Brockport Falls to St. John Fisher 3-2 in NCAAs
Seventh-seeded College at Brockport gave up a 2-0 lead to No. 2 St. John Fisher College in the seventh inning Wednesday night in an opening round game of the NCAA Division III Baseball Championship New York Regional at Falcon Park in Auburn.
With the loss, Brockport falls to 23-17 and will face No. 3 SUNY Oneonta at 1:15 pm on Thursday. Oneonta lost to SUNY Farmingdale, 9-5, earlier in the evening. The Golden Eagles are 3-0 against the Red Dragons this season.
Senior James Joy (Salem, NY/Salem) gave up five hits through seven innings with six strikeouts, taking the loss on the mound. Fishers Dan Jurik earned the win throwing 11-strikeouts and allowing five hits in eight innings.
It was a pitchers duel through the first five innings as the game was scoreless and Joy allowed just two hits and Jurik allowed one.
In the top of the sixth inning Mike Weakley (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool) scored two runs with a one-out single to right center.
Fisher, however, took the lead in the bottom of the seventh inning. With bases loaded and no outs the Cardinals hit a two run single through the left side. With two outs and a 2-2 count, Fisher stole third and plated the go-ahead run when catcher Joe Zaccardos (Webster, NY/Webster Thomas) throw went into left field. The play was questionable on whether there was batter interference after it wasnt called a third strike and Brockport tried to get the runner at third.
The Golden Eagles threatened in the top of the eighth after getting the first two batters on base but came up short.
In the ninth inning, with two outs and Nate Parrino (Brockport, NY/Brockport) on second base, Tom McCormick (Utica, NY/Utica Notre Dame) struckout but reached on the wild pitch to place runners on the corners and still give Brockport hope. But three pitches later, Stephen Boronczyk (Syracuse, NY/Corcoran) was retired to end the game.
Brian Wolf (Buffalo, NY/Canisius) threw three strikeouts in the eighth inning for Brockport. The Golden Eagles had five different players register a hit, including Max Keado (Troy, NY/Catholic Central) who extends his hitting streak to 17-games.
