Cayuga Community College baseball split a doubleheader with Erie Community College on Saturday at Falcon Park, winning a high-scoring opener before dropping the nightcap.
The teams combined for 25 runs over the first three innings of game one, with Cayuga pulling away late for a 15-12 victory. Erie responded with a 9-2 win in game two. The split moves the Spartans to 23-9 on the season.
In the opener, Erie jumped out to two separate six-run leads in the early innings, but Cayuga answered both times. Trailing 6-0 in the bottom of the second, the Spartans rallied to tie the game behind a two-run single from Chase Mascelli and a two-run home run by Tyler Black.
Erie regained control with six runs in the top of the third, but Cayuga responded again with a seven-run inning in the bottom half. With the bases loaded, Jakson Ross delivered a sacrifice fly, while Black and Eathen Yoon each drove in two runs with doubles. Mascelli later added a two-run single in the sixth inning to give Cayuga a three-run cushion and help secure the 15-12 win.
Mascelli finished with two hits and five RBIs, while Black had three hits and four RBIs. Ben Hatfield recorded three hits and scored three times, Joshua Lightburn also scored three runs, and both Jeremy Recio and Yoon added two hits apiece.
In game two, Cayuga took an early 2-0 lead with an RBI double from Recio in the third inning and an RBI single by Hatfield in the fourth. However, Erie’s offense broke through in the fifth inning, scoring eight runs to take control. The Kats added another run later in the game to finish off a 9-2 victory.
Mascelli and Recio each had doubles in the second game, while Mascelli and Tristan Sierra both crossed the plate for the Spartans.
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