The St. John Fisher College baseball program won its final two games of the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational, defeating Trine University 15-2 and Saint Vincent College 12-4 on Friday.  With the two wins, the Cardinals will return to New York with an overall record of 6-1, marking the best start to a season since 2008.
 
Game 1: Fisher 15, Trine 2

After a slow start, Fisher erupted for four runs in the third and eight runs in the fourth inning for the second consecutive game.

Senior Sean Badger earned his first win of the season, throwing five innings, yielding four hits, and tying his career-high with nine strikeouts. Badger, along with the entire starting rotation, has not allowed an earned run yet this season. Freshman pitcher Kevin Berge and Troy Loparco pitched the sixth and seventh frames.

Seven of the starting nine in the lineup recorded multi-hit performances for the Cardinals, highlighted by Senior Nick Flemister and Cody Wiktorski.  Both players were 4-for-4 in the game a doubled a combined five times. Wiktorski finished with three runs and three RBI, while Flemister scored twice and drove in two runs.

Cam Allen and Brad Rush both scored twice and went 2-for-4 with a triple.  Malcolm Kelsey and Joe Simmons were 2-for-3 with two RBI, while Chris Roeder was 2-for-4 with two runs scored.
 
 
Game 2: Fisher 12, St. Vincent 4

Fisher jumped out to an early lead behind the swing of Flemister, who homered in his first at-bat in the bottom of the first to put the Cardinals up for good.

Senior Justin D'Amato threw six scoreless innings, recorded six strikeouts, and gave up just four hits to earn his second win of the season. Sophomore Erin Moskal pitched two innings, allowing four unearned runs on six hits, and striking out one. Junior Ryan Smith recorded the final three outs for Fisher, striking out two.

The bottom half of the order produced 11 hits, nine RBI, and eight runs scored. Freshman Malcolm Kelsey went 4-for-5 with a pair of doubles, RBI, and runs scored.   Wiktorski was 2-for-3 with a career-high five RBI. Allen also had three hits in the game for the Cardinals. 

 Tim Coykendall and Parker Ross both went 1-for-1 with a run scored.  The single was the first career hit for Ross.

 Fisher has outscored its opponents 67-15 over the seven-game span en route to a 6-1 record.  The starting rotation has gone 5-0 with 46 strikeouts in 36 innings pitched, and yielded just one unearned run.

The Cardinals will return to action for a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m. on Sunday, March 16^th against the University of Mary Washington.