CLINTON, N.Y. – The No. 8/9 Oswego State baseball team dropped a nonconference road contest – 7-5 – at Hamilton College on Wednesday afternoon. Oswego falls to 14-6 on the year, while Hamilton improves to 7-8.

In a back-and-forth contest, which saw four lead changes, Eli Holton led Oswego onto the board first. The junior collected a free RBI – in the top of the fourth inning – earning a six-pitch walk with the bases loaded to score the game's first run.

Josh Hoagland came home from third after reaching on a fielder's choice and stealing second earlier in the inning. He moved to third on a pair of walks that granted Matt Deblasio and Zach Whelan spaces on the base paths.

During the following at-bat, Eric Hamilton slapped a single through the right side of the infield to score Whelan and Deblasio and give the Lakers a 3-0 lead.

The Continentals answered back with two runs in the bottom of the fourth and one in the fifth to tie the contest at 3-3. In the top of the sixth, a John Barnes sacrifice fly returned the lead to Oswego and scored the game's seventh run. After neither team scored through three frames, they tallied 12 runs over the following four innings.

Lukas Olsson scored on the fly out after he singled through the left side, stole second and moved to third on an infield hit by Whelan. Barnes also added a base hit and earned a walk on the day.

Oswego notched another tally and its final run of the game in the top of the seventh. Hoagland doubled down the left-field line and eventually scored on a passed ball. After the Lakers claimed a 5-3 lead, Hamilton exploded for four runs in the bottom of the frame and never looked back.

Brian Nolan was one of seven Laker pitchers to take the mound on Wednesday. He pitched effectively over two innings, allowing just two hits and no runs. Andrew Morano pitched the third, getting two ground outs and a fly out to set down the side in order. Also pitching well was John-Michael Guarino and Matt Zakala, who combined for 2.2 innings tossed, while allowing zero runs.

The nationally-ranked Lakers return to action for a conference series against Plattsburgh, beginning at 1 p.m. on Saturday.