Rochester vs Ithaca (Mar 20, 2026)

 
Box Score
 

2026 Rochester Baseball
Rochester at Ithaca
Mar 20, 2026 at Rochester, NY (Towers Field)

Rochester 10 (7-4,0-1 Liberty)

Player   ab    r    h  rbi   bb   so   po    a  lob 
Carlos Barajas 2b 
Sammy Besztery ss 
Teddy Monahan cf 
Benjamin Garber lf 
   Jake Goldberg pr 
Jake Bentivenga 1b 
Will Webster dh 
   Tristan Datta ph 
Ryan Huckabone 3b 
Luke Blozy c 
George Farley IV rf 
Zach Herzog p 
   Derek Llanes p 
   Spencer Guido p 
   Sam Loeb p 
Totals  35  10  11  11  24  11  15 
  

Ithaca 11 (7-4,1-0 Liberty)

Player   ab    r    h  rbi   bb   so   po    a  lob 
S. Walker III lf 
Anthony Mestre rf 
Ethan Fantel 1b 
Camden Laney dh 
Lucas Orlovitz 3b 
Matt Curtis 2b 
Isaiah Smith cf 
Owen Callahan c  11 
Liam Tiernan ss 
Jack Picozzi p 
   Danny Drotos p 
   Sean Minnick p 
   Luke Zelinko p 
Totals  32  11  10  27  10 

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Rochester........... 120 201 103 - 10 11  2
Ithaca.............. 011 501 03X - 11  7  0
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E - C. Barajas(2); R. Huckabone(8). DP - Rochester 1. LOB - Rochester 15; Ithaca 10. 2B - B. Garber 2(4); L. Blozy(3); O. Callahan(1). 3B - C. Barajas(2); T. Monahan(1). HR - E. Fantel(2). HBP - S. Besztery; T. Monahan; W. Webster; R. Huckabone; G. Farley IV; Walker III; L. Orlovitz; L. Tiernan 2. SH - L. Blozy(1); G. Farley IV(2). SF - S. Besztery(1). SB - S. Besztery(1); G. Farley IV(6); I. Smith(8).

Rochester   ip  er  bb  so  wp  bk  hbp  ibb  ab  bf  fo  go  np 
Zach Herzog L,1-2  3.0  15  21  88 
Derek Llanes   3.0  10  12  46 
Spencer Guido   1.0  23 
Sam Loeb   1.0  20 
  
Ithaca   ip  er  bb  so  wp  bk  hbp  ibb  ab  bf  fo  go  np 
Jack Picozzi W,2-0  5.0  19  28  99 
Danny Drotos   2.0  12  42 
Sean Minnick   1.0  25 
Luke Zelinko S,3  1.0  25 

Win - J. Picozzi (2-0). Loss - Z. Herzog (1-2). Save - L. Zelinko (3). WP - S. Guido(2); S. Loeb(1); J. Picozzi 2(4); D. Drotos(1); L. Zelinko(2). HBP - by J. Picozzi (T. Monahan); by Z. Herzog (L. Tiernan); by J. Picozzi (R. Huckabone); by D. Drotos (W. Webster); by S. Guido (L. Tiernan); by S. Guido (Walker III); by S. Loeb (L. Orlovitz); by S. Minnick (G. Farley IV); by S. Minnick (S. Besztery). Inherited runners/scored: D. Llanes 3/2; S. Loeb 2/2; L. Zelinko 3/2. Pitches/strikes: Z. Herzog 88/48; D. Llanes 46/24; S. Guido 23/9; S. Loeb 20/10; J. Picozzi 99/56; D. Drotos 42/24; S. Minnick 25/14; L. Zelinko 25/13.

Umpires - HP: James McLaughlin 1B: Justin Matz
Start: 5:30 pm Time: 3:37 Attendance: 62
Weather: 43*F. Cloudy
Z. Herzog faced 6 batters in the 4th.
S. Guido faced 2 batters in the 8th.
S. Minnick faced 4 batters in the 9th.

 
Play-by-Play
 

2026 Rochester Baseball
Rochester at Ithaca
Mar 20, 2026 at Rochester, NY (Towers Field)

Rochester starters: 12/2b C. Barajas; 13/ss S. Besztery; 1/cf T. Monahan; 4/lf B. Garber; 27/1b Bentivenga; 18/dh W. Webster; 21/3b R. Huckabone; 14/c L. Blozy; 44/rf G. Farley IV; 10/p Z. Herzog;

Ithaca starters: 4/lf Walker III; 13/rf A. Mestre; 36/1b E. Fantel; 6/dh C. Laney; 22/3b L. Orlovitz; 24/2b M. Curtis; 20/cf I. Smith; 7/c O. Callahan; 3/ss L. Tiernan; 2/p J. Picozzi;

Rochester 1st - C. Barajas tripled down the rf line (1-0 B). C. Barajas scored on a wild pitch. S. Besztery walked (3-0 BBBB). T. Monahan hit by pitch (1-2 KFB); S. Besztery advanced to second. B. Garber struck out looking (1-2 KBSK). Bentivenga struck out swinging (0-2 KFS). W. Webster walked (3-0 BBBB); T. Monahan advanced to second; S. Besztery advanced to third. R. Huckabone popped up to 2b (0-2 SF). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB.

