Box Score

Senior Travis Renwick (Middletown, NY/Chapel Field Christian) improved to 5-2 on the year as The College at Brockport baseball team hung on for its fifth straight win, defeating the University of Rochester 6-4 at Towers Field Tuesday night. Wesley Burghardt (Chittenango, NY/Chittenango) and Nick Bunce (Rochester, NY/Greece Athena) combined for five hits and three runs scored on the day.

Burghardt, a freshman, upped his batting average to a team-leading .372 after going 3-4 and Bunce continued to display his power at the plate, delivering his sixth home run of the year. Bunce's six home runs and 34 RBI lead the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC).

The Golden Eagles (18-13) led 6-0 late in the game but the Yellowjackets scored once in the eighth and added three more in the ninth until Mark Driesel (Kent, NY/Kendall) came on to close out the game. The senior picked up his first career save.

Brockport scored four runs through the first three frames to set the tone. With two outs in the first, Bunce doubled down the left field line and later scored on a Zack Lander (Rochester, NY/Churchville-Chili) double. Lander scored on the next at bat after Dan Hurlimann (Rochester, NY/Hilton) reached on a fielding error in left field.

Mike Weakley (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool) doubled in the second inning and scored on a bases loaded fielder's choice. Burghardt's day got started in the third as the freshman singled with one out. After advancing to third base, Burghardt scored on a two out single from Weakley to put Brockport up 4-0.

The Golden Eagles maintained the four run advantage over the next four innings as Renwick allowed just three hits through five innings of work. Rob Stankiewicz (New Windsor, NY/Newburgh Free Academy) pitched two scoreless innings and Bradley Westling (Dunkirk, NY/Dunkirk) did not allow a run in the eighth.

Bunce came to the plate in the eighth with two outs and Jake Coleman (Hilton, NY/Hilton) on first base. The senior catcher blasted a shot to left center on a 0-1 count to put Brockport up 6-0.

After the Yellowjackets got on the board in the eighth, they threatened with a two out, bases loaded double to cut Brockport's lead to two. Driesel came on and faced two batters in the inning, forcing a groundout and a popup to first base to seal the victory for Brockport.

The Golden Eagles will take on St. John Fisher tomorrow afternoon for a nonconference matchup at 4:00 pm before closing out their SUNYAC schedule with a three-game series at Oneonta on Friday and Saturday