team of the Week for 9-0 nine-inning 11-strikeout no-hitter vs. Elmira. Walks one and runner erased on DP

Wednesday calendar has Cortland home vs. 3-7 Cazenovia, Brockport home vs. 8-5 RIT whose Tigers have won 6 straight, Fredonia home vs. 10-5 Penn St.-Behrend, Oneonta at 6-8 Ithaca

[jdex]

Cortland 8-0 over Cazenovia goes final at CSt. Corts score twice in the first while Caz misses opportunities in the first two innings against N. DeBendetto (5inn, 4h, 2bb, 5k). J. Martin, J. Winters, R. Koval, R. Smith follow for the shutout. P. Dondero 2x2, 4r,  2hbp, 3sb; F. Ricci 1x3, 2bi for RDragons who rumble for four runs in the seventh on one hit -- pinch-hitting S. Lamando rbi single in his first at-bat this spring. Cortland with 9-6 hit edge with four earned runs
    Cortland 19-3 and at Brockport Fri/Sat for conference play. Friday now dh, single game the next day. Cazenovia 3-8

Oneonta run over at Ithaca by 22-7.  Bombers with 20 hits and score in all but one inning. IC posts nine runs in the first when A. Bailey drives in four with two hits including bases loaded clearing double. RDragons with nine pitchers. M. Delio starts. B. Torres 2x3, 2r for OSt. L. Gizzarelli 1x3, 2r, 2bi, 2bh, bb; C. Kies 1x3, 2bi
     Oneonta 2-16 and at Fredonia Fri/Sat for conference series. Ithaca 7-8

Brockport drops 8-4 verdict to RIT at the Port. Visitors strike for three in the first, three in the second and two in the ninth on four walks. Eagles get two runs in the fourth on J. Martins' SF and double steal, one in the fifth on G. Ruddy rbi single and one in the eighth on C. Davis' SF. D. Fera starts for Bport (1inn, 5h, 5r, 3er, 0bb, 0k), leads a parade of six hurlers. Port with nine hits, Tigers with 10. RIT sends out five pitchers, T. Dillon the lead soldier. W. Burghardt 2x4, r, hbp for Brockport. Z. Zabel, B. Battaglia with two hits each for RIT, W. Gorman two rbi
      Brockport 15-6 and home to Cortland on Friday dh and Saturday. Two games now Friday instead of Saturday. RIT 9-5 and riding seven game win skein

Fredonia bows 3-0 to PS-Behrend at Fredonia. PS-B with eight hits, Devils seven. B. Atkinson tosses first two innings for Devils (1h, 2hbp, 2k) and gets relief from L. Shaefer (3.2inn, 2r, 2er, 4h) and B. Gauthier. Behrend pushes over single runs in the third, sixth and ninth innings. Freds errorless, PS-B with one. Devil K. Yirinec 2x2, 2bh. PS-B S. Rutkowsky (6inn, 5h, 2bb, 3k) and two others blanks Freds
     Fredonia 8-11 and entertaining Oneonta on Fri/Sat. Penn St.-Behrend 11-5

[jdex]

Conference competition Friday:
     Cortland at first place Brockport for dh, New Paltz at Oswego for dh
     Oneonta at Fredonia ppd.
     Plattsburgh with night game vs. Mt. St. Mary at Wappingers Falls. Burgh weekend games vs. Farmingdale and Clarkson at Farmingdale cancelled

Saturday play: Cortland at Brockport, New Paltz at Oswego for single games
      Oneonta at Fredonia ppd.

[jdex]