Ithaca 1st - Walker III grounded out to 2b (1-0 B). A. Mestre flied out to rf (2-0 BB). E. Fantel fouled out to lf (0-2 KKF). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Rochester 2nd - L. Blozy singled to center field (1-2 KBKF). G. Farley IV grounded out to p, SAC, bunt (1-0 B); L. Blozy advanced to second. C. Barajas struck out swinging (2-2 BSBSFS). S. Besztery singled up the middle (0-1 K); L. Blozy advanced to third. T. Monahan walked (3-2 BKFBFBB); S. Besztery advanced to second. B. Garber doubled to left center, 2 RBI (0-0); T. Monahan advanced to third; S. Besztery scored; L. Blozy scored. Bentivenga walked (3-2 SBSBBB). W. Webster reached on a fielder's choice to third base (0-0); Bentivenga advanced to second; B. Garber out at third 3b unassisted. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.

Ithaca 2nd - C. Laney popped up to ss (0-1 K). L. Orlovitz singled to shortstop (1-2 KFBF). M. Curtis grounded out to p unassisted (2-2 BKFFB); L. Orlovitz advanced to second. I. Smith singled to right center, RBI (1-0 B); L. Orlovitz scored. I. Smith stole second. O. Callahan walked (3-2 FKBBBB). L. Tiernan struck out looking (1-2 KBFK). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Rochester 3rd - R. Huckabone grounded out to 1b unassisted (0-1 K). L. Blozy grounded out to ss (1-0 B). G. Farley IV grounded out to ss (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Ithaca 3rd - Walker III singled up the middle (3-2 KFBBB). A. Mestre reached on a fielder's choice to shortstop (1-0 B); Walker III out at second ss to 2b. E. Fantel walked (3-2 KBKBBB); A. Mestre advanced to second. C. Laney reached on a fielder's choice to pitcher (3-1 BBBK); E. Fantel out at second p to ss; A. Mestre advanced to third. L. Orlovitz reached on a fielding error by 3b (2-1 BKB); C. Laney advanced to second; A. Mestre scored, unearned. M. Curtis fouled out to 1b (1-2 BKFF). 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.

Rochester 4th - C. Barajas walked (3-1 FBBBB). C. Barajas advanced to second on a wild pitch. S. Besztery singled to center field (1-2 BKS); C. Barajas advanced to third. T. Monahan tripled to right center, 2 RBI (1-1 BF); S. Besztery scored; C. Barajas scored. B. Garber popped up to 2b (0-0). Bentivenga struck out swinging (2-2 BFBFS). W. Webster struck out looking (2-2 FBSBFK). 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Ithaca 4th - I. Smith reached on a throwing error by 2b (0-2 KF). O. Callahan walked (3-2 BBKBFB); I. Smith advanced to second. L. Tiernan hit by pitch (0-2 KF); O. Callahan advanced to second; I. Smith advanced to third. Walker III walked, RBI (3-0 BBBB); L. Tiernan advanced to second; O. Callahan advanced to third; I. Smith scored, unearned. A. Mestre singled to left center, 2 RBI (1-1 KB); Walker III advanced to second; L. Tiernan scored; O. Callahan scored. E. Fantel walked (3-2 FBBBKFB); A. Mestre advanced to second; Walker III advanced to third. D. Llanes to p for Z. Herzog. C. Laney walked, RBI (3-2 KBBFBB); E. Fantel advanced to second; A. Mestre advanced to third; Walker III scored. L. Orlovitz struck out swinging (3-2 BBKKBS). M. Curtis grounded out to 3b, RBI (1-1 KB); C. Laney advanced to second; E. Fantel advanced to third; A. Mestre scored, unearned. I. Smith flied out to cf (0-0). 5 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.

