CUMBERLAND, Md. — Former Newburgh Free Academy (NFA) ace hurler Chase Rounds allowed just one earned run over five innings as SUNY Ulster’s baseball team posted a 6-4 victory in the nightcap to split a doubleheader with the Allegany College of Maryland on Thursday, March 19.
Rounds gave up five hits and two runs over the first five innings. Ashton Hotaling earned the save for the visiting Senators (1-4) by allowing one hit and one earned run in two innings of work in the seven-inning contest.
Forrest Mitterbauer was 2-for-2 at the plate and drove in a pair of runs for SUNY Ulster in the win.
Austin Blessing, Noah Devolin and Edwin Bueno had RBIs for the Senators.
Host Allegany College (9-6) scored seven runs in the bottom of the second inning on the way to a 9-5 victory in the opener of the doubleheader.
SUNY Ulster rallied for four runs in the top of the third to cut its deficit to 7-4 and added another run in the fourth inning to cut the lead to 7-5. The hosts scored two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to round out the scoring in the seven-inning game.
Sean Gallagher went 3-for-3 at the plate for SUNY Ulster, scored twice and drove in one run as the visitors collected eight hits in the opener. Blessing was 2-for-4 with an RBI and Bueno knocked in two runs. Devolin and Red Hook graduate Jack Neese also chipped in with one RBI each.
Onteora High product Anthony Umhey was the starter and loser for the Senators. He gave up seven runs (three earned) in three innings.