SUNY COBLESKILL BASEBALL BLANKS SUNY POLYTECHNIC 5-0 IN NAC ACTION

Oneonta, N.Y.: The SUNY Cobleskill baseball team continued their North Atlantic Conference (NAC) series with the SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) posting shutting out the Wildcats by a score of 5-0 in a game played on the turf at SUNY Oneonta’s Red Dragon Baseball Field on Monday afternoon. With the win the Fighting Tigers even their season record at 11-11 overall including a 3-0 record in NAC action while the Wildcats are now 2-15 overall including a 0-3 mark in conference play.  

Fighting Tiger junior right hander Wyatt Palmer, Camden, N.Y., Camden High School, was dominate on the mound posting a nine-inning shutout by scattering three hits while striking out six Wildcat hitters and walking only two to improve his record to 4-1 overall on the season.  

Offensively the Cobleskill senior class led the way as shortstop Eddy Garcia, Bronx, N.Y., World View High School, went 2-for-5 with a double, a triple, a run scored and an RBI, right fielder Samuel Gutierrez, Bayside, N.Y., Martin Van Buren High School/Queensborough Community College, went 4-for-5 with a double, a stolen base, a run scored and an RBI, first baseman Frank Leger, Bronx, N.Y., All Hallows High School, posted a 1-for-4 outing with a double and a RBI and second baseman Christopher Kordziel, Rotterdam, N.Y., Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons High School, had a walk, a run scored and an RBI in the game.  

The Fighting Tigers and Wildcats will conclude their NAC season series with each other on Tuesday April 12 when they meet at Cobleskill’s Fighting Tiger Field for a league doubleheader beginning at 12:00 p.m.