Auburndale, FL: The Ramapo College baseball team fell to Eastern Connecticut State University in a 13-inning game last night 4-3. The Roadrunners now stand at 4-3 overall while the Warriors are 2-0.

Both team made game-saving defensive plays to extend the game that lasted over four hours. The Warriors scored two in the bottom half of the first inning. Two bases loaded walks forced home both runs before Ramapo got on the board in the fifth inning.

After back-to-back strikeouts to start the inning, Matt Chemis reached on an error before being lifted for pinch runner Nick Cuba. Austin Unglaub put the ball into play in the infield and reached on a throwing error that allowed Cuba to score all the way from first base to cut the Warrior lead in half 2-1.

Eastern Connecticut tacked on one run in the bottom half of the fifth inning with a RBI double to take a 3-1 lead. Ramapo once again cut the lead to one in the sixth when Vincenzo Sita ripped a double into the left-center field gap allowing Bobby Shannon to score 3-2. Shannon reached on a lead-off single. The Roadrunners tied the game 3-3 in the top of the seventh inning when Nick Cuba drove home Ryan McNaughton with a RBI single down the right field line. McNaughton led off the inning with a double to left-center field.

That pushed the game into extra innings. In the top of the 11th inning Sita led off with a double before being lifted for pinch runner Evan Ochlan and Liam Duffy singled to put runners on first and third with one out. Following a stolen base from Duffy the Warriors were able to get back-to-back outs to hold the tie. In the bottom half of the inning the Warriors had runners on first and second with one out. A ground ball was hit to Unglaub at shortstop who flipped to Shannon at second base for the force out. Shannon then threw behind the runner advancing to third, but his throw sailed wide allowing Botte to race home. Ramapo third basemen Anthony Roccietti chased down the ball, threw home to Duffy who applied the tag in a close play at the plate for the third out of the inning. Ramapo made another great defensive play in the bottom of the 12th inning. With the bases loaded and one out, Ramapo right fielder Matt Carovillano caught a fly ball for out number two and threw home to nail the runner attempting to tag up from third base for the final out of the inning.

The Warriors would plate the winning run in the bottom of the 13th inning when Parkos singled with two outs before White launched a double into deep center field, allowing Parkos to score for the 3-2 walk-off win.

Riley Weis held the Warriors to just three hits over 5.2 innings of work with six strikeouts and five walks before Ryan Vasel struck out two, walked none and surrounded just one hit in 1.2 innings of work. Kyle Haag (0-2) worked the final 4.2 innings, striking out five, walking two and scattering six hits while he took the hard-luck loss. McNaughton and Sita are the lone Roadrunners to collect two hits in the game.

The Roadrunners return to action tomorrow night at 5pm when they take on Spalding University (KY).