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Travis Grogan
4
Utica UTICA 6-5
5
Winner Oneonta ONEONTA 6-13
Utica UTICA
6-5
4
Final
5
Oneonta ONEONTA
6-13
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Utica UTICA 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 7 2
Oneonta ONEONTA 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 X 5 10 1

W: J. Ottaviano (2-0) L: Grogan, Travis (1-1) S: M. Losak (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Late Innings Hurt Utica in Loss to Oneonta

ONEONTA, NY - The Utica University baseball team surrendered its 8th inning lead to the SUNY Oneonta Red Dragons and couldn't respond back in the 9th as the team fell on the road 5-4. 
 
Freshman starting pitcher Jack Krug (Amsterdam, NY/Canajoharie) pitched well in the opening two frames, setting down six of the first seven batters he faced in the game in his only two innings of work. The Pioneers scored one in the top of the 3rd inning on a two-out RBI single by John Son (Mellville, NY/Half Hollow Hills). 
 
Oneonta came back with one of its own in the home half to even the game at one before the Pioneers responded with two runs in the top of the 4th to regain the lead. Noah Barber (Cortland, NY/Cortland) touched home on a shot back to the pitcher off the bat of Shamariah McCullough (Brooklyn, NY/Nazareth Regional) while Ryan Cardone (Whitesboro, NY/Whitesboro) was driven home by Zac Cronk (Saratoga Springs, NY/Saratoga Central Catholic) on a single through the right side of the infield. 
 
After allowing a run in the 3rd, relief pitcher Tyler Catalfamo (Albany, NY/Colonie) pitched a clean 4th frame to keep Utica ahead entering the 5th. The Red Dragons went on to cut the Pioneers' lead in half on an RBI groundout in the bottom of the 5th. Utica got the run back in the 7th inning on a Nathan Yantz (Rochester, NY/Greece Arcadia) RBI double to go ahead 4-2. In the home half, Oneonta responded with a run to make it a 4-3 game. 
 
Still 4-3 in the bottom of the 8th, the Red Dragons pushed home the tying run with one out in the inning before a two-out single gave the home team its first lead of the game at 5-4. With Joe Crossley (Marcy, NY/Whitesboro) on second and one away, Son and Joe Battista (South Glens Falls, NY/South Glens Falls) were set down via strikeout to end the game. 
 
Seven different players combined for each of Utica's seven hits while five different pitchers were used throughout the game. The final three runs scored by the Red Dragons were their only three earned runs of the game. 
 
Utica (6-5) will play its home opener while also beginning Empire 8 action on Saturday in a doubleheader against Russell Sage College. Game one is set to begin at 1 p.m.
 
 
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