The St. John Fisher College baseball team picked up a pair of wins Saturday over visiting Elmira College, marking Fisher's seventh win in the last eight games.
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Fisher improves to 13-15 overall while Elmira falls to 1-19.Â
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Fisher 13, Elmira 2 (7 innings)Â
Fisher jumped out to a 4-0 lead after two innings. Elmira got one back in the third, but Fisher answered, scoring four in the fourth and five in the fifth to pull away.
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Stephen Lewis raised his record to 2-0 on the year, pitching all seven innings with seven strikeouts.
Shane Barley led Fisher at the plate, driving in four runs on two hits, while scoring two runs.
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Freshman
Tyler Troccia went 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBI, while
Jack Trotman also added two hits and two runs.
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Matthew Cahill drove in two runs, while
Joe Simmons and
Cody Wiktorski both finished with two hits and a run scored.
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Calvin Woolhiser and
Chris Dugan each scored a run, while
Scott Eisenmenger was 1-for-2 with an RBI.
Mike Roman scored twice and tallied two RBI, while
Malcolm Kelsey singled in his lone at-bat.
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Fisher 9, Elmira 5 Eisenmenger, who finished 3-for-5 in the game, picked up an RBI single to score Barley in the first inning.
The Cardinals added two more runs in the second at the hands of
Jack Vivinetto and Roman.  Vivenetto knocked around Wiktorski on a double down the line, while Roman scored Vivenetto on a single through the left side.
Holding a 3-2 lead in the fourth inning, Fisher added three runs to open up a 6-2 lead, including a 2 RBI double from Barley.
Barley added a solo homer in the sixth inning before Simmons doubled down the left field line to score Wiktorksi and Cahill to open up a 9-3 advantage.
Elmira added three runs in the eighth inning, but
Ryan Smith came in relief to shut the Soaring Eagles down in the final frame.
Loukas Brigham earned the win for Fisher to improve to 2-2 on the year. He allowed 10 hits and two runs while striking out three.
Barley and Simmons each finished 3-for-5 in the game, notching three and two RBI, respectively.
Fisher returns to action at 12 p.m. Sunday for a doubleheader with Elmira.
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