Cobleskill, NY – Zach Miner registered three hits on the day but the SUNY Canton baseball team dropped a pair of North Atlantic Conference (NAC) games at SUNY Cobleskill on Tuesday.

THE BASICS

• Result:  Game 1: SUNY Cobleskill 4, SUNY Canton 1 | 7 INN.  | Game 2: SUNY Cobleskill 6, SUNY Canton 2
• Location: Fighting Tiger Field – Cobleskill, NY 
• Records: SUNY Canton (3-7, 1-3 NAC) | SUNY Cobleskill (7-2, 5-1 NAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
 
GAME 1 –BOX SCORE

• The Tigers scored one run each in the first and second innings to take an early lead.
• The Roos got within one in the top of the fifth when Zach Bates brought across Jesse Iacovetta on a sacrifice fly to right.
• Jayson Maxwe gave the hosts some cushion with a two-run homer in the bottom half of the inning as Cobleskill held on for the 4-2 win in seven innings in the opener.
• Iacovetta went 2-for-3 with a run for the Roos, while Miner and Bates had the other hits.
• Stephen Teja picked up the victory tossing 6.2 innings surrendering one earned run with five strike outs, while Manielvic Di threw the final one-third inning for the save.
• Jamere Griffin threw a complete game of six innings for Canton allowing three earned runs with a walk and four strike outs.
• Eddy Garcia went 3-for-3 for the Tigers, while Matthew Snyd also had a pair of hits.

 
GAME 2 – BOX SCORE 

• Cobleskill jumped out to a quick lead with three runs in the first frame of the nightcap.
• Canton got one run each back in the top half of the fourth and six innings, but both times the host responded with a run of their own in the bottom half.
• Don Louis Rodriguez recorded his second homer in three games when he hit a solo shot in the fourth and he added an RBI single in the sixth.
• The Tigers added one more run in the eighth for the 6-2 final in nine innings.
• Rodriguez and Miner both finished 2-for-4 with a run each, while Rodriguez drove in a pair. Kevin Kapfer, Danny Vargas and Chris McVannan tallied a hit each.
• Shane Tiernan took the loss for the Roos allowing four earned runs with three strike outs and two walks in seven innings.
• Andrew Jarko picked up the win for Cobleskill as he did not allow an earned run in two innings of relief work.
• Connor Mann, Nick Thomas and Jarrod Willi all had multi-hit outings for the hosts.

 
WHAT'S NEXT
The Roos return to action on Saturday when they host the Fighting Tigers for a NAC doubleheader in Canton.   
   

About SUNY Canton
SUNY Canton is Northern New York's premier college for career-driven bachelor's degrees, associate degrees and professional certificate programs. The college delivers quality hands-on programs in digital design, engineering technology, health, management and public service. Faculty members are noted for their professional real-world experience in addition to outstanding academic credentials. As SUNY's leader in online education, SUNY Canton OnLine offers hundreds of flexible and convenient courses as well as 21 online degree programs. The college placed first in 14 categories in a SUNY-Wide Student Opinion Survey, most notably in career services, tutoring, library resources, and classroom facilities. The college's 15 traditional athletic teams compete at the NCAA Division III level as part of the North Atlantic Conference. SUNY Canton also features varsity eSports and cheerleading. For more information, visit www.canton.edu.