The St. John Fisher College baseball program split its doubleheader with visiting Elmira College on Sunday. After losing the first game 1-0, despite a 3-hit, complete-game performance from starting pitcher
Terry Engels, the Cardinals rallied in the bottom of the sixth for a 3-2 win over the Soaring Eagles in the nightcap.
With the win, Fisher improves to 14-16. The Cardinals returns to action at 4 p.m. on Wednesday and will host Rochester Institute of Technology.
Game One – Elmira 1, Fisher 0
Engels went the distance for the Cardinals, striking out six over nine innings, while allowing just three hits and one walk. Fisher, however, only tallied three hits in the game, one from
Victor Konstantinovsky,
Matthew Cahill and
Calvin Woolhiser.
Game Two – Fisher 3, Elmira 2
Trailing 2-1 with two outs in the bottom of the sixth, Fisher rallied to take the lead. Back-to-back singles from
Malcolm Kelsey and
Mike Roman put the go-ahead run on base and freshman
Tyler Troccia delivered, lining a two-run double to left.
Starting pitcher
Marc Iseneker, who struck out a career-high 12 batters, while allowing just three hits, earned the win, going six innings, with
Ryan Smith picking up the save. After Iseneker walked the first two batters in the seventh, Smith saved the game, recording the final two outs with the bases loaded.
Sophomore
Nate Roethel singled and scored Fisher's first run of the game.