SALISBURY, Md. – The second-ranked Salisbury University baseball team split a pair of tight games with the Oswego State Lakers on a sun-splashed Sunday afternoon at Donnie Williams Sea Gull Baseball Stadium. The Sea Gulls took Game 1, 6-5 on a walk-off RBI single by Ben Anderson in the bottom of the 13th. The Lakers rebounded to take Game 2, 4-2.

HOW IT HAPPENED – GAME 1

• The Lakers struck early thanks in part to the morning sunshine. CJ McCarthy led off the first inning with a shallow flyball that got lost in the sun and landed for a double. Daniel Winchester followed by singling him home but was soon thrown out trying to take second on a wild pitch. After a strikeout and two straight singles, Owen Parliament doubled to left to score one and make it 2-0.
• The Sea Gulls benefited from the early sun twice in the second. Dylan Winebrenner walked to lead off and promptly stole second. Two batters later Andrew Kell hit a line drive to center that got by a blinded Brian Brezosky for an RBI triple. Adam Tommer then beat out an infield single to score Kell and tie the game.
• Two batters later, Kyle Brex hit a flyball to left center that Brezosky again lost in the sun, gifting Brex the Sea Gulls' second RBI triple of the inning to put SU on top 3-2.
• OSU drew even in the third as Trishawn Featherstone rocked a solo home run to center to knot it up at 3-3. In the fourth, Parliament teed off for his own solo dinger to left to put the Lakers ahead 4-3.
• The Lakers tacked on another with two out in the fifth. Jelani Hamer was plunked and stole second, then Parliament legislated one through the left side for an RBI single to make it 5-3.
• Salisbury drew even with a run each in the home fifth and sixth. In the fifth, Winebrenner singled with one out and stole second. Tommer then dunked a two-out single into center to bring Winebrenner home to make it 5-4.
• In the sixth, Alex Seidleck hit a one-out popup down the right field line that once again got lost in the sun and fell in for a double. Two batters later Ben Anderson lashed an RBI single to right to tie it at 5-5.
• The teams traded goose eggs through the next three innings and the game headed to extras. The Lakers and Sea Gulls both threatened but both stranded two men on base in the 10th inning.
• Salisbury had a prime chance to win the game in the 11th, putting men on the corners with one out, but Anderson's would-be squeeze bunt went straight to OSU pitcher Larry Citrola, who flipped home to the catcher for the tag. Citrola then struck out Winebrenner with men on first and second, moving the game into the 12th.
• In the bottom of the 13th, Brex pushed a perfect bunt up the third base line for a one-out single. Trent Waire then drew a walk, and the runners moved up on a wild pitch. After Danny Sheeler was walked intentionally to load the bases, Anderson rocked a line drive over the left fielder's head for the walk-off single, bringing home Brex and setting off a wild Sea Gull celebration between first and second base.

SALISBURY GAME NOTES

• Ben Anderson finished 2-for-6 and drove in both the tying run in the sixth and the winning run in the 13th.
• Kyle Brex went 3-for-6 with a triple, RBI, and the game-winning run.
• Adam Tommer also went 3-for-6, driving in two runs and scoring another.
• Dylan Winebrenner stole two bases and scored twice.
• Shawn Rosemond (2-0) earned a gritty win with 3.1 scoreless innings in relief. Rosemond surrendered just two hits with no walks and one strikeout.
• Aidan Brinsfield lasted 4.2 innings in a no-decision. Brinsfield gave up five runs on nine hits, walking none and striking out four on 85 pitches.
• Garrett Beaver tossed 4.2 scoreless frames and struck out six in relief of Brinsfield, while Cole Williams struck out the only batter he faced in the 10th before handing the ball to Rosemond.

OSWEGO STATE GAME NOTES

• Owen Parliament finished a triple shy of the cycle, going 3-for-6 with a double, homer, and three RBIs.
• Trishawn Featherstone also homered for the Lakers, finishing 3-for-6 with two runs scored.
• Daniel Winchester went 2-for-6 with an RBI.
• Larry Citrola (0-1) endured the tough loss in relief, giving up the winning run over 4.1 otherwise clean innings. Citrola gave up five hits and walked three while punching out three.
• Jake Danyluk matched his SU counterpart Brinsfield with a 4.2-inning no-decision. Danyluk surrendered four runs on six hits with three walks and six punchouts on 88 pitches.
• Alek Conrad worked 3.1 innings between Danyluk and Citrola, giving up one run on three hits.

HOW IT HAPPENED – GAME 2

• After three scoreless innings, the Lakers broke the staring contest in the top of the fourth. Blake VanDreason tagged a two-out double into the right-center gap, then Joe McLaughlin dropped an RBI single into no-man's land in left to put OSU in control, 1-0.
• The Sea Gulls brought the big lumber to take the lead in the fifth. Tim Petrucelli belted a solo home run out to the batter's eye in center to tie, then two batters later Adam Tommer cracked a line drive solo dinger to right to make it 2-1 SU.
• OSU got even in the top of the sixth as Owen Parliament singled, Stephen Haglund doubled, and Brian Brezosky hit into an RBI groundout to square it up at 2-2.
• In the top of the eighth the Lakers put a man on second with two out. VanDreason then cracked a two-run homer to left to put OSU back in front, 4-2.
• Salisbury fought to get back in it in the bottom of the ninth, putting two men on with one out, but Zach Geesaman popped out to second and Dom Frigiola flew out to right, giving the Lakers a split.

SALISBURY GAME NOTES

• Tim Petrucelli hit for the cycle to account for four of the Sea Gulls' five hits for the game. He doubled in the second inning, homered in the fifth, tripled in the sixth, and singled in the ninth to finish 4-for-4.
• Adam Tommer belted a solo homer in the fifth, the second of his career and first this season.
• Ethan Hirschfeld (0-1) was saddled with the loss after surrendering the go-ahead two-run homer in the eighth. Hirschfeld gave up those two runs on two hits.
• Tyler Villa authored a quality start in a no-decision. Villa gave up two runs on nine hits over six innings, walking none and fanning three on 90 pitches.

OSWEGO STATE GAME NOTES

• Blake VanDreason finished 2-for-4 with a double, homer, two RBIs, and two runs scored to lead the Laker charge.
• Owen Parliament finished 2-for-4 with two runs scored.
• Joe McLaughlin and Brian Brezosky each drove in a run.
• Sean Dertinger (1-0) scooped up the relief win with 4.2 scoreless frames. Dertinger gave up just two hits and walked one while getting all 14 of his outs in the field.
• Jonah Shearer lasted 4.1 innings in his start, allowing two runs on three hits with no walks and three punchouts on 62 pitches.

UP NEXT

• The Sea Gulls will play four straight at home over the next week, starting on Wednesday afternoon with a 2 p.m. showdown against Penn State Harrisburg. The teams will square off again at Williams Stadium at the same time on Thursday afternoon.
• The two-game set will serve as a rematch of last year's NCAA Regional matchup. Salisbury won a five-game regional series in Harrisburg, three games to one, en route to a third straight Division III World Series appearance.