CANTON, N.Y. – The Plattsburgh State baseball team used 10 runs in the final four innings to take down SUNY Canton 12-5 and earn a State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) series win on the road Thursday. Kyle Cremin (Yorktown Heights, N.Y./Kennedy Catholic) recorded just the second four-hit outing of the season for any Cardinal to lead the Plattsburgh State offensive effort.

Cremin finished the day 4-5 with a double, two RBI, two runs scored, and a walk, while Frankie Kowal (Shrub Oak, N.Y./Lakeland) was 3-5 with three runs scored, two RBI, and a triple. Austin Caldwell (Clifton Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa) was also 3-5, driving in two runs and scoring once, and Adam Wein (North Rockland, N.Y./Don Bosco Prep) was 2-4 with two runs scored, an RBI, and a walk. Jack Castillo (Massapequa Park, N.Y./Massapequa) earned the win with a quality start, going six innings and allowing three earned runs while striking out seven, and Nick Goldberg (Commack, N.Y./Commack) picked up the save, going three innings and allowing just one run.

For the Kangaroos, Kayden Guerrin took the loss on the mound, going 5.1 innings and allowing five runs. Eliezer Vazquez was 2-4 with a double for Canton, and Derek Maldonado was 1-2 with a run scored, two RBI, and two walks.

Plattsburgh State moves to 10-20 (2-13 SUNYAC) and next begins a three-game SUNYAC series against Fredonia, with their Senior Day doubleheader on Saturday, May 3, starting at 10 a.m. The Cardinals will celebrate 13 graduating seniors this weekend. SUNY Canton falls to 6-19 (3-11 SUNYAC) and plays Oswego State on Friday, May 2 at 3 p.m.

The Cardinals were the first to score on Thursday in the SUNYAC rubber match, as Kowal tripled home Caldwell to put his team on top 1-0. Michael Piccirillo (Glen Cove, N.Y./Glen Cove) doubled home another run in the fourth, scoring Kowal, extending the Cardinal lead to 2-0.
In the bottom of the fourth, the Kangaroos scored three runs, capped by a two-run single from Maldonado, taking the lead into the fifth inning.

After a scoreless fifth inning on both sides, the Cardinals responded, as Wein singled to left and brought in two runs to allow Plattsburgh to retake the lead. Joey Di Rocco (Congers, N.Y./Clarkstown South) added on with a single to left later in the inning to score Wein, putting the Cards up 6-3.

In the seventh, the team added two more runs, as Kowal singled in a run and an error followed to bring in another Cardinal and put them up 7-3.

Canton responded with two runs in the seventh inning to cut the lead back to two, but Caldwell singled home two runs in the top of the eighth to push the Plattsburgh cushion back to four runs.

The Cards gave more insurance to their bullpen in the ninth as Cremin doubled to left to bring home both Wein and Di Rocco, and Kornblau tripled him home in the ensuing at-bat to put them up 12-5.

In the ninth, after a leadoff walk, Goldberg induced a double play and then a game-ending groundout to give Plattsburgh the SUNYAC series win.