Posted: May 28, 2022
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.