Aiden Talcott delivers
10
Winner St. John Fisher FISHER 15-14
3
Houghton HOUGHTON 11-15
Winner
St. John Fisher FISHER
15-14
10
Final
3
Houghton HOUGHTON
11-15
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. John Fisher FISHER 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 3 10 11 2
Houghton HOUGHTON 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 4

W: C. Kingsley (2-0) L: Talcott, Aiden (2-5) S: H. Walsh (4)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Cardinals Capitalize on Big Third Inning to Take Game One from Highlanders

HOUGHTON, NY—After jumping out to an early lead, the Houghton Highlanders gave up six runs in the third inning and never recovered, losing the opening game of a three-game series to the St. John Fisher Cardinals, 10-3.
 
The Highlanders built an early 3-0 advantage, scoring a run in the first and two more in the second, but the wheels swiveled in the top of the third.  A leadoff walk, a pair of defensive miscues, and another walk gave the Cardinals their first run.
 
A single by Brian Norsen scored two more before James Murphy deposited a homerun deep to left field, giving St. John Fisher a 6-3 lead. 
 
Nate Tyler took the mound for the Highlanders in the fifth and kept the score, 6-3, until the eighth inning, when Norsen hit his sixth homerun of the year to left.
 
The Cardinals would tack on three more in the ninth, capping the scoring at 10-3.
 
GAME VITALS                           
Score: St. John Fisher - 10 | Houghton - 3
Records: St. John Fisher: 15-14 (11-1 Empire 8) | Houghton: 11-15 (5- Empire 8)
Venue: Kerr-Pegula Athletic Complex, Houghton University | Attendance: 45
 
KEY STATS:
>> Cam Kingsley picked up his second win of the year, while Hunter Walsh earned his fourth save.  The two combined to throw 7.2 innings, while giving up only two hits and two walks, fanning eight.
 
>> Mark Lewandowski threw a scoreless fourth inning for the Highlanders, while Tyler went five, allowing five hits without a walk, striking out three.
 
>> Vincent Lucyszyn, Jeremiah Chow and Dylan Boprey all collected extra base hits for the Highlanders, while Chow added a stolen base.  Jeremey Wilcox and Ian Slate posted the only additional hits for Houghton, with Wilcox swiping his sixth base of the year.
 
COACH'S CORNER:
"We showed glimpses, but we need to be more consistent in order to beat good teams.  When we gave them free bases, they capitalized. 
 
"Nate [Tyler] gave us some real quality innings out of the pen, but we didn't make the offensive adjustments we needed to make after the first two innings, and we make too many defensive miscues.
 
"Our guys were competitive.  We'll build on that tomorrow." – Head Coach Brian Reitnour
 
 UP NEXT:
The Highlanders return to the Kerr-Pegula Athletic Complex tomorrow for a doubleheader with the Cardinals, beginning at 1:00 p.m.
 
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