PITTSFORD, N.Y. – The St. John Fisher baseball team (13-13 overall, 8-4 Empire 8) split the final two games of its weekend three-game set against Utica, dropping the first game 8-7 and winning the second 10-9 on Sunday at Dugan Yard.
Game 1: St. John Fisher 7, Utica 8
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The Cardinals took an early 1-0 lead from a Brendan Bucello RBI double that scored Mario Cubello.
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Jack Griffin extended the lead to 4-1 with a two-run single that scored Cubello and Jackson Frey in the second inning
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Utica mounted five-run third inning to take the lead. The Pioneers expanded their lead to 7-4 with a solo-homer in the fourth.
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The Cardinals clawed back to a tie game in the bottom of the sixth, when Jordan Perry tripled home the tying run to make it 7-7.
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Utica scored on a sacrifice fly in the 7th to make it 8-7 before closing out the win in the bottom half of the inning.
Game Notes
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Griffin went 3-3 at the plate with three RBI
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Patrick McGuire threw 2.1 innings of relief for the Cardinals, tallying 5 strikeouts.
Game 2: St. John Fisher 10, Utica 9
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The Cardinals jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first two innings. Bucello had a double in the first and a single in the second inning, tallying three RBI. The other run came from an Austin Droge single that scored Bucello.
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Utica scored four runs to tie the game at six in the sixth inning with an RBI single and a bases-clearing, three-run triple. The Pioneers scored two more runs in the top of the seventh to take an 8-6 lead.
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The Cardinals trailed by two, 9-7, entering the bottom of the ninth. With the bases loaded and nobody out, Mario Cubello drew a walk to make it 9-8. Bucello and Griffin were hit by pitches, leading to the game-tying and game-winning runs to cross home plate.
Game Notes
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Austin Droge and Ryan Vanderlip both had three hits. Vanderlip tallied two doubles; Droge had a double and a triple.
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Bucello, who also tallied three hits in the ballgame, led Fisher with a career-high four RBI.
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Nathan Benjamin, who was the winning pitcher, threw 1.1 innings of shutout relief, allowing only one hit. He struck out one batter.
Up Next
The Cardinals face SUNY Poly at 3:30 p.m. on Monday at Dugan Yard.