ONEONTA, N.Y. – Syracuse grabbed an early lead, and a quartet of hurlers made it stick as the Jr. Chiefs defeated the Oneonta Outlaws, 5-2 in New York Collegiate Baseball League action at Damaschke Field on Tuesday night.
Cory Poplawski (Salve Regina) allowed one unearned run on six hits over five innings and picked up his second win in a row. The right-hander fanned four and walked four.
Syracuse jumped to a 1-0 lead on an unearned run in the top of the first and never trailed. Joe Boland (St. Thomas Aquinas) brought home Justin Healey (Widener) with a two-out single.
The Jr. Chiefs (7-5) added two more in the second. Tyler Flaherty (Ohio Wesleyan) reached on a hit by pitch to start the stanza. Danny Walczak (Aurora) singled, and Phil Madonna reached on a error to load the bases when his sacrifice bunt was mishandled.
Flaherty scored on a Healey ground out, and Alex Perry (Salve Regina) delivered with an RBI single.
Boland made it a 4-1 game in the fourth with a two-out single to score Healey.
Shane Trevino (IPFW) led the ninth with a solo home run.
George Navadel (St. Thomas Aquinas) worked a perfect eighth.
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Matthew Wood (Salve Regina) allowed one run on two hits over two innings.
Christopher Pennell (St. Thomas Aquinas) retired the side in order the ninth for his fifth save of the season.
Greg Saenz (Grand Canyon U) scored Oneonta’s first run on a CJ Krowiak (Binghamton) sacrifice fly.
Krowiak singled home Jordan Bradley (Wofford) as the Outlaws made it a 4-2 game in the seventh.
Oneonta (5-5) left bases loaded in the second and stranded ten runners through the first five innings.
Perry finished with three hits in five trips.
Hayden Gerlach (Grand Canyon) along with Krowiak and Saenz collected two hits apiece for Oneonta.
Nate Williams (Western Carolina U) came out of the bullpen and tossed 2.2 shutout innings for the Outlaws. The southpaw struck out four without a walk and surrendered one hit.
The same two teams meet again Wednesday night at Onondaga Community College in Syracuse. A 7 p.m. first pitch is scheduled.
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