The St. John Fisher College baseball team split with the host Stevens Institute of Technology Ducks on Saturday afternoon in a conference doubleheader. With the split, Fisher moves to 17-8 overall and 3-4 in the Empire 8. The two teams will face off tomorrow in the final game of the three-game set, starting at 12 p.m.
Game One – Stevens 2, Fisher 1 (Seven Innings):
Jason Beaumont took a tough loss, throwing a complete game three-hitter in which he struck out nine Stevens batters and only gave up two runs.
Stevens got those runs in the third when a walk led off the inning before Beaumont induced two outs before surrendering a two-run homer.
Fisher answered right back in the fourth, scoring when
Sean Osterman led off with a double, eventually scoring on a
Ryan Shaughnessy sacrifice fly.
That was all the Cardinals could muster in the game, falling by the narrow one-run margin.
Osterman led the Cardinals with two hits in the contest.
Game Two – Fisher 11, Stevens 5 (Nine Innings):
The Cardinals scored three runs in each of the last three innings to take a definitive 11-5 victory over the host.
Justin D'Amato started on the mound for Fisher, going six innings, allowing just two runs on three hits while holding strikeout-to-walks ratio of 8-to-2. The sophomore is now a perfect 7-0 on the season.
Tim Sylvester relieved D'Amato but could not settle in, letting up four hits and two runs before Tom Dybas came in and closed the last two and a third. The freshman surrendered just three hits and one run while fanning three.
Peter Krysztof led the Cardinals with a 3-for-4 game while scoring twice with two doubles in the outing.
Ben Bostick,
Steve Karnyski,
Matt Klock and
Brad Rush each finished with two hits. Nicholas Flemister and Osterman each had a team-best two RBI. Karnyski and Bostick scored three times apiece, with Karnyski hitting a solo home run in the ninth inning and Bostick working three walks.
Eight starters in the lineup had at least one hit with either a run batted in or a run scored except one for the Cardinals.
