Kats Sweep Corning Behind Late Heroics and Dominant Bats
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erie Community College | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| Corning Community College | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erie Community College | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 2 |
| Corning Community College | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
Team Stats
Corning Community College
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Corning Community College
SUNY Erie Baseball picked up a doubleheader sweep over Corning CC on Sunday, using a late rally to take game one before rolling to a convincing win in the nightcap.
In the opener, the Kats battled to a 4-3 victory, breaking a tie late in the game. After Corning evened the score in the fifth, Erie answered in the sixth when Tyler Pagano delivered the go-ahead RBI double to secure the win.
Erie first got on the board in the fifth inning, with Nolan Nobile driving in two runs on a single and Jim Buettner adding a sacrifice fly. Noah LaPierre paced the offense with a perfect 3-for-3 performance, while Pagano added two hits. The Kats were aggressive on the bases, stealing five bags, including two from LaPierre.
On the mound, Jaden Korpan started before Justin Refermat provided two innings of shutout relief. Kieran Glassford picked up the win, closing things out in the late innings.
Game two saw Erie take control early and never look back in a 10-1 victory.
The Kats jumped out to a first-inning lead behind an RBI double from Buettner and a sacrifice fly from Adam Scibetta. Jaxsyn Moritz added an inside-the-park home run in the second, and Pagano extended the lead with an RBI double in the third.
Erie put the game away with a three-run seventh inning, highlighted by a LaPierre RBI double and a solo home run from Buettner.
Kayden Duncan was dominant on the mound, tossing six shutout innings while allowing just five hits and striking out seven. Offensively, the Kats totaled 12 hits, with Zack Bedard, Buettner, and Layne Staubitz each recording two hits. Scibetta, Pagano, and Buettner each drove in two runs.