SCRANTON, Pa. – The St. John Fisher College baseball team swept the University of Scranton on Saturday behind two strong pitching performances from Anthony Brophy and RJ Kuruts at the Quinn Athletics Campus.  With the wins, Fisher, which has now posted a victory in four straight games and 10 of its last 11 contests, improved to 14-7 on the season.  Scranton fell to 8-8 with the sweep.

FISHER 2, SCRANTON 1

Anthony Brophy turned in another stellar performance as the sophomore pitcher tossed his third consecutive complete game after going seven innings and allowing just one run on seven hits.  Brophy, who has now allowed just four earned runs in his last 28 innings of work, walked two and accounted for five strikeouts on the day to move to 3-1 on the season. 

Both pitchers found their groove early as neither team was able to manage much through the first five innings of play.  Fisher, which had not had a base runner through the first five frames, broke through in the top of the sixth as Allen Murphy broke up the no-hitter with a leadoff double.  Victor Konstantinovsky reached after being hit by a pitch before Stephen Edgett moved both runners up after dropping down a sacrifice bunt.  With two runners in scoring position and just one away, Justin Graham gave the Cardinals the only runs they'd need with a two-run double through the right side to make it 2-0 in the visitor's favor. 

Scranton got one back in the home half of the sixth, but that was all it would get off Brophy as the North Tonawanda Native set the side down in order in the bottom of the seventh to earn the one-run decision.
 
FISHER 7, SCRANTON 1

The second game mirrored the first as both teams locked horns in another pitcher's duel in the early goings.

After three scoreless innings, senior Scott Eisenmenger put the Cardinals ahead after drilling his fifth home run of the year to make it 1-0 in Fisher's favor.

The lead didn't last long, however, as the Royals plated a run in the home half of the inning after mashing a one-out double before plating the tying run with a single to center.

The Cardinals struck again in the seventh inning as Antony Mantova blasted a triple and scored the go-ahead run when Graham lifted a sac fly to right that made it 2-1.

Scranton looked poised to tie the game in the bottom of the seventh with the leadoff man reaching after being plunked and then promptly moved into scoring position with a stolen base.  A Fisher error allowed the tying run to move to third, but Kuruts would get the next three hitters to groundout as the Cardinals took a 2-1 lead into the eighth. 

Fisher afforded itself some breathing room in the next frame after coming up with four runs on three hits.  Ryan Simmons got the inning started with a walk and moved to third when Eisenmenger, who now owns 198 career hits, slugged a double to right center.  Ryan Fahy loaded the bases with an infield single before Jake Hewitt stepped in and laced a single through the right side that plated a pair.  As the inning continued, Mantova made it a four-run game with a sacrifice fly before the Royals could retire the side.

In the top of the ninth, Fisher padded its lead with two more runs with Eisenmenger teeing up an RBI-double and Michael Beimel driving in his first career run with a sacrifice fly to right to give the Cardinals a 7-1 win.
Freshman RJ Kuruts moved to 3-1 on the year after allowing just one run over seven innings of work.  Kuruts scattered four hits and fanned five overall before giving way to Jared Wren who threw two hitless innings.

The Cardinals bounced back from the opening game with 10 hits led by Eisenmenger who was 3-for-5 with two doubles, a home run and two RBI.  Mantova was 2-for-2 while Graham, Murphy, Simmons, Fahy and Hewitt each had one hit apiece.  
 
St. John Fisher is scheduled to return to action at 4 p.m. on Tuesday when it travels to nationally-ranked Oswego State for a non-conference bout.