The St. John Fisher College baseball squad saw a four run first inning lead fall by the wayside as Suffolk University came-from-behind to take a 7-6 victory Friday in Auberndale, FL.
With the loss, Fisher falls to 2-4 overall while Suffolk improves to 1-0.
Shane Barley started off Fisher's four-run first inning with an RBI single to score
Calvin Woolhiser.
Mike Roman and
Nate Roethel reached base on a hit by pitch, only to have
Malcolm Kelsey clean the bases with a triple on his at bat.
Suffolk managed to answer with three runs of its own in the bottom half of the first.
Roman and Woolhiser recorded RBI singles in the third and fourth innings, respectively to push Fishers lead to 6-3.
The Rams scored two runs in the fifth and the eighth inning to earn the win.
Colton Fergus was credited with the loss for Fisher.
Ethan Hite started the game, pitching 3.1 innings and giving up five runs (two earned).
Fisher will be in action at 3 p.m. on Saturday against New Jersey City University in Winter Haven, FL.
