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DATE: Sat., April 16, 2005

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Baseball

Devils defeated in 10th inning at New Paltz

NEW PALTZ, N.Y. – Fredonia State lost a heartbreaker Saturday in the second game of a SUNYAC doubleheader with New Paltz.

A pinch-hit single in the last of the 10th inning carried the Hawks (9-16, 3-5) to a 6-5 victory after they won the first game 5-0.

Mike Austin (Buffalo/City Honors) had an RBI triple in the top of the eighth inning to tie the game at 5-5. It was his second hit of the game. Tom Butler (Verona/Vernon-Verona-Sherrill) also had two hits for the Blue Devils (2-12, 2-6), including a two-run double for a 4-3 lead in the seventh inning.

John Papierski (Dunkirk/Dunkirk) had three hits in the first game of the doubleheader.

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