Cortland wins twice at Brockport, 11-2 in the opener and 6-5 in the seven-inning second contest with a run in the top of the seventh.
         Second tilt sees A. Clock lead off with a single on a 1-2 pitch vs. Bport reliever N. Jerolimov. Wild pitch, balk and F. Ricci single to left plates game-decider off S. Kowalski. T. Parry in the home seventh survives a pair of walks. Flyout and two strikeouts earn the save, Parry's third. Corts with four-run first inning highlighted by F. Ricci two-run single to center. Eagles eventually pull even. G. Ruddy singles home runs in the fourth and fifth innings for deadlock. Cortland with 11 hits. Ricci 2x3, 3bi, bb; P. Dondero 2x4, 2r, 2bh; A. Clock 2x4, r; C. Griffin 2x4, bi. B. Moxley pitches first three innings (5h, 3r, 3er, 1bb, 2k, 1hbp). J. Cook tosses next three and gets the win. No CSt errors.  Eagles with nine hits, one miscue. Ruddy 3x4, r, 2bi; P. Ludden 2x3, bi. S. McCumiskey starts on the hill and last five innings (7h, 5r, 5er, 3bb, 3k).
       Cortland in the first game with 16 hits and tallies five in the third inning to take 7-2 lead after Eagles J. Martin and P. Ludden unload tying solo home runs in the second. Quick RDragon response includes Ricci two-rbi double to left-center, N. Hart and C. Ziemendorf rbi blows. Hurler S. Lamando eight inning stint to go 5-0 (8h, 2r, 2er, 0bb, 5k). S. Figueroa 3x3, 3r, 2bi, 2bb. Two hits each for C. Ziemendorf (bi),  P. Dondero, A. Clock (2r, 2bi, F. Ricci (3bi), N. Hart (2bi, 2bh).  CSt no errors, Port 8 hits, 2 errors. Martin, Ludden, L. Gilbert divide six hits for the Port whose T. Clifford (4-2) is the LP (2inn, 9h, 7r, 5er, 1bb, 0k)
       Cortland 6-2, 21-3. Brockport 6-2, 15-8. Pair collide Saturday in single conterst

Oswego shades visiting New Paltz 5-4 in the second game of dh, scoring with two outs in the final bottom of the seventh inning. Z. Kollar with single to center followed by game-winning M. Capobianco rbi double to center. New Paltz squared things 4-4 in the top of the seventh as C. Moran pokes  two-out rbi single. OSt's A. Brown with doubles for RBIs in the second and third innings. W. Randall with run-scoring base knock in a three-run second stanza for Oswego. A. Diana with two-run fourth inning home run for New Paltz. R. Donnelly pitches seven frames for Lakers (4r, 3er, 5h, 5bb, 3k). C. Huertas opens for NP (5inn, 4r, 3er, 6h, 5bb, 2k). R. Votypka in relief
      Lakers defeat New Paltz 9-3 in the first game. Score four times in the first, three when E. Hamilton slugs his ninth home run of the season -- three run blast. Hawks close within 4-3 in the fourth. A. DiNardo hits two-run roundtripper. Oswego adds single run in the sixth on B. Hamilton rbi single, two in the seventh when M. Kutscher homers to left, and two in the eighth. Wind up with 19 hits, two errors supporting T. Cronin (3-1) who wins (5inn, 4h, 0r, 1k) in relief of B. Nolan (4inn, 3h, 3r, 2er, 4bb, 1k). B. Hamilton 3x5, r, bi; E. Hamilton 3x4, 2r, 3bi, bb; Kutscher 3x5, 2r, 2bi; M. Dellicarri 3x4. NP C. Donachie (3-2) losing hurler as the starter. Hawks with seven hits, two errors
      Oswego 3-2, 16-3. New Paltz 4-4, 11-8-2. Third game of series Saturday

Plattsburgh vs. Mt. St. Mary evening game at Wappingers Falls ppd. by rain

[jdex]

Brockport battles back to defeat Cortland 6-5 at the Port. Aroused Eagles' five-run eighth inning does the job before reliever S. Kowalski retires the RDragons in the ninth. Brockport sends 11 to the plate in the eighth, getting five hits including J. Bender two-run tying single and D. Battel rbi go-ahead base knock as clutch blows. Cortland uses three pitchers in the inning.
      RDragons with four-run sixth inning overcomes Eagles' 1-0 edge. S. Figueroa double, F. Ricci triple start Cortland big frame. Following walk and foul-out, pinch-hitter S. Lamando drives go-ahead rbi single to left. J. Teague rbi single makes it 3-1 and sends Port starter A. Spindler to the bench. Bases loaded walk plates the fourth run. CSt hikes the margin to 5-1 in the eighth on S. Figueroa rbi single. Cortland's T. Whiteman works into the first three batters in the eighth. No outs. T. Brien (LP) relieves and runs into clutch Bport bats. T. Parry finally extinguishes the flames. Whiteman 7inn, 10, 4r, 4er, 2bb, 3k
      W. Burghardt paces Eagles' 13 hits on 3x4, 2r, bi, 2bh; B. Sanders 2h, r, bb; C. Davis 2h, r, bi; P. Ludden 2h, r, bb. Spinder pitches 5.2inn, 6h, 4r, 4er, 4bb, 1k. J. Lovelass (WP, 2-1) in 1.2inn. Dragon C. Ziemendorf 2h, 2bh; Figueroa 2h, r, bi, 2bh part of 10 hits
       Brockport 7-2, 16-8 and at Ithaca on Thursday. Cortland 6-3, 21-4 idle till next weekend at Oneonta

