Pioneers Split Again

For the sixth time since returning up north the Alfred State College baseball team split a Region III Division III doubleheader.   Onondaga CC scored four in the 7^th for a 7-3 win in the opener while ASC won the nightcap 4-2.

Kevan Smith’s (Cicero North Syracuse) hit a sacrifice fly to score JP Frey (Erie, PA/McDowell) in the 5^th inning to break a 2-2 to lead ASC to the victory in game two.  Frey had led off the inning with a double and had stolen third before the sac fly.  The Pioneers added an insurance run on a throwing error in the 6^th.

Dan Sill (Lansing) led the offense with a 2 for 3 day while Garrett Hoag (Dansville) helped his own cause with a 2-RBI day.  On the mound, Hoag allowed two runs on three hits to earn the victory.  He walked two and struck out 10.

In the opener, Onondaga scored four 7^th inning runs to break a 3-3 tie.  ASC got the first two runners on base in their half of the 7^th but could not plate any runs.  Tyler Mann (Holland Patent) and Anthony Espe (Union Endicott) were 1 for 3 with a RBI for the Pioneers.  ASC scored all three of their runs in the 1^st inning and were held to just five hits in the game.

The blue & gold (12-14, 8-11 Region III Division III) are scheduled to travel to Broome CC on Saturday for a 1 p.m. doubleheader with the Hornets.