Baseball Splits at Onondaga

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- CJ Phelps (Rochester, N.Y./McQuaid Jesuit) finished 3-for-3 including a bases-clearing double in a decisive sixth inning, and Monroe Community College Baseball salvaged a split at Onondaga Community College (0-3/11-1).

Phelps plated Connor Kiefer (Buffalo, N.Y./City Honors), Dylan Wanat (Buffalo, N.Y./Williamsville North) and Will Russotti (Rochester, N.Y./McQuaid Jesuit) with his two-out hit. MCC went on to score three more in the mercy-rule shortened game (six innings).

Phelps also led a three-run second with a base hit and eventually crossed the plate. The first-year catcher moved Russotti to second with a sacrifice bunt in the third. Russotti went on to score. Phelps started the fifth with a base hit as well.

Ryan Stewart (Auburn, N.Y./Auburn High) allowed one run on five hits over five innings to pick up the win. The right-hander took advantage of two double plays to face the minimum through three innings. Carlos Fantauzzi (Canandaigua, N.Y./Canandaigua Academy) led the fifth with a triple off Stewart and eventually scored. Stewart did not issue a walk in the game.

Kiefer went 3-for-4 and started the decisive sixth with a base hit. The sophomore infielder stole four bases and scored two runs. Connor Sackett (Rochester, N.Y./Fairport High) was 3-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored. Patrick May (Baldwinsville, N.Y./C.W. Baker) doubled, walked and drove in three runs.

Avery Bowens (Rochester, N.Y./Eastridge) singled and drove in a run. Joe Grzeskowiak (Henrietta, N.Y./Rush-Henrietta) walked and scored twice. Lucas Brown (Toronto, ON/Humberside Collegiate Institute) added an RBI in the win.

Wanat went 2-for-3 with a double in the Game 1 loss. Brown, Grzeskowiak, Kiefer and Stewart had a single apiece in the first game.

Matthew Salina (Webster, N.Y./Webster Schroeder) started and struck out three without issuing a walk over five innings of work in Game 1. The right-hander allowed three runs on nine hits. Braden Pumputis (Webster, N.Y./Webster Schroeder) hurled a scoreless inning of relief.