The St. John Fisher College baseball team split its doubleheader on Sunday Ithaca College. After losing the first game 3-2, the Cardinals snapped a 1-1 tie in the top of the eighth inning and picked up the 2-1 victory, marking the second time in the last 22 games the Bombers have been beaten.  Fisher (17-12 overall, 5-5 Empire 8) returns to action at 4 p.m. on Wednesday at the College at Brockport.


Game One - Ithaca 3, Fisher 2

All-American pitcher Justin D'Amato went 6.2 innings, allowing just one earned run, but was tagged with the loss - his first since May 12, 2011 (a span of 21 starts).  Ithaca snapped a 2-2 tie with the game-winning run scoring on a throwing error.
Fisher trailed 2-1 in the sixth, but tied the game up after Shane Barley doubled and scored on an RBI-single from Mike Fahy. Barley singled in Sean Osterman in the first inning for Fisher's first run.


Game Two  - Fisher 2, Ithaca 1 (8 innings)

Pitcher Mike Rynerson went the distance for the Cardinals, allowing just two hits and striking out six, raising his record to 3-0 on the year.
Fisher took a 1-0 lead in the first with Barley singling in Fahy.   Ithaca tied it at 1-1 in the bottom sixth, but Fisher would regain the lead in the eighth.  Sean Osterman singled to start the inning and junior Brad Rush came throw with a two-out single to score the eventual game-winning run.