Farmingdale, N.Y.: The SUNY Cobleskill baseball team took to the road on Tuesday afternoon making the trip to Long Island to out slug the host Rams of SUNY Farmingdale in non-league action by a 19-11 margin. With the victory the Fighting Tigers improve to 2-4 overall on the campaign while the Rams are now 0-2 overall on the year.
 
The Fighting Tigers took and early 3-0 in the top of the first inning when with one out and runners on second and third senior Samuel Gutierrez, Queens, N.Y., Martin Van Buren High School/Queens Community College, slammed a three-run homer to centerfield for the visitors. Then with Cobleskill leading 3-1 in the top of the third with senior third baseman David Flora, Windsor, N.Y., Windsor High School/Herkimer Community College, Gutierrez slugged a two-run homer over the right field wall to make it 5-1.
 
After the Rams rallied in the bottom of the third to tie the contest at 5-5 the Fighting Tigers erupted for five runs in the top fourth to take a 10-5 lead only to have Farmingdale score four times to make it 10-9 after four completed frames.
 
Down the stretch the Fighting Tigers outscored their hosts by a 9-1 tally highlighted by an eighth inning three-run inside-the-park home run from David Flora which put the game out of reach and finalized the margin of victory.
 
Samuel Gutierrez led the Orange & Black's offensive attack going 2-for-3 with two home runs, two walks, a stolen base, five runs scored and five RBI with David Flora going 2-for-5 with a home, a walk, two stolen bases, run three runs scored and three RBI. Senior third baseman Chris Champlin, Jefferson, N.Y., South Kortright High School, chipped in a 3-for-5 effort at the plate with a walk, a stolen base, three runs scored and two RBI while sophomore left fielder Logan Firment, Andes, N.Y., South Kortright High School, went 2-for-4 with a walk, a stolen base, a double, a run scored and a pair of RBI.
 
On a day when both teams' offenses were in high gear, first-year reliever Adam Champlin, South Kortright, N.Y., South Kortright High School, earned his first collegiate victory in relief working 1 2/3 innings allowing one run with help from junior Jason Treffiletti, Cohoes, N.Y., Shaker High School, who held the Rams scoreless over the final 2 1/3 innings striking out two batters and allowing only two scratch hits.
 
Cobleskill will return to action on Friday March 8 when they host the Garnett Chargers of Union College in non-league action in a non-league contest to be played under the lights at Schoharie High School's Storm Field in Schoharie, N.Y. with first pitch scheduled for 5:00 p.m.