Oswego overcomes New Paltz 5-4 on W. Randall bottom of the eighth bases loaded two-out triple. Completes series sweep. New Paltz with four pitchers failing to stem Oswego winning uprising. Lakers up 2-0 in the second inning. NP rallies on T. Laco home run and T. Anderson two-run hit for 4-2 advantage entering fatal Oswego attack.
       M. Kutscher launches Lakers' eighth inning with leadoff single. Two walks around sac bunt jam the sacks. NP reliever L. Christy records second out strikeout prior to Randall's triple to right on 1-1 count. Oswego with eight hits, one error. NP five hits, one error. M. Kelly on the firing line for OSt. and pitches six innings (3r, 3er, 4h, 0bb, 2k). M. Putillo relieves and earns the win (3inn, 1r, 0er, 2h, 0bb, 3k). NP starts J. Stybel (6.2inn, 2r, 1er, 6h, 2bb, 6k). Four follow
      Oswego 4-2, 17-3 at Utica on Tuesday before weekend at Plattsburgh. New Paltz 4-5, 11-9-2 vs. NYU Tuesday, vs. Lehman Wednesday and hosting Fredonia on the weekend

Brutally cold, windy weather at Bport, Oswego. Flurries observed

Oneonta at Fredonia series ppd. Oneonta home vs. Cazenovia on Tuesday ppd. Hosts Cortland Fri/Sat.

Plattsburgh non-conference three games with Mt. St. Mary, Farmingdale, Clarkson called off. Burgh at Skidmore on Wednesday

[jdex]

Oswego (17-3) climbs into the national D3/Media top 10 at No. 9. Trinity TX (25-5) keeps top spot just three voting points ahead of Cortland (21-4). Trinity lands 11 No. 1 votes, Cortland six and third place Wisc-Whitewater (11-0) eight. Ramapo NJ (16-1-1) and Randolph-Macon (20-5-1) round out the top five.
      6. Birmingham Southern (23-7), 7. Emory GA (23-7), 8. Shenendoah VA (19-6), 10. Whitworth WA (21-6)
       Brockport no longer receives voting points, St. John Fisher gets 2

Tuesday card of Cazenovia at Oneonta, Utica at Oswego, NYU at New Paltz  ppd. along with Wednesday's Hilbert at Fredonia, Lehman at New Paltz

Conference Player of the Week: ss P. Dondero (Cort); Pitcher of the Week: fr J. Stybel (NPaltz). Selections through April 3

[magicman]

2 YAC teams in the Top 10. Other than hockey I can't remember the last time that happened in Hoops or Hardball....maybe never.

Keep up the good work, jdex, I'm checking in daily. Plus K

[jdex]

Fredonia actually plays Wednesday at home and scores 5-2 victory over Hilbert in abbreviated seven-innings. Rain halts proceedings. L. Kelly double drives home first inning run. C. Frontale single adds two in three-run second. Frontale 2x3, 2bi, r, bb; Q. Danahy 2x3; A. Medina 2x3, 2r. Amass 10 hits, one error. Hilbert Hawks nine hits, errorless. Freds use pitcher per inning. Starter Z. Jordan (2-2) winner.
     Fredonia 9-11 and at New Paltz Fri/Sat. Hilbert 5-10

Lehman at New Paltz ppd along with Plattsburgh at Skidmore. Latter contest moves to April 13

Oswego (17-3) poll inroads continue. Lakers jump 11 slots to No. 7 in Baseball News/Coaches' top 30 poll. Cortland (21-4) switches places with Wisc-Whitewater (11-0) in the 2-3 berths. Whitewater second with 462 voting points behind Trinity TX (25-5) with 464. Corts with 455
         Ramapo (16-1-1) fourth with 434, Emory GA (23-7) fifth with 403. Rest of the top 10: 6. Birmingham-Southern (23-7), 8. Whitworth WA (21-6), 9. Randolph-Macon (20-5-1), 10. Shenendoah VA (19-6).  Biggest fall to Rutgers-Camden (10-6) from eighth to 27.
        St. John Fisher among others receiving votes

[jdex]

Thursday's Brockport at Ithaca contest ppd.

