Le Moyne College scored twice in the seventh and once in the ninth to defeat the Canisius College baseball team 3-2 at the Demske Sports Complex on Thursday afternoon. The Golden Griffins fall to 14-18 overall.

Canisius took the early 1-0 lead as junior Drew Pettit beat out an infield single and freshman Jose Torralba singled up the middle to get two runners on with no outs. After Pettit was thrown out at third on an attempted sacrifice bunt, Torralba and sophomore Frank Polino executed a double steal to put two runners in scoring position with one out. Freshman Shane Zimmer followed with an RBI grounder to short to score Torralba.

Both teams ran into outs on the bases throughout the game. Canisius had two runners in scoring position in the third when senior Brian Burton lined out to left field. Zack Wiley would throw out sophomore Chris Gruarin at the plate to keep it a 1-0 game. Le Moyne had runners at first and third with one out in the fourth. The Dolphins attempted a double steal as Polino threw down to second base. Shortstop Sean Jamieson threw right back to Polino at the plate, and the catcher tagged out Brett Botsford to preserve the Canisius lead.

Canisius added a run in the sixth when Burton had a one-out double, moved to third on a grounder from Pettit and scored on Torralba's second single of the game. Junior Alex Tufts had retired seven straight batters going into the seventh inning before Botsford led off with a double, and Ryan Mahoney hit a two-run homer into the centerfield bullpen to tie the game at 2-2.

Canisius had runners at the corners with one out in the bottom of the seventh but wasn't able to get the go-ahead run across the plate. Le Moyne pitcher Mike Anarumo (2-1) got Gruarin to fly out to shallow left and hold the runners for the second out of the inning. Freshman Ralph Alloco would attempt to steal second but got caught in a rundown for the third out of the inning.

Jamieson led off the eighth with an eight-pitch walk and stole second on the next pitch. The senior shortstop would be caught stealing as Anarumo threw behind Jamieson and got him in a rundown for the first out of the inning. Le Moyne (12-22) took the lead in the ninth as Botsford drew a leadoff walk from junior Ryan Fennell, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt and stole third. Don Schaaf would single through the right side on the first pitch from redshirt sophomore Nathan Linseman, scoring Botsford for what proved to be the winning run.

Canisius mounted a rally in the ninth as Polino worked a one-out walk and pinch hitter Kevin Whitehead drew a four-pitch walk to get runners at first and second. Freshman Ryan Coppinger lined a 1-1 pitch to left but it was right at Wiley for the second out of the inning. Ed Kohout struck out Alloco on three pitches to close out the game.

Fennell (1-1) took the loss, allowing one run in his one inning of work. Tufts went 7.1 innings, allowing two runs on six hits while walking one and striking out five. Linseman and redshirt senior Chris Cox each got an out in the ninth for the Griffs.

Canisius continues its homestand this weekend with a three-game series against Saint Peter's at the Demske Sports Complex. First pitch for Saturday's doubleheader is set for noon.

Notes: Canisius has now lost 13 straight to the Dolphins at the Demske Sports Complex, but has won three of the last four between the teams in Syracuse. The teams will meet again on May 4, at Le Moyne... Canisius is now 4-7 in one-run games having lost the last two games by the score of 3-2... Canisius has lost three straight at home for the first time since losing four straight April 9-18, 2007... Burton extended his consecutive game streak of reaching base to 31 games... The 7.1 innings were a career long for Tufts, who went five innings in each of his previous two starts... Gruarin extended his hitting streak to five games... Torralba had a multi-hit game for the fourth time in the last 12 games, raising his average 82 points in that stretch... Canisius allowed just its sixth run of the season in the ninth inning.