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Saints bounce back for split with Game 2 baseball romp with RIT

Posted 4/19/14

Senior Kevin Prindle held RIT to one run through seven innings and the St. Lawrence lineup shrugged off a tough first game performance to score 10 runs in the first four innings en route a 11-1 win …

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Saints bounce back for split with Game 2 baseball romp with RIT

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Senior Kevin Prindle held RIT to one run through seven innings and the St. Lawrence lineup shrugged off a tough first game performance to score 10 runs in the first four innings en route a 11-1 win and a split of Friday's Liberty League doubleheader with the Tigers. RIT won the first game 4-0.

The Saints remained in the thick of the Liberty League playoff race with the split and will head into Saturday's second doubleheader with the Tigers just a game behind RIT in the standings. RIT leads the league at 9-4 and 14-8 overall while the Saints are 8-5 and 12-9.

Sophomore pitcher Brandon Cohall checked the Saints on five hits, two of them coming in the bottom of the seventh, improving to 3-0 on the season in game one. Cohall did not walk a batter and struck out three.

RIT managed 12 hits off Saint ace Joe Riley and used a three-run third inning to set up the win. Ronnie Canestro hit a one-out double and scored on Chris Barr's single. Walt Roman then singles with Barr going to third and Barr scored on the throw when Roman stole second. A single by Skip Flanagan moved Roman to third and Phil Sammon singled to drive in Roman.

The Tigers added a run in the top of the seventh when Roman singled and Phil Sammon doubled down the third base line.

Bryan Palmero had two of the five Saint hits including a double while Riley slipped to 4-2 on the season, walking two and striking out four in the seven-inning complete game.

The Saints jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first in game two as Mark Syron hit a two-run homer and Brian Magovney added a run-scoring ground out. They added two more without a hit in the bottom of the second on sacrifice flies by Syron and Devin Robson.

Zane Fish singled, stole second, went to third on a fielder's choice and scored on Mic Regan's ground out in the bottom of the third. Syron singled, stole second and scored on Robson's double in the fourth and after Khifer O'Connor drew a walk, Fish singled in two more runs for a 9-0 lead. Fish then stole second and Chris Fernandez delivered a two-out single to drive him in for the 10th run of the game.

C.J. Borolin scored RIT's first run in the top of the fifth as he singled, went to second on an error and scored on Taylor Hogan's single. The Saints got that one back in the bottom of the eighth on a run-scoring single by Fish.

Fish went three for five and drove in three runs, Syron two for four with three rbi and Robson was two for four with two rbi in game two. Prindle allowed an unearned run on five hits, walked two and struck out five with Frank Grady pitching the last two innings and allowing two hits.