Cooperstown 17, Oneonta 4

The Outlaws bounced back after a 17-4 beating at the hands of the Cooperstown Hawkeyes in the first game of a doubleheader to beat the Albany Dutchmen 3-2 in 11 innings at Damaschke Field. A rare away-home doubleheader started almost forty minutes late in Cooperstown due to an adult men’s baseball league game that went into extra innings at Doubleday Field. Things only got worse from there for the Outlaws.

Brandon Rohde (Washington) took the loss, going four innings and allowing seven runs, although just one was earned. The Outlaws committed four errors in the game. Oneonta scored four runs in the eight to make it an 8-4 game before the Hawkeyes scored nine in the bottom of the eight off of Outlaw reliever Mike Klaus (Buffalo).

 Cooperstown scored their runs on 20 hits, including three home runs. Tim Panetta (Connecticut) had the only homer for the Outlaws, his first of the season in his first start.  Derrick Osteen (William & Mary) was 3-3 for Oneonta.

Oneonta 3, Albany 2

After rushing back to Oneonta the Outlaws were ready to play a 6:00 game against the Albany Dutchmen. Whit Mayberry (Virginia) was on the hill for Oneonta and he delivered another strong performance. He went 6 1/3 innings and allowed just one run on six hits and did not walk a batter. He also struck out five. He left with the lead but the Dutchmen tied the game in the eight with a run off of Heath Storey (Flagler).

Sean Campbell (Rutgers) was wild but effective for Albany, going five innings and only giving up two runs despite four walks. Oneonta got their first run of the game in the third on a sacrifice fly by Derrick Osteen (William & Mary) that scored Tom Murphy (Buffalo) who led off the inning with a triple. Tomo Delp (Maryland) brought in Sam Meyer (Pepperdine) in the third on a sac fly after Meyer started off the inning with a double.

Ryan Kapp (Rutgers) homered to left off of Mayberry in the fifth for the first run of the game for Albany. It was the league leading nineteenth home run for the Dutchmen. The tying run was scored by Niko Gomez (Villanova) who led off the eight with a double and eventually scored when Kevin Jackson (Trinity) hit into a 6-4-3 double play.

With the game tied after eight Oneonta went to their closer, Kevin Dickey (UC Riverside). Dickey retired all nine batters he faced, and has yet to allow a run this season in ten innings pitched. With one out in the bottom of the 11^th, Tomo Delp singled to right off of Dutchmen reliever Wes Braun (Illinois). Marc Perdios (Boston College) came in to run for him when Tom Murphy sent a line drive into left center. Perdios made it to third easily and Murphy hustled into second to stretch the hit into a double, which led Albany to intentionally walk James Young to load the bases. After Jarred Clarkson (Lousville) went down swinging, leadoff man Derrick Osteen stepped to the plate. With nowhere to put him, Braun got himself into a three ball count before finally walking Osteen to plate the winning run, much to the delight of the largest crowd at Damaschke Field this season. 

- Jeff Dickson