Playing its first two games at Dugan Yard this year, the St. John Fisher College baseball program picked up two wins over visiting Utica College on Saturday.   The Cardinals (8-14) snapped a six-game skid with a 4-1 win in the first game, and in the nightcap, Fisher tallied 15 runs and 20 hits (both season-highs) in a 15-8 victory over the Pioneers.  Fisher will host Utica for another doubleheader starting at noon on Sunday.

 Game One – Fisher 4, Utica 1
 
Pitcher Stephen Lewis went all seven innings to earn his first career win in the mound.  The southpaw scattered six hits, while striking out four and allowing just one unearned run.
 
The Cardinals tallied just six hits in the game, but managed to score a run in the first, second, fourth and fifth innings.
 
Matthew Cahill scored two runs and added a base hit.   Joe Simmons and Shane Barley each delivered RBI-singles, while freshman Scott Eisenmenger hit his third home run of the year – a towering solo shot over the fence in left-center.


Game Two - Fisher 15, Utica 8

Fisher jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning, and pulled away late, scoring 10 more runs in its final three at-bats.

Mike Roman, Joe Simmons, Shane Barley and Cody Wiktorski each finished the game with three hits.   Roman hit a two-run homer and scored three runs, while Barley tallied a team-high four RBI.
Simmons and Wiktorski each doubled and scored two runs.

Freshman Jack Vivinetto finished with three RBI, including a two-run homer, the first of his career.

Cahill added two hits and two RBI, while Nate Roethel and Eisenmenger each doubled in a run and scored a run.

Freshman Loukas Brigham earned his first career win, going seven innings with one earned run and a career-high eight strikeouts.