The Saint Vincent College baseball team took on the 14th-ranked St. John Fisher Cardinals. The Bearcats lost in a high scoring affair, 19-12.
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SVC got on the board in the top of the first as
Johnny Daggs doubled to center field to bring home
Jordan Sabol for the first run of the game. In the third inning, with runners on first and third, the Cardinals tried to pick off Daggs at first base. An errant throw by the catcher allowed
Tanner Yard to score as Daggs made it all the way to third.
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Justin Wright singled to left field as Daggs crossed the plate. Later in the third,
Hunter Mills drove a ball to left field to score
Zach Barberich to give the Bearcats a 4-0 lead. St. John Fisher scored its first run of the game with a RBI single. First baseman Brian Norsen followed with a three-run blast over the center field fence to even the score at four.
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The Cardinals followed by taking the lead with a single through the left side of the infield. Centerfielder Stephen Edgett followed it with his own three-run homer to give Fisher an 8-4 lead.
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The top of the fourth Daggs drove a ball up the middle to score Zach VonStein and
Jordan Sabol as Saint Vincent was within two runs.
Zach Barberich grounded out to short in the ensuing at-bat as
Tanner Yard scored from third to make the score 8-7 in favor of the Cardinals.
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In the bottom of the fourth inning, Fisher scored four runs on four hits to increase its lead to five (12-7). The Cardinals added two more runs in the following inning to give themselves a 14-7 win.
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SVC and Sabol led off the sixth inning with a triple to left center. Yard then brought home Sabol with a single. Barberich had another productive out as he grounded out to second as Yard scored.
TJ Dailey hit an infield single as Daggs scored from third.
Hunter Mills followed with a triple to left center to bring home Mills and make it a three-run game (14-11).
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With two outs in the top of the seventh, Barberich collected his third run batted in of the night with a double down the right field line as Daggs scored easily from third. In the bottom half of the inning, Noah Campanelli pinch hit for the Cardinals and hit the team's third home run of the day, this one of the two-run variety. Up 16-12, Norsen capped off the game with his second three-run home run of the game to secure the 19-12 win for Fisher. Â Â
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Sabol and Daggs led the way for Saint Vincent as both players scored three times. Sabol went 4-6 from the plate while Daggs went 2-3 with three runs batted in and drew three walks.
Ryan Shirley started on the mound for Saint Vincent as he went 2.2 innings and gave up eight runs on nine hits in the loss.
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Saint Vincent (2-3) will take on the Milwaukee School of Engineering on Friday evening at All Saint's Academy in Winter Haven, Florida. Start time is 7 p.m.
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