CANTON, N.Y. – The Plattsburgh State baseball team beat SUNY Canton, 8-2, in non-conference play at Roos Field on Monday. The Cardinals go to 6-15 on the season, while the Roos drop to 5-20. Plattsburgh State improves to 9-2 in the all-time series against Canton.
Plattsburgh State freshman Kentaro Mori (Tokyo, Japan/Joto) went 2-for-3 with two RBIs, one walk and one run scored, while senior T.J. Montalbano (Dix Hills, N.Y./Half Hollow Hills West/Jefferson) went 2-for-4 with a hit by pitch, two runs scored and three stolen bases. Junior Joe Deland (Farmingville, N.Y./Sachem East/Suffolk County CC) picked up two hits, two runs scored and one stolen base, sophomore Patrick Bryant (Center Moriches, N.Y./Center Moriches/Hofstra) had an RBI single, a sacrifice fly and a stolen base and junior Noah Clark (Toms River, N.J./Toms River East/Caldwell) and freshman Santino Ycaza (Mastic, N.Y./Brentwood Sonderling) both provided RBI singles. Junior Mitch Crispens (Queensbury, N.Y./Queensbury) allowed one run on eight hits in five innings for his first career win and freshman Brantley Marion (Plattsburgh, N.Y./Beekmantown Central) yielded one run on two hits across the final four frames for his first career save.
Canton junior Wilson Matos went 2-for-3 with a double and a hit by pitch and classmate Travis Schindler contributed two hits. Sophomore Edward Malinoski, Jr. doubled and walked, senior Seth Douglas had an RBI single and classmate Brandon Welch had a sacrifice fly, a single and a walk. Junior Austin Lamay took the loss after surrendering one run on one hit in four innings, while freshmen Zack Newman (1.2 innings pitched) and Anthony Tur (1.1 innings pitch) had scoreless relief outings.
The Roos loaded the bases in the bottom of the first, but the visitors lined into a double play to end the inning. Canton ran into base running trouble the next inning as a Roos runner was caught trying to take home on a first and third play. The hosts were again cut down trying to swipe a base as Ycaza threw out a runner to end the third inning.
After not registering a base runner in the opening three frames, Plattsburgh State got its first hits from Deland and Montalbano. Both runners swiped bases and Bryant provided a one-out sac fly for the visitors' first run. The Cardinals scored again in the fifth as Ycaza ripped a two-out RBI single through the left side. Canton cut the margin by one as Malinoski touched home on Douglas' RBI base knock. Clark's RBI single made the game 3-1 for the Cardinals and Welch's sac fly in the seventh brought the hosts to within a 3-2 margin.
Plattsburgh State then broke out for five runs on four hits in the eighth inning to jump out to an 8-2 lead. Mori had a two-run single, Bryant had an RBI single, freshman Justin Adams (Valhalla, N.Y./Westlake) picked up an RBI on a fielder's choice and the Cardinals also plated a run on a fielding error. Marion retired the final seven Canton batters he faced to end the game.
Plattsburgh State hosts SUNY New Paltz for a three-game State University of New York Athletic Conference series, beginning with a Tuesday noon doubleheader.