NEW PALTZ, N.Y. -- The Fredonia State baseball team dropped a pair of games at New Paltz on Friday. The dropped Game 1 by a score of 8-4, and fell 10-2 in the second game.

Game 1
New Paltz got on the board early, with four runs in the second inning and one in the third before the Devils pushed across a pair of runs in the top of the fourth inning. Luke Kenyon singled home Pat Bigham and Ryan Hann, who both collected hits earlier in the inning. Kenyon's two RBI made it a 5-2 game.

New Paltz added a run in the bottom half of the inning, and the Devils pushed across a run in the top of the fifth, still trailing by three runs, 6-3. AJ Kinney singled home Johnny Genau.

New Paltz rallied for two more runs in the bottom of the sixth, taking an 8-3 lead. 

A ninth-inning double by Kenny Benitez accounted for the final score. The Devils had eight hits and three walks, but struck out 16 times.

Game 2
The second game started promisingly, as Johnny Genau led off the game with a homerun giving the Devils a 1-0 lead after a half inning.

New Paltz got a homer from its leadoff guy, and added one more run to take a 2-1 lead.

Things stayed that way until until the bottom of the fourth when New Paltz exploded for six runs. 

The Devils added a run in the seventh. Tylor Murphy walked, stole second, and scored on a base hit by Jake Wentland.

New Paltz improves to 9-13 overall and 2-3 in the SUNYAC. The Devils stand at 10-14 and 1-9.

The same two teams meet again on Saturday to wrap up the series. Gametime is set for Noon at New Paltz.