Rochester 5th - R. Huckabone hit by pitch (1-0 B). L. Blozy grounded out to p, SAC, bunt (2-0 BB); R. Huckabone advanced to second. G. Farley IV struck out swinging (2-2 BBKFFS). C. Barajas struck out swinging (2-2 BBFKS). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Ithaca 5th - O. Callahan flied out to cf (0-0). L. Tiernan struck out swinging (3-2 BBBKKFS). Walker III grounded out to 2b (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Rochester 6th - D. Drotos to p for J. Picozzi. S. Besztery walked (3-2 BBBKKFB). S. Besztery stole second. T. Monahan flied out to rf (2-2 BKSFB); S. Besztery advanced to third. B. Garber doubled down the lf line, RBI (0-0); S. Besztery scored. Bentivenga lined out to ss (1-0 B). W. Webster hit by pitch (0-2 KF). R. Huckabone struck out looking (2-2 BFBKK). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Ithaca 6th - A. Mestre grounded out to 3b (2-0 BB). E. Fantel homered to left center, RBI (2-1 BBK). C. Laney walked (3-1 BBBKB). L. Orlovitz reached on a fielder's choice to third base (2-2 BKKB); C. Laney out at second 3b to 2b. M. Curtis flied out to cf (1-2 BFK). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Rochester 7th - L. Blozy doubled to left center (1-1 BK). G. Farley IV singled to pitcher, bunt (0-0); L. Blozy advanced to third. G. Farley IV stole second. C. Barajas walked (3-2 SFBBBB). S. Besztery popped up to 2b, SF, RBI (1-0 B); L. Blozy scored. T. Monahan flied out to rf (0-0). C. Barajas advanced to second on a wild pitch; G. Farley IV advanced to third. B. Garber grounded out to 2b (2-2 BSKB). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Ithaca 7th - S. Guido to p for D. Llanes. I. Smith singled through the left side (0-1 K). O. Callahan grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b (0-2 KK); I. Smith out on the play. L. Tiernan hit by pitch (1-1 BK). L. Tiernan advanced to second on a wild pitch. Walker III hit by pitch (3-0 BBB). A. Mestre flied out to rf (0-2 KK). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Rochester 8th - S. Minnick to p for D. Drotos. Bentivenga grounded out to 2b (1-2 KBK). W. Webster struck out looking (0-2 FSK). R. Huckabone grounded out to ss (0-2 KS). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Ithaca 8th - E. Fantel walked (3-0 BBBB). C. Laney walked (3-0 BBBB); E. Fantel advanced to second. S. Loeb to p for S. Guido. C. Laney advanced to second on a wild pitch; E. Fantel advanced to third. L. Orlovitz hit by pitch (3-1 BBFB). M. Curtis flied out to rf (2-1 BKB). I. Smith grounded out to 2b, RBI (2-1 BBK); L. Orlovitz advanced to second; C. Laney advanced to third; E. Fantel scored. O. Callahan doubled to right field, 2 RBI (1-1 KB); L. Orlovitz scored; C. Laney scored. L. Tiernan grounded out to 2b (1-2 KBK). 3 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Rochester 9th - L. Blozy walked (3-1 BBKBB). G. Farley IV hit by pitch (2-1 BKB); L. Blozy advanced to second. C. Barajas singled up the middle (2-2 BKFB); G. Farley IV advanced to second; L. Blozy advanced to third. S. Besztery hit by pitch, RBI (0-0); C. Barajas advanced to second; G. Farley IV advanced to third; L. Blozy scored. L. Zelinko to p for S. Minnick. T. Monahan singled to catcher, RBI (2-2 BKBK); S. Besztery advanced to second; C. Barajas advanced to third; G. Farley IV scored. B. Garber reached on a fielder's choice to shortstop, RBI (3-1 BBBK); T. Monahan out at second ss to 2b; S. Besztery advanced to third; C. Barajas scored. J. Goldberg pinch ran for B. Garber. J. Goldberg advanced to second on a wild pitch. Bentivenga walked (3-0 BBBB). T. Datta pinch hit for W. Webster. T. Datta struck out swinging (2-2 BBKFS). R. Huckabone struck out swinging (1-2 KBSFFS). 3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.

