Lowville, NY – Johnathan Guerrero pitched seven strong innings in game one, Sal Diaz had two hits across a pair of games, including a game two double, but the SUNY Canton baseball team lost a pair of low-scoring games to the New Paltz Hawks at Lowville High School on Saturday.

In game one, New Paltz scored three times in the first three innings, then held off the Roos late in the contest to win by a score of 3-0. After five scoreless innings to begin game two, the Hawks got the bats going late in the game and the Roos were unable to respond, losing 5-0 in the back end.

THE BASICS

• Results: Game 1: New Paltz 3, SUNY Canton 0 | Game 2: New Paltz 5, SUNY Canton 0
• Location: Lowville High School – Lowville, NY
• Records: SUNY Canton (8-17, 0-10 SUNYAC) | New Paltz (17-12, 7-6 SUNYAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
 
GAME 1 – BOX SCORE

• A leadoff double to begin the first inning by the Hawks came around to score on an infield single to make it 1-0 New Paltz.
• Heading into the third, the Hawks tripled their lead off of two singles and a double in the frame as they were now ahead 3-0.
• SUNY Canton had a big threat in the bottom of the first with AJ Campi's single and Chris McLean joining him on the bases with a single of his own. However, two strikeouts concluded the inning without any damage done.
• The Roos threatened again in the fourth with Lance Phillips Jr. getting hit by a pitch and Derek Maldonado ripping a base hit into center, but again the Roos could not take advantage. Two more were left on base in the fifth.
• Johnthan Guerrero finished his afternoon with four straight scoreless innings, retiring the final eight batters he faced to keep the game intact.
• Maxwell Rose later pitched a 1-2-3 eighth inning and then worked out of a jam in the ninth, leaving a runner on third stranded with an inning-ending strikeout.
• In the final chances for the Roos, their only baserunner was Diaz, who worked a walk in the eighth inning. A three-up, three-down ninth wrapped up game one with the Hawks ahead 3-0.
• Diaz was 1-for-3 with a walk while Campi and Mclean were also 1-for-3.
• Guerrero pitched seven innings, allowing eight hits and three runs, while fanning three batters. Rose notched two scoreless innings in relief, allowing no hits with two strikeouts.  

GAME 2 – BOX SCORE
 

• The first half of game two was on pace to set the record for fastest collegiate baseball game ever with very few baserunners and aggressive swinging early in counts.
• On the SUNY Canton side, Korbin Lovejoy singled in the second and Diaz had a double out towards left in inning number four as the only two baserunners through five innings.
• The Roos pitching staff held off New Paltz with Jayden Cunningham starting the game and going two scoreless innings. Zander Johnson took over in the third, tossing three straight scoreless innings.
• After no runs through five innings, the Hawks got on the board in the top of the sixth. A leadoff walk came back to bite with the runner later scoring on a sacrifice fly as the game was now 1-0.
• The bats came alive even more in the top of the seventh for New Paltz with a single, and two doubles to plate two more runs. The Hawks added two insurance runs in the eighth to go up 5-0.
• In the seventh, Eliezer Vázquez had a two out single up the middle but was left stranded, and then in the eighth Lance Phillips Jr. had a leadoff base hit but was quickly wiped off the bases with a double play groundout.
• SUNY Canton went down in order in the ninth with the game two final at 5-0.
• Diaz had the only extra base hit of the doubleheader in game two, a double in the fourth.
• Cunningham went two innings scoreless and Johnson pitched a very nice four innings, allowing two hits, zero earned runs while striking out two. Adam Cook retired the side in order in the ninth.

WHAT'S NEXT?
The Roos will wrap up their season series against New Paltz tomorrow, April 19, with the final game being played at Lowville High School at 2 p.m.