The nationally-ranked St. John Fisher College baseball team used five home runs on the day to sweep the doubleheader versus Haverford College with wins of 13-2 and 10-4 to improve to 11-1 on the season.    Fisher, who has now won 10 straight games and is enjoying the best start to a season in its 27-year history, returns to action on Sunday at Widener University.

Game 1: Fisher 13, Haverford 2

After a slow start for both teams and no score through the first four innings, the Cardinals would go on to score 13 runs over the final five innings to put the game out of reach. Senior Chris Roeder ignited the offensive outburst with his first career grand slam in the top of the fifth. 

Cody Wiktorski started the fifth with a double, and Joe Simmons would advance him to third on an infield single before advancing to second on a wild pitch. Mike Fahy would then walk to load the bases for Roeder, who parked his first home run of the season over the left field fence. 

Haverford responded with single runs in the bottom of the fifth and sixth to cut the lead in half. Starting pitcher and All-American Justin D'Amato would exit the game in the bottom of the sixth with the bases loaded and two outs after back-to-back walks. Erin Moskal, relieving D'Amato, recorded the final out of the inning to shut the door on the Fords threat and keep it a 4-2 game.

Fisher would respond in a big way, once again.

After Fahy and Roeder both grounded out to start the seventh, the Cardinals would send six straight batters to the plate. Nick Flemister initiated the charge with a double, and sophomore Mike Roman capped it off with his first career home run. Sophomore Cam Allen would follow with a single, and Wiktorski would triple to give the Cardinals a 9-2 lead.

Wiktorski would also record his first career home run in the top of the ninth, who finished the game 3-for-5 with two RBI and two runs scored. Roeder went 2-for-5 with four RBI and two runs scored. Senior Brad Rush had his best game of the season, going 4-for-5 with one RBI and one run scored.

D'Amato improved to 4-0, going 5.2 innings, striking out seven, and allowing two earned runs. Moskal threw 2.1 scoreless innings, yielding just one hit with two strikeouts. Sophomore Mitch Modlin would finish the game with a perfect ninth, striking out two.

Game 2: Fisher 10,  Haverford 4

The Cardinals, similar to how they started Game 1, waited until the middle frames to get going. This time, it would be from behind as the Fords took a 2-0 lead in the first inning.

Freshman Malcolm Kelsey would get Fisher on the board in the third to cut the Haverford lead in half with a SAC fly to score Flemister who led off with a single. Haverford would limit the damage to maintain a 2-1 lead until the Cardinals went on the attack again in the fifth.

Fahy led off the fifth with a double down the line. After a pitching change, Roeder singled through the left side to put runners on the corners. Flemister followed with a double down the line to score both runners. Kelsey continued his strong performance with a single, before Roman roped an opposite field single to give Fisher its first lead of the game. 

Once again, similar to Game 1, the Cardinals ran into trouble in the bottom of the fifth and resorted to strong relief pitching. This time, Fisher would turn to Shawn Corrigan. The senior would enter with bases loaded and one out, only to get the next two batters on a pop out and strikeout to hold the 4-3 lead. 

Fisher would erupt for five runs over the final four innings, capped off by home runs from Flemister and Wiktorski. The three-run home run for Wiktorski was his second of the day, both coming in the ninth inning. Flemister finished 4-for-5 with four RBI to lead the offense. Kelsey and Roman both went 2-for-5 with an RBI and run scored each. 

Senior Sean Badger  allowed three earned runs and striking out three over 4.1 innings of action. Corrigan earned the win, raising his record to 4-0 on the year, finishing the final 4.2 innings with one earned run on three hits.