The Syracuse senior second baseman launched a two-run dinger in the top of the third inning, giving the Titans a tenuous 4-3 lead.

Syracuse starting pitcher Dom Johnatakis and Layton lefty Nik Bielaczyc then matched goose eggs deep into the afternoon and Hamblin’s homer proved to be the winning margin.

On Jackie Robinson Day, where you couldn’t tell the players with a program — all the Lancers wore uniform No. 42 — Layton dropped a 4-3 tilt to the Titans in a Region 1 tightrope.

“We’ve done it the last three years on April 15 to honor the day Robinson broke into the major leagues,” Layton coach Robert Ferneau said. “So far we haven’t played very well in them though; we’re 1-2, unfortunately.”

Hamblin turned out to be the reason for Layton’s woes, hitting a left-handed moon shot with teammate Bronx Manning on second base and one out in the third for the Titans.

“My approach is to think ‘oppo’ — opposite field — because that’s where pitchers have been throwing me all season, but if they miss inside, I turn and crank it,” Hamblin said. “That’s what happened.”

Johnatakis frittered away a 2-0 lead from the first when the Lancers plated three in the second inning, keyed by a two-run bloop single off the bat of catcher Tanner Neil.

“Mechanically, I kind of struggled in that inning, but I went and talked to my pitching coach and fixed things,” Johnatakis said. “Then I came out and dominated the rest of the game.”

Trailing 3-2, Manning doubled in the third and Hamblin followed with the crowning home run.

“Being up 4-3 was an awesome boost of confidence for my game … not trying to do too much. I know I’m a better pitcher than they are at hitting,” Johnatakis said.

The big right-hander hurled six innings and was in and out of trouble, scattering seven hits and issuing five walks, but Layton stranded 10 runners on base.

“We got guys in scoring position, just didn’t make the contact we needed to score the runs to push the tying or winning ones across,” Ferneau said. “Give their pitchers credit; they kept us off balance.”

Johnatakis came out after the sixth inning having thrown 110 pitches, according to statistics kept in the press box, and having done his job.

“They wanted me to throw against their No. 2 hitter (Fish Manning) but didn’t tell me why I came out. I go out there and throw the ball,” Johnatakis said. “My defense works hard for me. I trust them.”

Hamblin and company couldn’t dent the scoreboard any more against Bielaczyc and reliever Andres Cedeno, either. Not for lack of trying.

Hamblin had a walk and scored a run in the first, the homer in the third and a single in the fifth, in his four at-bats.

“I wanted to make them throw my pitch; my walk was full count. My other hit was full count…being patient, not chasing any bad pitches,” Hamblin said. “Get on base and maybe start a rally, because a solo shot wouldn’t do anything at that point … get the whole team going and get us in a rhythm to score more runs than one.”

Just not on Tuesday, where pitching prevailed in the latter innings.

Syracuse catcher Caleb Wilson turned pitcher and struck out Layton center fielder Carter Schoenfeld with runners on second and third to end it.

In a reversal of fortunes, Syracuse (3-8, 1-3 Region 1) won a league game after getting swept by Davis last week, while the Lancers (4-9, 3-1) lost after taking three straight against Weber.

“That’s how we play baseball. The series against Davis wasn’t us; we’ve got to get started now,” Johnatakis said.