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St. John Fisher University Athletics

Ryan Vanderlip
Riley DeGouff
8
Winner Utica UTICA 0-0
7
St. John Fisher ST. JOHN 0-0
Winner
Utica UTICA
0-0
8
Final
7
St. John Fisher ST. JOHN
0-0
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Utica UTICA 0 1 5 1 0 0 1 8 10 0
St. John Fisher ST. JOHN 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 7 6 3

W: P. Newton (3-0) L: Frank, Tanner (1-1)

9
Utica UTICA 11-8-1
10
Winner St. John Fisher ST. JOHN 12-13
Utica UTICA
11-8-1
9
Final
10
St. John Fisher ST. JOHN
12-13
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Utica UTICA 0 0 2 0 0 4 2 1 0 9 14 1
St. John Fisher ST. JOHN 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 10 14 3

W: Benjamin, Nathan (1-0) L: T. Martin (1-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Splits Against Utica

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

  • The Cardinals took an early 1-0 lead from a Brendan Bucello RBI double that scored Mario Cubello.

  • Jack Griffin extended the lead to 4-1 with a two-run single that scored Cubello and Jackson Frey in the second inning

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

  • 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

  • Griffin went 3-3 at the plate with three RBI

  • Patrick McGuire threw 2.1 innings of relief for the Cardinals, tallying 5 strikeouts.

Game 2: St. John Fisher 10, Utica 9

  • 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.

  • 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. 

  • 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

  • Austin Droge and Ryan Vanderlip both had three hits. Vanderlip tallied two doubles; Droge had a double and a triple. 

  • Bucello, who also tallied three hits in the ballgame, led Fisher with a career-high four RBI. 

  • 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. 

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