Oswego Sports Information Department

MARIETTA, Oh.  –  The Oswego State Baseball team was defeated by the #2 nationally ranked Pioneers of Marietta this afternoon. This was game one of the NCAA Division III Baseball Super Regionals. The Lakers held the Pioneers at bay with a knot of one's on the scoreboard until the Pioneers had a breakout inning in the bottom of the fourth, scoring seven.   

THE BASICS

Final Score: Marietta College 13 ,  Oswego State 2   

Location:  Pioneer Park, Marietta, Ohio 

Records:     Marietta College 42-5 (1-0  Super Regional Round) 

Oswego State 33-12 (0-1 Super Regional Round)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Lakers started out of the gate on top of the Marietta pitcher. 
• On the first pitch, Paul Tammaro set the tempo by ripping a single through the middle. 
• Ryan Enos then walked, a double steal put the Pioneers against the wall in the first three batters with Enos on second and Tammaro on third. 
• Lukas Olsson collected an RBI as Tammaro scored from third on a ground out to third base. 
• In the bottom of the first frame Marietta tied the contest with an RBI single. 
• After back-to-back four at bat innings for the Lakers and Pioneers, in the second inning both teams followed up with one, two, three innings. 
• With the game knotted at one still, Marietta in the bottom of the fourth inning scored seven runs on five hits, two errors and one runner left on base. 
• Marietta added two more in the bottom of the fifth to push their lead to 10-1. 
• In the top of the sixth inning Frank Levanti got things going for the Lakers as he took a ball opposite field to earn a standup double. 
• Enos followed suit with a one out double to left center field, cutting the lead to 10-2 with the scoring of Levanti. 
• In the bottom of the sixth inning the Pioneers once again answered, this time with a three-run homer just over the fence. This brought their lead to 13-2. 
• Evan Dempsey in 1.2 innings pitched did not allow a hit for the Lakers in five batters faced. 
• Jacob Levine went two-for-three in the game for the Green and Gold.

WHAT'S NEXT

The Lakers will play tomorrow at noon in an elimination game against Marietta.