PLATTSBURGH, NY – The Oswego Lakers baseball team hit the road to take on the Plattsburgh State Cardinals. The Lakers are coming off a split doubleheader the day before versus the Cardinals. Oswego came in on the day at 6-5 in the SUNYAC and was looking to take a game back in a situation where Plattsburgh was one game up in the conference.

THE BASICS
Final Score
Oswego 14 (16-12, 6-5 SUNYAC), Plattsburgh (20-12, 8-7 SUNYAC)
Location: Chip Cummings Field | Plattsburgh New York

HOW IT HAPPENED
S. Dertinger took the bump today for his eighth appearance. Dertinger started the game absolutely on fire and was able to strike out the side. Although Hamer and Vandreason were able to start the Lakers bats off early and apply pressure in the first, the Lakers were unable to capitalize until the second inning.

Featherstone and McLaughlin were able to continue the trend of hot bats with two early-inning singles in the second. Rosenberg was able to get aboard with a sneaky bunt down the third base line that would load the bases with no outs. Winchester and Vandreason were both able to put the ball in play and push across a run a piece. The score was sitting at 2-0 Lakers when Hamer came up to the plate with bases loaded. Hamer was able to smack a double to right center that would clear the bases and put the Lakers up a demanding 5-0. The Lakers would not let the Cardinals off easily with Levine following up with a double himself and an RBI and another single from Featherstone that would push Levine across the plate to make the Lakers 7-0 in the top of the second.

Dertinger faced some pressure following the Laker's rally, allowing a few baserunners before getting a double play and a timely ground out that allowed the Lakers to maintain momentum.
Rosenberg started the third with a deep double to left field where Vandreason continued with his hot bat at the plate with a double to hit Rosenberg home. The Lakers went up 8-0.
Dertinger was able to get another double play in the bottom of the third that would end the Cardinal's chances at adding any runs to the scoreboard.

Featherstone started off the top of the fourth with another hit for his third on the day and was able to spark another. McLaughlin was also able to push another run across with a tough ground ball to third that forced an awry throw that would score.

Featherstone made the score 9-0. Barone would get a part of the action with his first RBI of the game; coming in the top of the fourth where they smacked a single to left field that would push McLaughlin across the bag making Oswego take an unmistakable 10-0 lead.

Dertinger would maintain their spotless day on the mound with another quick bottom of the fourth without allowing any movement off an error to start the inning. The Lakers' strong day at the plate continued with Levine connecting with the ball to grab his third hit of the afternoon. This was followed by another Featherstone clobber that would allow Levine to round the bases and score for another Lakers run, 11-0 Oswego.

Dertinger secured another three-strikeout inning in the top of the six to bring their strikeout total to six on the day. The Lakers would continue their scoring into the seventh inning where they would go on to add another three runs to make the score 14-0. Brezosky was able to steal home on a wild pitch to bring the Lakers' run total to 12-0. While Rosenberg was able to smack a single that would bring in two more runs. Alex Conrad would come in to finish the inning off and added three strikeouts to their season total.

WHAT'S NEXT
The Lakers will keep it on the road as they take on conference rival SUNY Fredoniastarting with a single game this Friday at 3:00 PM.