Box Score

Utica, NY – Christian Nazario-Cruz (Naguabo, Puerto Rico) and Jeremy Baez (Bronx, NY) posted three hits each as the SUNY Canton baseball team closed out the Empire 8 Tournament with a fourth place finish after dropping a 9-4 decision to St. John Fisher College in the consolation game on Saturday.
 
The Roos (14-30) were extremely competitive finishing with 13 hits on the day compared to 14 for the Cardinals but five errors defensively hurt SUNY Canton.
 
Fisher jumped out to a quick start plating five runs in the opening inning and added one in the second to lead 6-0 early. The Cardinals (25-18) extended their lead to 7-0 in the top of the fifth.
 
SUNY Canton got on the board in the fifth when Seth Douglas (Reedsburg, WI) used an RBI single to center field to score Travis Schindler (West Islip, NY). Schindler used a 2 RBI base hit in the sixth to score Brandon Welch (Constable, NY) and Baez. The Roos rounded out their scoring when Welch brought home Nazario-Cruz on an RBI single.
 
Senior Dom Deliberti (Staten Island, NY) got the start in his final collegiate game giving up five runs in one inning, although just a single run was earned. Derek Harkin (Ottawa, ON) tossed five innings in relief surrendering just four hits and two earned runs. Zach Lawrence (West Palm Beach, FL) closed out the final three innings of the game giving up one earned on five hits.
 
This closes out the 2015 season for the baseball team. The Roos finish the inaugural Empire 8 Tournament in fourth place after coming into the week as the seven seed.

2015 Baseball All-Tournament Team
Ithaca - Christian Brown (MVP), Zach Pidgeon, Matt Connolly
Stevens - Zeph Walters, Ryan Patterson
St. John Fisher - Scott Eisenmenger, Stephen Lewis
SUNY Canton - Seth Douglas
Houghton - Tage Johnson
Utica - Tom Dinnen
 
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SUNY Canton is Northern New York's premier college for career-driven bachelor's degrees, associate degrees and certificate programs. The college delivers quality hands-on programs in engineering technology, health, management and public service. Faculty members are noted for their professional real-world experience in addition to outstanding academic credentials. SUNY Canton OnLine offers hundreds of flexible and convenient courses, as well as 10 exclusively online bachelor's degrees. The college's 14 athletic teams compete as provisional members of the NCAA Division III and the USCAA.