ENDWELL, N.Y. – The Oswego State baseball team completed its series sweep of Fredonia by taking both games of a doubleheader on Sunday afternoon at Maine-Endwell High School, concluding the regular season. During the first game, Brandon Nicholson set the new single-season program record for steals with 29. In the nightcap, sophomore Ryan Enos recorded the 100^th hit of his career with a double to left field.            

THE BASICS

• Game 1 Result: Oswego 11, Fredonia 2
• Game 2 Result: Oswego 7, Fredonia 3
• Location:  Gary Crooks Field - Endwell, N.Y.
• Records: Oswego 26-12 (14-4 SUNYAC) | Fredonia 8-10 (11-21 SUNYAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
Game 1           

• In the third inning, the Lakers got rolling. With two outs and the bases-loaded, Nick Chilson notched a two-RBI single. Casey Gruarin and Paul Tamarro added RBI singles as well, extending the Laker lead to 5-0.
• Ryan Weiss's RBI base knock, followed by Frank Levanti's RBI sac-fly had Oswego up 7-0 in the fifth inning.
• The Lakers answered Fredonia's first runs of the game with four runs of their own in the sixth, highlighted by Matt DeBlasio's two-run double off the top of the wall in left center.
• Chilson, Gruarin, Weiss and Tammaro each finished with two hits. Jake Walsh and Justin Troelstra both contributed with an RBI.
• Starting on the bump, Brian Nolan struck out eight Fredonia batters in five scoreless innings pitched.
• Anthony Van Fossen and Nick Antonello closed out the final two innings on the mound for Oswego.

Game 2

• Trailing 3-1 in the seventh frame, Oswego rallied to take its first lead of the game. Gruarin's two-RBI single tied it at 3-3, with Weiss knocking in two runners in the very next at-bat to give Oswego its first lead, 5-3.
• In the eighth inning, the Lakers added some insurance. Mike Dellicarri recorded an RBI single and the frame was capped by a sacrifice fly from Nicholson to push the advantage to 7-3.
• Jake Terrill started on the mound for Oswego, striking out six batters in 4.1 innings pitched, only allowing two runs.
• Jake Jacobs picked up the win in relief with his two innings of work to improve to 3-0 on the year.
• Ronald Loomis was the first reliever out of the bullpen, taking over a bases loaded, one-out situation. After he fielded a comebacker, Loomis got the force out at home. With two-outs, Fredonia sent a line drive into center field but a feet-first sliding catch by Nicholson ended the threat with the Lakers unscathed.
• Matt Zakala tossed the final inning, adding an exclamation point on the weekend with a game-ending strikeout.
• Dellicarri and Gruarin each had three hits for Oswego. Enos went 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI. Tammaro went 2-for-4.

WHAT'S NEXT

The two-time defending SUNYAC Champion Lakers will defend their crown as the No. 2 seed in the SUNYAC Championship, which will be hosted by top-seeded Cortland. Oswego will open against third-seeded Fredonia at 3:30 p.m. on Friday.