OSWEGO, N.Y. ---- The Fredonia baseball team kicked off a weekend road trip with an 11-4 loss to Oswego.
The Lakers took an early advantage scoring 10 runs in the first four innings.
Following a Robert Donnelly RBI double Oswego scored three more runs behind RBI base hits from Wes Randall, Brian Hamilton, and Kyle Liner. Â When the dust settled the Lakers had scored five times in the third extending the lead to six.
Oswego added four more runs in the fourth behind RBI extra-base hits from Myles Kutscher and Jordan Giller. Liner recorded his second RBI of the afternoon as well. At the end of the fourth Oswego led 10-0.
The Blue Devils trimmed the lead to nine in the fifth on a
Ricky Mendiola (Williamsville, N.Y./Williamsville South) RBI single.
Fredonia added three more runs in the sixth inning when
Dan Cecilia (Utica, N.Y./Whitesboro) scored on an errant throw from second.
Vincent Sherman (North Collins, N.Y./North Collins) scored on a wild pitch. The Blue Devils scored their final run when
Michael Prentice (West Seneca, N.Y./St. Francis) scored as
Quinn Danahy (Buffalo, N.Y./Bishop Timon) grounded out to second.
The Lakers added one more run in the seventh leading to the eventual final score of 11-4.
Ciro Frontale (Syracuse, N.Y./Bishop Ludden) finished the day three for five with an RBI. Sherman and Cecilia each went two for four with a run scored while
Erik Krohl (Syracuse, N.Y./West Genesee) finished two for three.
Zachary Jordon took the loss falling to 4-2 while Brendyn Karinchak improved to 6-2.
Matt Wilhelm (Amherst, N.Y./Amherst) and
Kyle Smith (Scottsville, N.Y./Wheatland-Chili) relieved Jordon allowing just one run over four and two-thirds innings.
The Blue Devils fell to 9-14 (4-7 SUNYAC) while Oswego improved to 21-6 (12-2 SUNYAC).
The final two games of the series will be played Saturday in Oswego. First pitch is slated for noon.
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