PRINCE ATHLETIC COMPLEX – St. John Fisher and Rochester hooked up in their second straight pitcher's duel on Friday afternoon with the Cardinals edging the Yellowjackets, 2-1, at Towers Field. On Thursday night, Rochester won, 4-0, also on Towers Field. This sets up Sunday's 1 pm game at UR as the 'rubber match' of the three-game series. St. John Fisher is 5-6. Rochester had an eight-game winning streak snapped. The Yellowjackets are 10-2.
 
Fisher's Russell Dunlap picked up the victory with three innings of two-hit ball. He allowed only two baserunners and stranded both – in scoring position. Rochester's Luke Piontek singled down the left field line leading off the eighth inning (and the score tied at 1-1). He was bunted to second by Aaron Whitley and moved to third on Colby Cruser's groundout to short. Dunlap escaped harm by retiring Harper Sy on a groundout to short.
 
Rochester pitchers yielded 10 hits, one earned run, walked five, struck out eight, and hit one. The Yellowjacket hurlers frustrated the Cardinal hitters as the visitors left 15 men on base 0- three in both the sixth inning (when they went ahead, 1-0) and in the ninth inning (when they scored the gamewinning run).
 
Trevor Van Allen worked five innings – four hits, two walks, four strikeouts. He left for Aidan Cooney in the top of the sixth and the Cardinals broke through. Ben Lavery hit a long one-out double to left center, Nick Lemire walked. Jimmy McCardle hit a hard chop to the right side. Sy gloved it and threw to short for the force on Lemire as Lavery crossed to third. Patrick Kravitz hit a slow bouncer back to the mound that couldn't be fielded cleanly. The error allowed Lavery to score. Cooney gave up a walk to load the bases. He was replaced by Thomas Karpishin who earned a flyout to left to end the sixth.
 
The Yellowjackets got the run back in the sixth – also unearned. Whitley reached on an error. He was bunted to second by Cruser and scored on Sy's line single to left. That run was charged to Alec Teska (six innings pitched, three hits, no walks, two strikeouts, two HBPs).
 
SJFC broke the tie in the ninth. Luke Duffy walked and was bunted to second by James Murphy. Michael Beimel flied to center with Duffy holding. Brian Norsen, who struck out in his two prior at-bats, singled to left to tie the score. Karpishin left for Spencer Rojahn. Fisher loaded the bases on a single and an error before McCardle bounced out to end the inning.
 
Matt Cappelletti doubled down the left field line, leading off the ninth. Joseph Rende bunted him to third. Dunlap induced Jackson Reed to pop out to the infield and retired Josh Leadem on a flyout to right.