Cobleskill, N.Y.: The SUNY Cobleskill baseball team opened the North Atlantic Conference (NAC) portion of their schedule on Sunday afternoon by defeating the visiting Kangaroos of SUNY Canton by scores of 9-1 and 4-1 at Fighting Tiger Field. With the sweep the Fighting Tigers improve to 6-15 overall including a 2-0 record in league play while Canton falls to 1-19 overall with a 0-2 conference record.
 
In the opener the Fighting Tigers jumped out to an early first inning 5-1 lead by taking advantage of a pair of Kangaroo errors and a two-run triple by senior designated hitter Matthew Snyder, Latham, N.Y., Shaker High School, then broke the game open with three runs in the bottom of the fifth inning highlighted by a two-run double off the bat of sophomore left fielder Logan Firment, Andes, N.Y., South Kortright High School, that made it 8-1.
 
After a weather induced 16-day lay-off between starts, Fighting Tiger senior ace Wyatt Palmer, Camden, N.Y., Camden High School/Cayuga Community College, survived a rocky first inning to shut down the Kanagoos over the course of six innings of work allowing one earned run on six hits striking out six and walking two to improve his record to 2-3 overall on the year.
 
At the plate, Matthew Snyder was 2-for-2 with a triple, a walk, two runs scored and two RBI while senior third baseman David Flora, Windsor, N.Y., Windsor High School/Herkimer Community College, was 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored.
 
In the nightcap the two teams were locked in a pitchers dual heading into the bottom of the sixth with Cobleskill holding a 2-1 advantage when third baseman David Flora lined the first pitch of the inning over the left field wall to make it 3-1. Cobleskill then added an insurance run later in the frame when designated hitter Matthew Snyder singled home senior first baseman Chris Champlin, Jefferson, N.Y., South Kortright High School, who had doubled.
 
Senior right hander Andrew Jarkow, Glen Head, N.Y., North Shore High School, held the Kangaroos in check to post the victory going the full seven innings allowing one earned run on seven hits striking out five and walking only one to run his record to 1-2 on the year.
 
Matthew Snyder once again keyed the offense going 1-for-2 with a walk and a pair of RBI.
 
The Fighting Tigers are next scheduled to be in action on Wednesday April 10 when they host the Red Dragons of SUNY Oneonta in non-league action beginning at 4:00 p.m.