Another two-out rally helped the Panthers baseball team earn a split of Saturday's doubleheader at Corning Community College. Tompkins Cortland is now 4-12 overall and 4-8 in the West Division. Corning stands at 2-23 overall and 1-21 in division.

Game One: Corning 11, Tompkins Cortland 10  

When these two teams played on Thursday, the Panthers won both games in walk-off fashion. In the opener on Saturday, it was Corning's turn, scoring three times in the bottom of the seventh to pull out the win.

Cody Sayre (Spencer/Spencer-Van Etten H.S.) went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBI. Justyn Lang (Sidney/Sidney H.S.) also went 3-for-4, adding three stolen bases. Nazier Smith (Williamsport, Pa./St. John Neumann Regional Academy) was 2-for-3 with a double and a triple, two RBI and three stolen bases.

Game Two: Tompkins Cortland 9, Corning 8 

The Panthers jumped ahead with three runs in the first inning, but Corning chipped away at the lead and eventually held moved in front, 5-4, heading to the last inning. In the last at-bats, the first two Panthers got out, bringing Frank Marra (Millstone Township, N.J./Allentown) to the plate as the last hope. The sophomore delivered with a single, and then came around to score when Kannon VanDuzer (Sayre, Pa./Sayre Area H.S.) followed with a double. Smith put the Panthers back in front with another double to sore VanDuzer. By the time the rally ended, four Panthers had touched the plate and the core stood at 8-5. Talfourd Wynne (Philadelphia/Indian River H.S.) took the mound and worked a scoreless bottom of the seventh to earn the save.

VanDuzer finished game two 2-for-3 with a double and a triple, three RBI and two runs scored. Max Dydynski (Nichols/Tioga H.S.) was 2-for-3 with two doubles and Noboru Shiohara (Tokyo, Japan/Dokkyo Saitama) went 2-for-4 with a triple, two RBI, and two runs scored. Marra also had two hits, going 2-for-4 with two runs scored.

Looking ahead

The Panthers are back on the road Sunday, traveling to SUNY Niagara.