[jdex]

Story on Brockport and Cuban native Eli Carrera on D3 coverpage:

http://www.d3baseball.com/seasons/2016/contrib/201604065eraot

Revised schedules:

Cortland shifts days and site vs. Oneonta. Now at Cornell's Hoy Field for Saturday single game and Sunday dh

Oswego at Plattsburgh for Saturday dh, Sunday single game

Fredonia at New Paltz  Saturday single game and Sunday dh

Brockport home Sunday vs. 10-7 Hamilton in game moved from Saturday dh. Eagles Sunday contest in Batavia vs. 6-12 Medaille cancelled

Brockport       7-2   16-8
Cortland        6-3    21-4
Oswego         4-2    17-3
New Paltz      4-5    11-9-2
Fredonia        2-5    9-11
Plattsburgh    1-5    3-17
Oneonta        0-3    2-16

[jdex]

Oswego takes two from Plattsburgh in the north country chill by 12-1 and 3-0 counts to run the Lakers' winning streak to 11.
      Oswego scores four in the first frame of the first game. E. Hamilton doubles for 1-0 edge, M. Dellicarri and J. Barnes following with rbi hits. Post runs in six innings including four more in the sixth. T. Cronin the winner over six innings (0r, 3h, 2bb, 1k). Burgh breaks through in the ninth against fourth Oswego pitcher. Cards held to four hits and make two errors. Lakers reap 15 hits. Dellicarri 3x4, 2r, bi; E. Hamilton 2x3, r, 3bi, 2bh; W. Randall 3x5, r, bi; J. Giller 2x4, bi, 2bh; M. Kutscher 1x3, 2r, 2bi, 2bh. M. Fox toils front 5.2 innings for the Burgh (10r, 9er, 13h, 1bb, 0k). OSt one error.
      Laker R. Donnelly tosses seven-inning second game shutout (3h, 0bb, 8k) to better Burgh's S. Orr (7 inn, 3er, 6h, 0bb, 4k). J. Barnes' two-out triple to right-center plates first run in the second inning. M. Kutscher bases-loaded rbi groundout makes it 2-0 in the third. E. Hamilton sixth inning triple and wild pitch adds final run. E. Hamilton 2x3, r, 3bh. Host's J. Tolosky 2x3. Oswego with game's only error
       Oswego 6-2, 19-3. Plattsaburgh 1-7, 3-19. Series third game Sunday

New Paltz 6-3 winner at home over Fredonia. Hawks with four-run third includes J. Williams sac fly, C. Moran, T. Bell, A. Pantano rbi hits. Devil K. Yirinec leads off the fourth with home run to center. NP with 10 hits, two errors. Bell 2x3, 2bi, 2bh, bb; R. Frost 2x3, 2r, 2 2bh. Freds' Yirinec 2x4, 2bi, hr. C. Donachie pitches six innings till relief arrives for the Hawks. Z. Jordon tosses complete Fredonia outing (5er, 6k)
     New Paltz 5-5, 12-9-2. Fredonia 2-6, 9-12. Doubleheader on Sunday

Cortland single game Saturday vs. Oneonta at Cornell ppd. Still slated for Sunday dh at Cornell

Brockport scheduled for Sunday home game vs. 10-7 Hamilton

[jdex]

