BB: SUNYAC

jdex · March 14, 2011, 05:27:38 PM

Cortland in first of two Monday games defeats Keene St., NH 12-4. Currently playing Clarkson

In Sunday's fall to Wheaton, MA, RDragons down 7-0 through seven. T. Ratliff starts and goes 5.1 innings. Yields 5r, 8h, 4w with 6Ks. Reliever B. McClain strong finish with two plus innings of 1h, 1 unearned run work. At the plate A. Coffey 2x2, 2bh, 2w, 2bi; Z. Graczyk 2x4, HBP

pstate17 · March 14, 2011, 07:37:12 PM

Plattsburgh lost 1 yesterday, dropping it to Dubuque, IL 8-0. They were eaten up by 5 errors, which probably could have been 7 or 8 depending on scoring. Today they got two wins against lowly Millikin but, hey, gotta beat those teams and that's what they were able to do. 8-6 and 7-5 I believe. Hitting finally came around after having only four hits, all singles, yesterday. Tough matchup vs. number 1 Heidelberg tomorrow and come back after to face Utica. Paul Handy looks to be their ace this year while Dan Tracy is clearly struggling thus far.

jdex · March 14, 2011, 08:09:03 PM

Cortland 16, Clarkson 1

jdex · March 15, 2011, 10:45:21 AM

On Monday ....

Cortland 12-13-0
Keene St 4-12-2

M. Mahay (3-0) throws 6 innings, allows 3r, 7h, 1w with 5Ks. B. Hourihan hurls 2 scoreless frames. B. Mistretta has 2h, 2w, HBP, 3r. A. Pezzuto with 2h, A. Smith 3bi

Clarkson 1-5-6
Cortland 16-18-0

A. Schuldt 6 inning stint, gives 1r, 4h, 2w with 8Ks. A. Smith 4x4, 2 2bh, 2r, bi; T. Panetta 3x5; J. Adonetto 3x5; M. June 2h; Graczyk 2h

RDragons on Tues eve in Auburndale, FL meet UMass Boston, a world series participant last season

jdex · March 15, 2011, 10:42:39 PM

Cortland beats UMass Boston 5-2 as M. Assmann throws seven innings of one run, five hit ball. T. Nagy, second of two relievers, gets save in 1.1 innings of work. Dragons strike twice in the first on rbi singles from Z. Graczyk and N. Thode. Margin grows to 4-0 in fourth when A. Coffey cracks two run double. UMass-B within 4-2 prior to T. Panetta rbi sac fly in the eigth. Graczyk 2x4, Coffey 2x3. CState 6-4 and plays errorlessly. Meets Stevens on Thursday. Gorgeous Florida weather

UMass Boston 2-7-3
Cortland 5-7-0

pstate17 · March 16, 2011, 11:17:29 PM

On Tuesday...

Plattsburgh drops to #1 Heidelberg 4-0 and tops Utica 9-7. Hitting still seems to be a problem as extra base hits continue to be scarce. Marc Plante pitched very well against Heidelberg and newcomer Bobby Piser was solid the second game. Pat Shaughnessy and Crockett Pack seem to be the better hitters so far for Plattsburgh. They'll have to hit better in order to compete every day and especially improve timely hitting.

jdex · March 17, 2011, 04:21:22 PM

Cortland nips Stevens Inst. 2-1 behind sr. righty S. Hartling complete game and A. Coffey's two-out, two-run single in the eighth. R. Dragons 7-4 and meet So. Maine on Friday and RPI on Saturday to close out Florida swing in Auburndale. Hartling 0er, 4h, 13Ks. J. Adornetto 2x2, P.J. Rinaldi 2x3. Stevens strikes first with unearned score in the sixth. Hartling escape bases loaded jam with strikeout, popout.

pstate17 · March 17, 2011, 09:04:48 PM

Plattsburgh drops another, 8-2 to North Park College, IL. Defense seemed spotty at best, making good plays when they weren't expected to and poor errors on balls that should be fielded. Hitting continues to be a problem for the Cards. I wonder if the new bat changes are in their heads or what.

Truthfinder · March 18, 2011, 11:18:28 AM

Yeah, because only Plattsburgh changed bats.

Let's face it, all the offseason bluster was just that. Bluster. Maybe they should practice more.

airball55 · March 18, 2011, 12:06:50 PM

The truthfinder is back and is as vicious as ever. Not to beat a dead horse some, but, Brockport is currently 9-3 with wins against some pretty darn good teams, Rowan, RPI Etc.. May want to take a peek at them as a possible hurdle for Cortland to jump.

Big Louie · March 18, 2011, 09:10:16 PM

I dont know about anyone else but am I the only one who is already sick of reading about what Plattsburgh isn't doing. Let's face it there not good, just ask truthfinder he can tell ya. Sure the bats are going to be an issue if you don't have enough talent.

jdex · March 18, 2011, 10:44:02 PM

Cortland 18, So. Maine 15, 11 innings

baseballislife · March 18, 2011, 11:10:45 PM

No problem with the bats there!

I said it before the season and I'm sticking with it. Good hitters will still hit. I don't see much of a difference in the offensive production. Lots of big scores.

pstate17 · March 18, 2011, 11:17:52 PM

Plattsburgh drops two more, 7-6 and 14-4 vs. Bethel. Hitting was better but couldn't rally at the right times. I don't know if they aren't playing together or what but there's a lot of the same talent as last year. It will be a while until games mean anything (SUNYACs), so the shuffling of the lineup and rotation shouldn't concern the Cards. In other news, Cortland fans don't use spellcheck, or just don't know the difference between places and contractions (there, they're). It would be they are, or they're, not that good. Three of four players Plattsburgh lost were sub .300 hitters, so that isn't the whole problem. Oh and you can't expect media to have any credibility. People write for the AP because mommy and daddy didn't love them enough.

jdex · March 19, 2011, 11:28:07 AM

Cortland 18-19-5
So. Maine 15-20-6

RDragons win in the 11th with four runs including two-run 2bh by P.J. Rinaldi. This after blowing 14-7 lead through seven frames. T. Nagy, one of six CSt relievers, sends the game to OT with ninth inning final out K to strand winning run on third. B. McClain registers save, getting K and groundout in the 11th. Starter T. Ratliff in 4.2 innings permits 8h, 7r(1e), 4w with 5Ks.

A. Coffey 2x5, 5bi includes 3r hr; M. June 3x5, 2w, 3r; M. Wild 3x6; N. Thode 3bi.

While SM was making first southern start, Corts closing Florida play this morning vs. RPI

THERE you have it for RDragons! THEY'RE doing well, yes? THEIR play this early is right on, we'd say.