The St. John Fisher College baseball team won both games against Rochester Institute of Technology in a doubleheader on Wednesday night at Colburn Park in Newark, NY. With the victories, Fisher moves to 24-13 on the season and will return to action at 1 p.m. on Sunday for a Empire 8 Conference doubleheader with Utica College at Dugan Yard.

Game One – Fisher 8, RIT 4:

Fisher exploded for six runs in the sixth inning to gain a four-run advantage over the Tigers. The Cardinals used a hit by pitch to lead off the inning as Sean Osterman reached base. Osterman moved over to third when the third baseman tried to get him on a fielder's choice but sailed the ball into right field. Ben Webb pinch hit after Brad Rush popped out and singled to center field to drive in Osterman.

After another fielder's choice, this time with RIT getting an unassisted out at third, Fisher scored five more with two out. Mike Roman singled to center next, scoring pinch runner Bryant Moore. Dave VanGorder then pinch hit and worked a walk to load the bases. Ben Bostick came up next and fought a pitch into right field to drive in Shane Barley and Roman.

Chris Roeder then scored on an infield single to the third baseman that scored pinch runner Parker Roos. The inning then finished where it started, with Osterman driving in the final Cardinals' run of the winning with an RBI single to score Bostick.
Osterman drove in Fisher's second run of the game in the third inning with a sacrifice fly that again scored his classmate Bostick.

The Cardinals first run came in the second inning, this coming on a two-out double from Barley  down the left field line to score Rush.

Jordan Doroshenko earned the win in a relief appearance, throwing two innings of two-hit ball, allowing no runs. Doroshenko appeared in the sixth relieving starter Adam Pettinella with a runner on first and no outs. The left-handed reliever worked out of a bases loaded jam in the sixth, allowing just one run to cross the plate.

Pettinella threw five innings, giving up four runs on seven while striking out two Tigers.

Game Two – Fisher 2, RIT 0:

Thomas Dybas pitched a four-hit shutout, cruising past RIT in game two of the doubleheader. The hard-throwing righty took a no-hitter through two outs in the fourth before finally surrendering a base knock. Dybas fanned five batters on his way to his second victory.

Fisher got the only runs it would need in the fifth when Barley worked a walk and a single by Mike Fahy went through the wickets of the left fielder all the way to the wall. Barley was able to score on the play while Fahy advanced to third with the two-base error. Roman then drove in Fahy during the next at-bat with a single of his own.

Roman led the Cardinals with two hits and their only RBI while Fahy, Roeder and Osterman all finished with hits, Roeder's being a double.