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| Photo Credit: Vinny Messana |
Dowling did some spring cleaning at their home field today in the form of a 12-1 victory over fellow Division-II Long Island program Adelphi.
The Golden Lions wasted no time putting up a three spot in the first. Dan Parisi singled home Jon Cruz, executed a double steal which scored RJ Going and then came around on a wild pitch by Michael Tarpey (4 IP, 6 R, 4 ER, 1 K).
They added one in the second on an RBI ground by Adam Schuster. He also sparked another rally in the fifth inning when he drove in Cruz with an RBI triple. He came around to score on Going’s RBI single and he scored when Tyler Piccolo grounded out to 3b.
Adelphi got on the board in the sixth inning with a sac fly by Tyler Murphy to cut the lead to 7-1.
The Golden Lions broke it wide open with a five-spot in the sixth on a steal of home by Vinny Orlando, RBI singles by Going and Parisi and a sac fly by Piccolo.
Going and Cruz both had three hits and scored three runs. In total, the offense put up 12 hits and drew four walks.
Nick Persad won his first game of the season–he threw six dominant innings, yielding only one run on three hits and two walks.
Andrew Sesto, Dennis Buckstein and David Montiverdi combined to threw three shutout innings in relief to close the door.
It was a rough all-around day for the Panthers who actually committed more errors (four) than hits (three).
Vincent Sharkey, Nick Zito and Robert Vani accounted for all the hits.
The Golden Lions improved to 7-3 while the Panthers are 4-6.
