The College of Wooster baseball team cruised in the nightcap behind dominant performances by sophomore right-hander Dame Frayne and sophomore third baseman Maanav Bhatt. The Fighting Scots rallied back from an 8-1 setback to State University of New York at Oneonta in the series opener with a convincing 10-0 win in the nightcap at Art Murray Field.

Frayne (2-0) was lights out from the get-go, setting down the first eight Red Dragons he faced before Anthony Loia punched a two-out single up the middle in the third inning. He faced the minimum through 5 2/3 innings, thanks to battery mate Colin Leslie. The Scots' senior catcher caught Loia napping at first for his second picked off Red Dragon of the day. Leslie erased Oneonta's bloop single in the fourth by throwing out his third would-be base stealer in five games this spring.

Bhatt was part of a big spark provided by the bottom third of Wooster's lineup. He singled through the left side of the infield in the second inning to make it 2-0. First-year right fielder Bennett Grossman reached out a double to plate Wooster's first run prior to Bhatt's first base knock of the game.

Bhatt stayed hot, driving in Grossman with a double in the fourth inning, and his RBI double in the fifth brought in first-year left fielder Owen Sherrill. Wooster scored four times in the fifth, breaking the game wide open at 8-0. Sherrill, sophomore center fielder Aidan Krantz, and junior first baseman Zack Barienbrock all had RBI hits in the inning.

Wooster ended the game in the seventh on Leslie's RBI double down the right field line, as the two coaches agreed to the 10-run rule prior to first pitch.

Frayne fired a four-hit, seven-inning shutout. He struck out four and needed just 78 pitches. He faced three batters over the minimum and worked out of a jam in the seventh. Following a Wooster error, Oneonta had runners on the corners. Frayne recorded his fourth strike out prior to Grossman snaring a sinking liner in right field for the final out of the frame.

Sherrill, Grossman, Bhatt, and Krantz – Wooster's six through nine hitters – went a combined 8-for-14 with nine runs scored and six RBI in the nightcap.

Alex Halwick had two of Oneonta's four hits in game two. Zachary Rowe (0-1) allowed four runs on six hits in 3 2/3 innings.

Wooster struck first in game one. First-year shortstop Noah Lindberg led off the fifth inning with a single to left field, stole second base, and moved up to third when Oneonta starter Jake Quigley attempted a pickoff throw and threw it into center field. Lindberg scored when senior right fielder Nathaniel Huxtable dropped in an opposite-field double down the right field line.

Junior right-hander Michael Scarpelli set down 11 Oneonta batters in a row starting with a sacrifice bunt for the first out of the second inning. Sean Clinton broke up the run with a single through the left side in the fifth, but he strayed too far off first and was an easy pickoff target for Leslie to end the inning.

Ryan Cronin tied Saturday's first game with an RBI double in the top of the sixth inning. That was followed by a three-run blast to right center off the bat of Brendan Duffy.

Oneonta worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the sixth inning. Leslie doubled to center and was stranded at third as Lindberg flied out to end the threat.

Oneonta tacked on four in the ninth to open the seven-run lead. Two runs scored on Halwick's single that was deep into the hole on the left side of the infield. On the play, Joseph Monserrat ran to third on the grounder and kept going once he realized Lindberg would have a tough time on the long throw.

Quigley moved to 1-0 on the year. He allowed a run on three hits with five strikeouts in five innings. Scarpelli took his first loss after allowing four runs on six hits in 5 1/3 innings. Wooster's pitchers combined for 11 strikeouts in the series opener.

Nick Jacoby led Oneonta with three hits in game one. He was the lone Red Dragon with a multi-hit opener. Junior third baseman Zack Barienbrock went 2-for-4 to lead Wooster.

Wooster and Oneonta are slated to conclude the three-game weekend series at Art Murray Field on Sunday, March 1, with first pitch bumped back to 1 p.m.