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PLATTSBURGH — Buffalo State made short work of host Plattsburgh in the first half of today’s SUNYAC doubleheader, winning 10-2, only to have the Cardinals flip the script with a 9-1 win in the late game, also in five innings.
Game #1: Buffalo State – 10, Plattsburgh – 2 (5 innings)
Laura Crooks (Niagara Falls/Niagara Wheatfield) was 3 for 3 with three runs scored, and Cassandra O’Hern (Augusta, NJ/High Point) was 3 for 3 with a double and four RBIs to pace the Bengals’ bats.
Kaelee Lynch (Atwater, CA/Buhach Colony) and Abijah Adams (Rochester/Greece-Arcadia) each added a double and two RBIs. Allie Block (N. Tonawanda/Starpoint) earned her 13th win of the season, allowing five hits and striking out six in five innings. Buffalo State produced 10 hits and drew seven walks en route to the shortened victory. After scoring two runs in the first, the Bengals blew the game wide open in the second, converting five hits and three walks into seven run to take a 9-0 lead.
Buffalo State added another run in the third, and Plattsburgh broke the shutout with a two-run home run in the bottom of the fifth.
Game #2: Plattsburgh – 9, Buffalo State – 1 (5 innings)
Buffalo State mustered just two hits in the late game, including a solo home run by Block in the second inning. Plattsburgh plated one run in the first, six in the second and two more in the third and finished the game with nine hits. Scarlett Whitman (Grand Island/Grand Island) took the loss, allowing eight hits and nine earned runs in two full innings of work. Nicole Adams (Lockport/Starpoint) gave up just one hit while recording the final six outs.
Buffalo State will conclude the regular season tomorrow with a twin bill at Potsdam starting at noon.
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