Box Score Junior Tyler Clifford (Clifton Park, NY/Shenendehowa) struck out five batters and Brendan Swayne (Seaford, NY/Plainedge) was 3-for-4 with two runs scored leading The College at Brockport Baseball team to a 14-6 victory over The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) Tuesday afternoon at the Lake Myrtle Sports Complex in Auburndale, Florida.
Brockport (6-3) scored three times in each of the first two innings and then tacked on five more runs in the third inning to jump out to an 11-0 lead. TCNJ (2-3) rebounded with two runs in the fourth and scored three times in the sixth to trim the lead to 11-5 but the Golden Eagles scored three more runs in the eighth inning to put the game out of reach. The Lions added one more run in the bottom of the eighth for the final score.
Swayne was 3-for-4 with two runs scored an RBI and two stolen bases to lead the 13-hit attack for Brockport. Brett Sanders (Rochester, NY/Greece Olympia) and Lou Mastellone (Glen Head, NY/North Shore) added two hits each. Sanders had a stolen base and was hit by pitch once and Mastellone belted a two-run double in the eighth.
Anthony Barbetto (New City, NY/Clarkstown North), Sanders, Josh Martin (Depew, NY/Depew), Swayne and John Craig (Clifton Park, NY/Shenendehowa) all scored two runs each for Brockport.
Clifford started the game and pitched into the fourth inning with five strike outs before
Nick Pontari (Troy, NY/Troy) came on to record the next five outs to earn the victory.
Kyle Perez (Oswego, NY/Oswego),
Jimmy Lovelass (Vestal, NY/Vestal) and
Derick Fera (Lyons, NY/Lyons) also threw in relief for the Golden Eagles.