 
Plate appearance breakdown
 

2026 Rochester Baseball
Rochester at Ithaca - Plate Appearance Breakdown
Mar 20, 2026 at Rochester, NY (Towers Field)

batting  plate appearances  vs  vs  rbi  with  adv  with  lead  bases  runner  rnrs  rnrs  2out  gnd  fly 
Rochester   tpa  ab  bb  hp  sh  sf  ci  left  right  ops  rnrs  ops  2outs  off%  full  on3rd  adv  lob  rbi  out  out 
C. Barajas 2b  0-0  2-4  1-3  1-3  1-3  0-1  2-2  0-0  0-0 
S. Besztery ss  0-0  2-2  2-2  2-2  4-4  1-1  1-1  0-0  2-2 
T. Monahan cf  0-2  2-2  2-4  2-4  5-6  0-0  0-0  1-1  2-2 
B. Garber lf  1-2  1-4  2-6  2-6  3-6  1-2  0-0  1-2  2-3 
J. Goldberg pr  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Bentivenga 1b  0-1  0-3  0-3  0-3  0-3  0-0  0-1  0-0  0-1 
W. Webster dh  0-0  0-3  0-2  0-2  2-3  0-2  0-0  0-1  0-0 
T. Datta ph  0-0  0-1  0-1  0-1  0-1  0-0  0-0  0-1  0-1 
R. Huckabone 3b  0-1  0-4  0-3  0-3  0-3  0-4  1-2  0-2  0-0 
L. Blozy c  1-1  1-2  0-0  0-0  1-1  0-0  3-3  0-0  0-0 
G. Farley IV rf  1-1  0-2  1-2  1-2  3-4  0-1  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Z. Herzog p  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0 
D. Llanes p  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0 
S. Guido p  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0 
S. Loeb p  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Totals......  52  35  11  3-8  8-27  8-26  8-26  19-34  2-11  7-9  2-7  6-9  15  10 

pitching  batters faced                    vs  vs  with  with  lead  gnd  fly    
Rochester   bf  ab  bb  hp  sh  sf  ci  2b  3b  hr  wp  bk  kl  left  right  rnrs  2out  off%  out  out  np 
Z. Herzog  21  15  1-5  3-10  2-8  1-5  2-4  88 
D. Llanes  12  10  1-2  0-8  0-5  0-3  0-2  46 
S. Guido  0-0  1-3  0-2  0-1  2-2  23 
S. Loeb  0-0  1-4  1-4  1-2  0-0  20 


batting  plate appearances  vs  vs  rbi  with  adv  with  lead  bases  runner  rnrs  rnrs  2out  gnd  fly 
Ithaca   tpa  ab  bb  hp  sh  sf  ci  left  right  ops  rnrs  ops  2outs  off%  full  on3rd  adv  lob  rbi  out  out 
Walker III lf  0-0  1-3  0-0  0-0  1-1  0-1  1-2  0-0  1-1 
A. Mestre rf  0-0  1-5  1-2  1-3  1-3  0-1  0-1  1-1  1-1 
E. Fantel 1b  0-0  1-2  0-0  0-0  2-2  0-1  1-1  0-0  0-0 
C. Laney dh  0-0  0-2  0-1  0-1  3-3  0-0  0-1  0-0  1-1 
L. Orlovitz 3b  0-0  1-4  0-2  0-3  1-3  0-1  0-0  0-1  0-1 
M. Curtis 2b  0-0  0-5  0-3  0-5  2-5  0-2  0-0  0-2  1-2 
I. Smith cf  0-0  2-5  1-3  1-3  2-3  1-2  2-2  0-1  1-1 
O. Callahan c  0-0  1-3  1-1  1-2  2-3  1-1  0-1  0-0  0-0 
L. Tiernan ss  0-0  0-3  0-2  0-2  1-3  0-2  0-0  0-0  0-0 
J. Picozzi p  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0 
D. Drotos p  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0 
S. Minnick p  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0 
L. Zelinko p  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Totals......  45  32  0-0  7-32  3-14  3-19  15-26  2-11  4-8  1-5  5-7  10  11 

pitching  batters faced                    vs  vs  with  with  lead  gnd  fly    
Ithaca   bf  ab  bb  hp  sh  sf  ci  2b  3b  hr  wp  bk  kl  left  right  rnrs  2out  off%  out  out  np 
J. Picozzi  28  19  0-2  6-17  4-14  2-7  4-5  99 
D. Drotos  12  0-0  3-8  2-7  0-2  2-2  42 
S. Minnick  0-1  1-3  1-1  0-1  1-2  25 
L. Zelinko  0-0  1-4  1-4  0-1  0-0  25 

 
Line score
 


Ithaca 11, Rochester 10 (Mar 20, 2026 at Rochester, NY)
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Rochester........... 120 201 103  - 10 11  2      (7-4, 0-1 Liberty)
Ithaca.............. 011 501 03X  - 11  7  0      (7-4, 1-0 Liberty)
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Pitchers: Rochester - Zach Herzog; Derek Llanes(4); Spencer Guido(7); Sam Loeb(8) and Luke Blozy
. Ithaca - Jack Picozzi; Danny Drotos(6); Sean Minnick(8); Luke Zelinko(9) and Owen Callahan.
Win-Jack Picozzi(2-0)  Save-Luke Zelinko(3)  Loss-Zach Herzog(1-2)  T-3:37  A-62
HR ITHACA - Ethan Fantel (2).
Weather: 43*F. Cloudy

Z. Herzog faced 6 batters in the 4th.
S. Guido faced 2 batters in the 8th.
S. Minnick faced 4 batters in the 9th.