POTSDAM, N.Y. - Behind a Ryan Weiss grand slam, the Oswego State baseball team won a wild opening game, 17-13, and then held off the Golden Knights of Clarkson by a score of 9-4 in the nightcap to extend their win streak to eight games.
 
THE BASICS

• Final Scores:  Oswego 17, Clarkson 13 | Oswego 9, Clarkson 4
• Location: Jack Phillips Stadium, Snell Field, Potsdam, N.Y.
• Records:  Oswego 9-1 | Clarkson 8-8

HOW IT HAPPENED
Game 1

• As has been the trend, Oswego scored early when shortstop Paul Tammaro and outfielder Brendon Frank singled to put runners on the corners.
• After a Frank stolen base, senior second baseman Ryan Enos doubled to plate both runners and put the Lakers up 2-0.
• The score remained that way until the top of the fifth when Tammaro walked, Frank doubled and Enos was intentionally put on base.
• Reigning SUNYAC Player of the Week Kyle Lauria reached by an error to score Tammaro.
• Senior Ryan Weiss followed by crushing a grand slam to extend the Laker lead to 7-0.
• The Golden Knights got on the board with five singles and a bases-clearing double in the bottom of the sixth to cut the lead back to 7-5.
• The Lakers looked to regain control in the top of the seventh when Dylan Frawley singled home Myles Felton and Connor Stanton to extend the lead to four.
• Clarkson rallied with four in the bottom of the inning to make it 9-9.
• After a quiet eighth inning, the Oswego bats returned to form with Enos, Weiss and pinch-hitter Julian Drew all getting two-RBI-hits as the Lakers scored eight runs to put the game out of reach.
• Tammaro tied the Oswego single-game record with five hits in going 5-for-6 from the plate.
• In all, the first five batters for the Lakers went 15-for-29 with 13 RBI and 12 runs scored.
• Senior Ronald Loomis (2-1) earned the victory while striking out three Golden Knights.
• Classmate Jake Terrill pitched well, going 5.2 innings, allowing a single earned run and notching five strikeouts.

Game 2

• Things were quiet in the second game until the fifth when Oswego built a 3-0 lead behind a key Drew RBI-single to plate Felton and Weiss.
• Oswego scored again in the sixth on a Lauria RBI-single that brought Enos and Tim Schinto home.
• Just like in game one, Clarkson closed the gap late with four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to make it 5-4 heading into the final frame.
• And just like in game one, in crunch time, the Oswego offense delivered with four runs of their own to cruise to the win.
• Enos had the two-RBI single this time to bring in Jonathan Luppens and Hunter Holliday.
• Anthony Van Fossen (2-0) went 5.2 innings with three strikeouts for the win.
• Connor VanDreason finished the final 1.2 for his first save of the season, not allowing a hit and recording two K's.

WHAT'S NEXT
The Lakers host a Sunday doubleheader starting at 1 p.m. with national powerhouse Trinity (Conn.).  Both Oswego and Trinity are garnering votes in the latest D3Baseball.com/NCBWA Top-25 poll.