Myrtle Beach, SC – The Onondaga Community College baseball team scored 32 runs on the day to take games from Ancilla Community College JV and Lakeland Community College.

Game One: Onondaga 20, Ancilla CC JV 1

Nate Budge and Mikey Espinal hit back-to-back homeruns in game one to lead the Lazers. Budge finished the game with two hits including a solo homerun and three runs scored. Espinal finished the game with a double, homerun and three RBI.

The Onondaga scoring parade started with one run on two hits in the top of the first inning. With two outs, Budge lined a single up the middle. After a walk by Autie Ascenzi, Terry Daniels doubled down the left field line scoring Budge.

The Lazers proceeded to put up a nine spot in the top of the second inning all with two outs. Kevin Myers led off the frame with a walk. After the next two batters got out, Austin Hall lined a single to center. After a Mikey Espinal walk to load the bases, Myers came in on a passed ball. After a Budge walk to load the bases again, Ascenzi followed suit with a walk of his own to plate Hall. Daniels was then hit by a pitch to score Espinal to give Onondaga a 4-1 lead. After another walk by Josh Cosgrove, Myers lined a single to left center scoring Ascenzi and Daniels to extend the lead to 7-1. Pinch-hitter Anthony Sinicropi singled to left scoring Cosgrove. Justin Mathers then launched a two-run double to dead center capping off the nine run second inning and making the score 10-1.  
 
Espinal and Budge hit back-to-back homeruns to lead off the top of the third inning. The Lazers continued to stay hot on offense scoring eight more runs over the next three innings. The Lazers finished with 14 hits in the game, nine coming from different players.

Sean Connors, Brandon Michaud, Cody Mosher and Matt Bolton combined to give up just four hits over five innings.

Game Two: Onondaga 12, Lakeland CC 9

After surrendering a run in the top of the first inning, the Onondaga Lazers answered with two of their own in the bottom half of the inning. With one out, Avery Brooks lined a double to right field. After a passed ball advanced Brooks to third and a walk to Paul Fitzgibbons, Nate Budge grounded out to shortstop to score Brooks. Justin Germain then lined a single to left center scoring Fitzgibbons to give Onondaga a 2-1 lead.

The Lazers scored four more runs in the bottom of the second inning but gave up eight runs to Lakeland in the top of the third to be on the wrong side of a 9-6 score.
Onondaga came back and tied the game on a Germain two-run homer in the bottom of the fourth inning and plated the winning run in the bottom of the fifth inning. John Larca led off the bottom of the fifth with a single. After a Brooks sacrifice bunt, Fitzgibbons lined a single to right center to score Larca for the winning run.

Seven different Lazers found hits on the night. Budge and Germain finished with three RBI apiece while Fitzgibbons and Larca added two RBI each.

Alexander Way, Danny Valerio and Kyle Naugle found time on the mound. Naugle recorded his second save of the year.

Onondaga (6-0) completes their five game Spring Break trip tomorrow with a game against Bergen Community College at 9 a.m.