SALISBURY, Md. – The nationally-ranked Oswego State baseball team opened its season with a top-25 doubleheader at No. 24 Salisbury University on Saturday. Oswego – ranked No. 12 in the D3baseball.com preseason poll – split with the Seagulls on the day, winning the first contest 13-3 before falling to a walk-off, 13-12, in the nightcap.

OSWEGO 13, SALISBURY 3:

Oswego scored seven runs in the game's first three innings and never looked back, slugging its way into the winner's circle. The season began with a Wes Randall double and Mike Dellicarri drove him in with a double of his own with two outs. Myles Kutscher was also on the base paths for Dellicarri's double, giving the Lakers an early 2-0 edge. The Seagulls would even the game with two runs of its own in the bottom of one, but Lukas Olsson's first-career home run in his first-career at-bat gave Oswego a 4-2 advantage – an advantage it would never relinquish.

Randall led the way with a 4-for-4 outing at the dish with two walks, giving way to two runs scored and two RBI. In the eighth, Randall drove in his two runs with a homer to right field. Joining Olsson and Randall with a dinger was John Barnes, touching them all in the fourth with Dellicarri on base. Dellicarri went 2-for-4 with two runs batted in and the aforementioned run scored.

Oswego was paced by Robert Donnelly in the RBI category, driving in a run with a hit by pitch and two more with a single in the sixth.

On the mound, Tim Cronin earned the victory in the start, throwing five innings of seven-hit ball with three strikeouts and just three earned runs allowed. In reliefe, Charles Arcuri was untouchable, fanning the first eight batters he faced before allowing a runner on by way of a walk. He bounced back with a strikeout in the next at-bat, finishing with a no-hit, three-inning performance. Matt Zakala finished the final inning, facing four batters and not allowing a hit.

SALISBURY 13, OSWEGO 12:

In a back-and-forth matchup, Oswego seemed poised to sweep the Seagulls, scoring four runs in the top of nine to hold a 12-8 lead into the home team's final at-bat. The Seagulls stunned the Lakers with a comeback, however, pulling to within one run with a runner on base when Jay Perry sent a ball over the fence for a walk-off 13-12 victory.  
Oswego trailed 5-2 in the fifth-inning until preseason All-American Eric Hamilton stepped up with the bases juiced. Hamilton smashed over the right field fence to drive in his three teammates and touch them all for 6-5 Laker lead.

Barnes homered for the second time on Saturday in the fourth inning in two-run fashion, also gaining a Laker lead at the time, 2-1.
Barnes and Hamilton were the two Lakers with multiple-hit and multiple-RBI efforts. The former went 2-for-4 with two RBI while the latter went 3-for-5 with four RBI. Randall did reach base four times in the contest, drawing four walks and scoring twice.

Oswego will be right back on the diamond on Sunday for a doubleheader at Wesley College. First pitch is scheduled for 12 p.m.