Alfred, NY – The SUNY Canton baseball team swept host Alfred State College 3-1 and 9-5 on Saturday afternoon.

Game 1

Chris Roenbeck (Plattsburgh, NY) doubled to right field to score Seth Douglas (Reedsburg, WI) in the top of the fourth. The Roos would add two more runs in the fifth to spot the pitching staff a 3-0 lead. Wilson Matos (Brooklyn, NY) reached on an error in the fifth to score Chris Jones (Deerfield Beach, FL) and Douglas used a base hit to bring Matos across.

The Pioneers would bring across a run in the bottom half of the fifth but John Mancini (Scotia, NY) came on to close the door throwing two innings of one hit ball to earn his first save of the season. Travis Bigelow (Ottawa, ON) earned the win on the mound tossing five innings surrendering just four hits and one earned run.

Game 2

The Roos jumped out to a quick start in the nightcap plating three in the top of the first on a Douglas three-run homer scoring Matos and Christian Nazario-Cruz (Naguabo, Puerto Rico).

Alfred State scored four runs plating one in the second, two in the third and one in the fourth to take a 4-3 lead. SUNY Canton knotted the game at four in the top of the fifth with a solo shot from Matos.

The teams would take the 4-4 tie into extra innings as neither team could score a run in the sixth or seventh. The Roos came through with their biggest inning of the day scoring five runs in the eighth. Vinny Bondinello (Egg Harbor, NJ) bunted home Jesse Barton (Belle Glade, FL). Jones followed with a base hit to left plating Bondinello. Matos doubled home a pair of runs and Douglas rounded out the scoring with a single to score Matos.

Alfred State would bring one run across in the bottom of the inning Mancini closed out the game for the win.

Mancini finished off a solid day earning a save and win in two appearances on the day. He threw one inning giving up two hits and one earned run. Derek Harkin (Ottawa, ON) earned the no-decision.

These two teams will meet again on Sunday for a doubleheader beginning at 12 p.m.