BUFFALO STATE ATHLETICS
CORTLAND — Oneonta outlasted Buffalo State through two rain delays and a pair of rally attempts to advance in an elimination game with a 5-4 victory today at the SUNYAC Championships at Cortland.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Oneonta – 5, Buffalo State – 4
LOCATION: Red Dragon Field – Cortland, NY
RECORDS: Oneonta (24-13), Buffalo State (16-23)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Allie Block (N. Tonawanda/Starpoint) had two of the Bengals’ six hits, going 2 for 4 with an RBI and two runs scored. She was also in the circle for the loss, allowing 10 hits with five strikeouts.
- Cassandra O’Hern (Augusta, NJ/High Point) was 1 for 3 with a double and two RBIs, and Julia Blujus(Amherst/Sacred Heart) was 1 for 3 with an RBI and a run scored.
- Oneonta took a 2-0 lead on back-to-back run-scoring doubles in the third inning.
- The Bengals produced just a single base-runner in the first three innings, but after a nearly one-hour rain delay, Buffalo State’s bats came to life in the fourth. A hit by pitch started the inning, and then the Bengals tied the game on back-to-back RBI doubles of their own by Block and O’Hern.
- The Red Dragons wasted little time reclaiming the lead, however, leading off the top of the fifth with a solo home run.
- Oneonta scored again on a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning, but the Bengals answered in the bottom of the frame with a sac fly by O’Hern to cut the deficit back to one.
- The Red Dragons added another insurance marker in the seventh inning on another sac fly after a pair of singles to go up 5-3.
- The game was delayed another 32 minutes due to rain in the middle of the seventh inning and Buffalo State hoped to once again harness rally power from the delay.
- After the leadoff batter reached on an error, Blujus hit a one-out RBI single to cut the margin to 5-4. The Bengals then capitalized on another throwing error to put runners on first and second with one out, but a ground-ball double-play ended the threat and the Bengals’ season.
FOR THE FOES
- Sabrina DeAngelis pitched the win for Oneonta, allowing just six hits and three earned runs.
- Dana DelGenio was 2 for 4 with a home run.
- Katie O’Gorman and Brooke Corbett also had two hits each.
NOTEWORTHY
- Allie Block set the Buffalo State single-season record for strikeouts with 162, surpassing Aimee Fisher’s previous mark of 161.
UP NEXT
Oneonta advances to face unbeaten Plattsburgh in Game 10 of the SUNYAC Championships which is scheduled for 5 p.m. today.
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