Baldwin Wallace - 13, Farmingdale State - 8

Port Charlotte, Fla. - The Farmingdale State baseball team fell, 13-8, to Baldwin Wallace today in the Snowbird Classic in Port Charlotte, Florida. The Rams are now 6-2 on the year, while the Yellow Jackets improved to 7-5. 

Trailing 3-0 in the top of the fourth, Farmingdale State junior third baseman Tom Rydzewski (Franklin Square, N.Y.) reached base on a throwing error with one out. Later in the inning, junior right fielder Michael Marino (Franklin Square, N.Y.) hit an RBI single to center to cut the deficit to 3-1. 

The Rams scored three runs in the top of the fifth take their first lead of the game, 4-3. Baldwin Wallace responded with seven runs in the bottom half of the inning to open up a 10-4 advantage.

Despite Farmingdale State outscoring the Yellow Jackets 4-3 the remainder of the game the Rams fell, 13-8.

Junior second baseman Mike Scarlato (Holbrook, N.Y.) was 2-for-2 with a run scored, while junior shortstop Anthony Alvino (Lindenhurst, N.Y) had two hits and 2 RBI for the Rams.

Brad Gugliotta (Twinsburg, Ohio), Mark Zimmerman (Akron, Ohio), Kyle Chontos (Pickerington, Ohio) and Hunter Handel (Akron, Ohio) all had three hits apiece for Baldwin Wallace.

Farmingdale State next will face Mansfield on Sunday, March 16th at 2:30 p.m. To follow the Rams via live stats - click HERE.

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