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Adelphi certainly seems to have turned a corner. They mounted an impressive four-run comeback against the reigning ECC champion St. Thomas Aquinas and won 6- in 11 innings.
Mike Stack reached on a fielder’s choice to score pinch-runner John Cuttitta, who ran for Camden Orologio.
The Panther bullpen threw nine dominant innings, allowing just two ER and Mike Cranston recorded the victory with a 1-2-3 inning in the 11th.
“I feel like we are playing a lot better baseball in the past two weeks,” said the New Jersey native. “Our pitching has improved as a staff and hitting wise we are moving guys over and hitting better with runners in scoring position,” he said.
The Spartans got out to an early 4-1 lead off Panther starter Will Hickey. The Panthers slowly chipped away, beginning with a sac fly in the second by Stack. Rob Vani scored on a wild pitch, Eric Hassell doubled home Kory Cassara and John Fogarty singled home Hassell.
In the eighth inning, Donato Signore singled home Nick Zito to tie up the game against Anthony Morris
