Canton, NY – Hunter LaValley threw eight strong innings but visiting SUNY Cobleskill earned a 3-1 North Atlantic Conference (NAC) win in a pitcher's duel in the opening game of a three-game weekend series.  

THE BASICS

• Result: SUNY Cobleskill 3, SUNY Canton 1
• Location: SUNY Canton Baseball Field – Canton, NY
• Records: SUNY Cobleskill (16-11, 11-0 NAC) | SUNY Canton (9-18, 6-5 NAC)

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Tigers opened the scoring with a David Flora RBI single in the first inning.
• The Roos tied things up with a Nick Shoemaker RBI single in the bottom of the fifth to score Mike Henry. After a Frank Nieto single the bases were loaded with just one out but the Roos were unable to take the lead after a strike out and fielder's choice ended the inning.
• Flora added to his damage at the plate leading off the sixth with a solo shot to left field to regain the Tiger lead. After Edilberto Rosado threw out a runner on the base path Cobleskill would tack on a second run on a Logan Firmen infield RBI single on a bang-bang play at first.
• Canton threatened in the seventh inning with runners on second and third with no outs, however, some base running cost the Roos on a double play ball as Cobleskill was able to get out of the inning unscathed.
• The Tigers got a leadoff single to start the eighth and had a runner in scoring position with no outs, but LaValley did a nice job working out of a jam getting a foul out, ground out and fly out to end the inning.
• The Roos went down in order in the eighth and ninth innings as the comeback bid fell short.

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Seven different players registered hits for the Roos led by a double each from Dylan Allen and Derek Maldonado and a hit and RBI from Shoemaker.
• Flora paced the Cobleskill bats with three hits and two RBI.
• Wyatt Palmer earned the win to improve to 3-1 on the season striking out seven batters with a walk and allowed one run in the complete game effort.
• LaValley took the loss scattering seven hits and three runs over eight innings. Nick Barone threw the final inning in relief with a strike out and sat the Tigers down in order.

 
WHAT'S NEXT?
These two teams will play a NAC doubleheader on Saturday at 12 p.m. in Canton.
 


About SUNY Canton
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