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DATE: Thursday, April 8, 2004

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Baseball

Johnson three-hits Medaille to earn split

FREDONIA, N.Y. – A three-hitter by Trey Johnson (Gerry/Cassadaga Valley) lifted Fredonia State over Medaille, 6-1, in the second game of a non-conference doubleheader Thursday at Ludwig Field.

Johnson, a freshman right-hander, struck out six. The run he allowed was unearned. It came in the fourth inning after his teammates had staked him to a 4-0 lead.

The Blue Devils (4-17) had seven hits, five of them for extra bases. Rich Bartkowiak (Fredonia/Fredonia) led off the third inning with a long homer down the line in left, his first of the season and second as a Blue Devil.

Later in the same inning, Scott Herdzik (Dunkirk/Dunkirk) doubled in one run and scored on a infield grounder by Tim Lockhart (Youngstown/Lewiston-Porter).

The Herdzik-Lockhart combination was at it again in the fifth inning. After a single by Bret McCabe (Buffalo/St. Francis), his first of two hits in the game, Herdzik tripled and then scored on a double by Lockhart.

Kyle Adams (Naples/Naples) followed with his own RBI double for the sixth Fredonia State run.

Medaille won the first game, 11-3. David Polly (Syracuse) had three hits and four RBI for the Mavericks, including a three-run triple to cap a nine-run first inning. Nick Luther (Springville) was the winning pitcher.

For the Blue Devils, Adams doubled, tripled and had two RBI. Joe Webster (East Aurora/Iroquois) pitched seven innings of relief and allowed four runs on eight hits.

Fredonia State has off Friday before returning to SUNYAC competition Saturday at home against Oswego (noon, Ludwig Field).

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