Prince George's Baseball Powers Up With A Trio Of Three-Run Homers To Sweep Finger Lakes In Doubleheader

LARGO, Md. – Siri-Jacob Ramirez (Orlando, Fla./Cenapec [Dominican Republic]), Bay To (Philadelphia, Pa./Neumann) and Dwayne Coleman (Lothian, Md./Southern) each smacked three-run homers to propel Prince George's Community College to a non-conference doubleheader sweep against Finger Lakes Community College on Saturday. The Owls (12-5-1) took the opener 15-5 in five innings and then rallied for a 5-3 victory in the nightcap.

Ramirez gave Prince George's the lead for good in the opener in the third after smacking a two-run triple and then trotting home on a wild pitch to account for the final three runs in a five-run third inning to erase a 3-0 deficit. The freshman then drilled a three-run homer in the fifth to push the margin to 10 runs to end the game. Ramirez finished the day 4-for-4 with five RBIs and three runs scored.

To increased the lead to 8-3 in the first game thanks to his three-run shot in the fourth and then knocked in his fourth run of the game on an RBI single to left field in the fifth inning. The freshman finished the opener 2-for-3 with four RBIs and a run scored before adding a run scored in the nightcap.

Trailing 3-1 in the fifth of the nightcap, Coleman smacked a three-run homer to left field to give the Owls the lead they would not relinquish and help complete the twinbill sweep. He finished the day with three hits, four runs scored and three RBIs.

Brandon Crosby (Richmond, Va./Atlee, Mechanicsville) added four hits, four runs scored and an RBI for the Owls while Harold Marte (Largo, Md./Battlefield [Va.]) posted three hits and two runs scored, and Kilian Bloat (Liberty, N.Y./Liberty) registered three hits and two RBI in the opener. Austin Adams (Fayetteville, Ga./Whitewater) tallied two hits, an RBI and a run scored in the nightcap.

Mike Magnanti powered the Lakers (3-10) with six hits, two runs scored and an RBI, and Cody Cooper added three hits, two RBIs and a run scored on the day.

Finger Lakes scored the first three runs of the game in the first two innings before Prince George's put up a five spot in each of the final three frames to earn a 15-5 five inning victory.

Trailing 3-0, Crosby and Coleman started the rally in the third with singles to right center before Dakota McFadden (Largo, Md./Heide Trask [N.C.]) doubled home both runners with a shot to right center. After Marte single to put runners on the corners, Ramirez smoked a line-drive two-run triple down the right field line to give the Owls the lead for good. Ramirez then capped the five-run inning when he scurried home on a wild pitch for a 5-3 lead.

Crosby was the catalyst for five-run fourth when he reached on an infield single, moved to second with his 13th steal of the season and to third on a balk. After Coleman walked, To drilled the squad's second Earl Weaver special of the afternoon to center for a five-run lead. Marte doubled to right center and Ramirez singled down the right field line before Bloat plated both runners on a two-run double to left field for a 10-3 lead.

The Lakers answered with two runs in the fifth on a Magnanti RBI infield single while the second run came home on a double play to cut the deficit to 10-5.

A five-run fifth put the game away for Prince George's. Jared Davis (Largo, Md./Bayside [Va.]) reached on a bunt single and sprinted around the bases on Crosby's run-scoring double to left field. After Coleman singled to the shortstop, To brought home Crosby on an RBI single to left field. Needing three runs to end the game thanks to the run rule, Ramirez hit a walk-off three-run moon shot to center to cap the third-straight five-run inning and end the game for the Owls with a 15-5 victory.

The Lakers scored two runs in the first on an RBI double by Cooper before the second run touched home on an error. The visitors' added a run in the second on an RBI double by Trevor Bradshaw, but Prince George's scored 15 of the final 17 runs in the game to earn the victory and end a five-game winless streak.

Kevin Kornieck (Largo, Md./Woodbridge [Va.]) earned the complete game victory with five strikeouts for his third win of the season.

Finger Lakes jumped out to a 3-1 advantage in the nightcap before the Owls scored the final four runs to come away with the 5-3 victory.

Down 3-1 in the fifth, Prince George's rallied for four runs to take the lead it would not relinquish. Adams started the decisive inning with a walk before Crosby singled through the left side to set up Coleman's three-run homer to left field. To then walked and moved to third on a pair of stolen bases before Ryan Faircloth (Wade, N.C./Cape Fear) brought To home on a sacrifice fly to the shortstop in center field to give the Largo team a two-run lead at 5-3.

Thomas Thorgersen (Largo, Md./Forest Park [Va.]) hit a batter in the sixth and the runner moved to second and then allowed a walk and a single in the seventh, but the Lakers did not get a runner past second base in the final two innings to secure the victory and Thorgersen earned the win on the mound in relief.

Prince George's scored first in the nightcap with a run in the second. Thorgersen reached on an infield single and moved to second courtesy of an error on the play. After moving to third on a groundout, Thorgersen touched home on Adams' infield single for a 1-0 lead.

The Lakers scored three runs in the fourth thanks to a Cooper RBI double and a Matt Carroll RBI groundout before the third run scored on an error on Carroll's fielder's choice. Sparked by Coleman's three-run homer, the Owls rallied to complete its second home sweep of the season.

Prince George's returns to action on Sunday in its third-consecutive doubleheader when CC of Allegheny County-South comes to town. First pitch is 12 a.m.