#7 Cortland Wins Big at Oneonta, 15-2

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ONEONTA, N.Y. - Ryan Flansburg (Queensbury) allowed two hits over six scoreless innings as nationally seventh-ranked Cortland defeated Oneonta, 15-2, to complete a three-game road SUNYAC sweep. 
 
Flansburg improved to 2-1 with the victory. He struck out four and didn't walk anyone. Dylan Beers (Woodbury/Monroe-Woodbury) gave up one hit in a scoreless seventh inning, Liam Krasney (Greenville) retired the side in order with two strikeouts in the eighth, and Will McCarthy (Farmingdale) allowed two unearned runs and struck out a batter in the ninth. 
 
Cortland (16-6, 3-0 SUNYAC) finished the game with 12 hits. Chris Bonacci (Syracuse/West Genesee) came off the bench to go 2-for-2 with a double and three runs scored, Antonio Pragana (Hopewell Junction/John Jay) was 2-for-3 with two runs scored, James Varian (Hopewell Junction/Trinity-Pawling) finished 2-for-4 with two runs scored, and Matthew Krafft (Cornwall) hit a grand slam. Cortland also took advantage of seven Oneonta errors that led to eight unearned runs. 
 
Oneonta (5-13, 0-3 SUNYAC) was led by Jake Barrett and Liam Kaseta, who each went 2-for-4. Starting pitcher Michael Sadowski gave up seven runs, two earned, in four and two thirds innings. He struck out six, walked three, and allowed six hits. 
 
Cortland scored on an error in the third to take a 1-0 lead, and the guests added three runs each in the fourth and fifth innings to make it 7-0. The three-run fourth featured only one hit along with two Oneonta errors. The three runs in the fifth came after two outs and no one on base. Cortland loaded the bases on singles by Varian, Pragana and Bonacci, with an error after Bonacci's bunt single allowing a run to score. Ben Rhodes (Amsterdam) walked to load the bases, Andrew Michalski (Buffalo/St. Francis) walked to force in a run, and Krafft reached on an error to allow the last run to score. 
 
Cortland broke the game open in the seventh when Bonacci doubled, Rhodes and Michalski each walked, and Krafft hit a grand slam to left center. The Red Dragons' final four runs came in the eighth. Dylan Tierney (East Greenbush/Columbia) hit a sac fly to right with the bases loaded to drive in a run, and when the ball was dropped and then thrown away, another run scored. Hunter Holliday (Camden) followed with an RBI single and Matt Funk (Pine Plains) drove in the final run with a sacrifice fly. Oneonta broke up the shutout bid with two in the ninth with two infield singles, two errors and a wild pitch. 
 
Cortland will host Clarkson in a non-league game on Wednesday, March 30, at 3:30 p.m.