AUBURNDALE, Fla. – Michael Dunne threw five shutout innings to lead the SUNY Oneonta baseball team to a 16-5 victory over Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), on Wednesday morning at the Lake Myrtle Sports Complex. With the win, the Red Dragons improve to 3-4, while the Engineers drop to 2-3.

Dunne (1-1) allowed just two hits over 5.0 innings, striking out two without a walk. Five different players took the hill for the Engineers with Griffin Kelley having the most success, tossing 2.1 innings of shutout relief. He had four strikeouts and no walks.

Follow two scoreless frames to the open the contest, the Red Dragons exploded for seven run in the top of the third. Aided by three Engineers errors, Oneonta needed just six hits in the rally. James Ceparano opened the scoring with a sacrifice fly to center, before Dominic Lamonica hit a towering flying ball to left that just the cleared the wall for a two-run homer. Jonathan Lezette singled up the middle to score two for a 6-0 lead, before the seventh run came home on a throwing error.

Oneonta added nine more runs in the fourth on six hits and one RPI error. James Zupo highlighted the outburst with a two-run double. Later in the frame, Lamo came through with an infield single that wound up bringing two runs home and push the lead to 16-0.

RPI then put up a crooked number in the bottom of the sixth, scoring all five of its runs on five hits. Back-to-back singles from pinch-hitter Joey Saia and Noah Normyle were followed by a run-scoring base hit down the left field line from Martin Marintchev, which got the Engineers on the board. Following a walk and a strikeout, Peter Close delivered a two-run single to left, before senior Michael Arboleda laced a double to the gap in left center that plated Close from second.

The Engineers are back on the diamond tomorrow night, when they take on Wells College at Lake Myrtle Sports Complex #4 (6pm). Oneonta plays a doubleheader against Anna Maria (1:30pm).