The St. John Fisher College baseball team split a doubleheader against Mount Aloysius on Monday afternoon in Winter Haven, FL at the Chain of Lakes Park. In the first game, Fisher scored seven runs in the second inning to pace them to a 9-1 victory. Mount Aloysius posted five runs in the first inning of game two, eventually leading 8-0 before Fisher used a late rally in the sixth and seventh innings, coming up just short at 10-9. With the split Fisher is now 5-2 on the season and will have tomorrow off.

Game One – Fisher 9, Mount Aloysius 1

Matt Klock started the scoring for Fisher with a solo home run in the bottom of the second inning. The homer was the start to a seven run inning that was continued on Ben Ward's double to left field. Sean Osterman came up to the plate and got an infield hit to the shortstop, moving Ward to third. With runners on first and third Cardinals Head Coach Brandon Potter called for a double steal, leading to Osterman stealing second and Ward swiping home.

Peter Krysztof walked which brought up Chris Roeder, who tripled to left to drive in two runs. Ben Bostick took a pitch to the back and returned the favor by stealing second base.  Steve Karnyski came to the plate and struck out swinging but reached on a throwing error by the catcher. The error also allowed for both Roeder and Bostick to come around and score as the ball flew down the right field foul territory.

Karnyski then stole second before Brad Rush walked which brought up Klock for the second time in the inning. Klock singled to right field to drive in Karnyski for the final run of the inning.

Tim Coykendall got the start behind the dish for the Cardinals and led off the third with a single through the left side. Krysztof walked again and then both runners advanced to scoring position on a balk. Roeder came up and hit a sacrifice fly to score Coykendall to make the score 8-0.

The Cardinals added their last run of the game in the fourth when Ward walked, stole second and then was driven in by Osterman's single to right center.

Tim Johnson got the start for Fisher and was dominant throughout the game. The pitcher went five innings of scoreless, four-hit baseball with three strikeouts while only throwing 62 pitches, 46 of which were strikes.

Matt Mika and Aidan Wiese finished out the sixth and seventh for Johnson, with Mika giving up the run while working out of a bases loaded jam and Wiese striking out one in a 1-2-3 inning.

Game Two – Mount Aloysius 10, Fisher 9

Trailing 8-0 in the sixth inning, Fisher went to work, scoring six runs on six hits. It started with an Osterman double down the right field line and he scored on a Nicholas Flemister single down the left field line. Krysztof singled through the left side before Roeder came up and singled in Flemister. After Bostick reached on an error by the shortstop, Karnyski came up with bases loaded and cleared them with a triple in the right field gap.

The Mounties relieved the starter at this point with a left handed pitcher and the Cardinals added one more run in the sixth when Klock had a sacrifice hit to drive in Karnyski, making the score 9-6.
Mount Aloysius added one more run in the sixth to make the score 10-6 before what proved to be the Cardinals' last at-bats.

Flemister led off the top of the seventh with a single to center field and then was pinch ran for by Alex Stacy. Krysztof singled through the middle before Roeder came up and doubled to drive in both runners and get the margin to two. At 10-8, Bostick singled through the left side to score Roeder and get the gap to one run.

Bostick was then caught off guard with a pickoff move by the lefty which ran to a run down before he finally was tagged out by the shortstop. Karnyski then popped out to the second baseman for the second out of the inning.

Rush came up as Fisher's last chance and put the bat on the ball, driving it deep to center field before the fielder tracked it down by the warning track to end the game.

George Weber started for the Cardinals but never got comfortable, lasting just two outs into the game, giving up five runs, three of which were earned. Tim Sylvester and Tom Dybas did a solid job in long relief, both getting two innings of work. Wiese and Jeremy Willard managed the sixth and seventh innings, with Wiese giving up two earned runs.