Cortland fortunate to escape with split vs. Oneonta in dh at Cornell. Claims the second game 2-0 in seven innings despite outhit 4-3.  Oneonta wins first game 3-2 in 12 innings. Oneonta, which has yet to play at home, is the home team.
      CSt's  M. Personius' double drives in second game second inning run. Posts second run in the sixth when F. Ricci single, swipes second and third and continues home on throwing error. B. Moxley the Cortland starting pitcher relieved in the third by J. Cooke (4.2inn, 1h, 0bb, 3k). N. Ponesse certainly adequate for Oneonta (5.1inn, 2r, 1er, 3h, 1bb, 4k).
      Oneonta in the opener pulls off the upset with two 12th inning scores. M. Grudzinski rbi single to left produces the second and winning run after D. Stamile begins the rally with single. M. Mastroianni hit by pitch. Passed ball moves runners up. S. Mullins walks. Stamile scores tying run while CSt gets 6-4-3 DP. Grudzinski then plays hero. Cortland moves ahead  2-1 in the top of the 12th on controversial call. N. Hart opens with double to right-center. Following K and groundout, C. Manderson with infield single sending Hart to third. K. Andrews grounds to short whose throw to first initially gets an out call. Call reversed and error charged. Hart scores. S. Lamando on the CSt hill (9inn, 4h, 1r, 0er, 0bb, 8k) till T. Parry arrives in the 10th and finishes for the loss. T. Bond for Oneonta yields in the 10th to C. DiDomizio who strands runner on second with two Ks. DiDomizio (2-2) the winner. Bond nine innings (5h, 1r, 1er, 2bb, 11k). Both Lamando, Bond 124 pitches. Corts score in the second on A. Clock triple, N. Hart single. Matched in the Oneonta second on D. Stamile double to left-center, S. Mullins single to right where the ball is misplayed.
     Cortland 7-4, 22-5 and home vs. Rochester Wednesday, at Ithaca Thursday. Oneonta 1-4, 3-17 and at RPI Tuesday, home vs. Ithaca Wednesday

Oswego polishes off Plattsburgh 16-6 with 18 hits at the Burgh. Lakers answer six-run, five-hit Plattsburgh third with three runs in the fourth, three in the fifth and NINE in the seventh. M. Kelly survives Burgh surge and works five innings (6r, 3er, 5h, 2bb, 3k). Single game. Z. Kollar 4x5, 2r, 5bi, 2bh; M. Kutscher 3x4, 4r, 2bh, bb; J. Barnes 2x5, 3r, 3bi, 3bh; E. Hamilton 1x3, 2r, 2bi, 2bh, bb; B. Hamilton 2x3, r, 2bh, 2bb. Oswego 12th win in a row and series sweep
     Oswego 7-2, 20-3 and at Fisher on Tuesday for dh. Plattsburgh 1-8, 3-20 and home vs. St. Lawrence on Tuesday

New Paltz takes out Fredonia twice by 4-0 in seven innings and then 4-2 at NP.
      New Paltz with two runs in the third inning of the nightcap. J. Williams' triple delivers first run. A. Diana plates Williams with single. Adds two runs in the eighth via A. DiNardo (2x4) rbi double and balk. C. Huertas (6.2inn, 1r, 1er, 7h, 1bb, 4k) accorded pitching victory. Devils score in the seventh on K. Sherman (2x5) rbi and make things interesting in the ninth with a run. Leave tying runs aboard. R. Votypka induces final out fly. C. Wolf in seven innings permits two runs, both earned (6h, 2bb, 6k) for Fredonia.
      NP D. Campbell double drives in first two Hawk runs in the first game. J. Stybel (5inn, 4h, 2bb, 1k) gets the win with relief from R. Votypko (2inn, 1k). L. Kuczewski on the losing end. J. Williams 2x3, r; C. Baltera 1x2, bi; A. Pantano 2x3, 2r, bi for NP
     New Paltz 7-5, 14-9-2 and at Bard Tuesday. Fredonia 2-8, 9-14 and at Alfred St. Tuesday

Brockport tamed 9-8 by Hamilton whose Continentals tally twice in the ninth to break 7-7 tie at the Port. Five-run seventh lifts the Eagles. B. Sanders and W. Burghardt hit for runs. Two bases loaded walks pull Brockport even. Hamilton's K. Collins and A. Haser poke rbi singles in the ninth. Port gets one back in the bottom of the ninth on J. Martin single. Tying run stranded on third. P. Ludden 1x2, r, 2bi, hr, 2bb; G. Ruddy, W. Burghardt and C. Davis 2h each. S. McCumisky starts for Eagles (4.1inn, 3r, 3er, 5h, 3bb, 3k). Four follow. S. Kowalski (0-3) suffers setback
     Brockport 16-9 and at RIT on Tuesday. Hamilton 11-7