by Danny Gatta
St. Joseph’s topped the College of Mt. Saint Vincent by the score of 7-1 in both games of a doubleheader this afternoon. The Golden Eagles earned two conference victories with phenomenal team pitching and timely hitting.
In game one St. Joseph’s Ryan Aloise squared off against Mt. Saint Vincent’s Michael Kochen. It was a bumpy start for Aloise, but after putting a couple men on base in the first inning, escaped without allowing any of them to cross the plate.
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Aloise pitched a gem, throwing six shutout innings. He struck out six while allowing three walks and only three hits.
St. Joseph’s broke the tie in the bottom of the first. After a misplay by the right fielder resulted in an Anthony Bonilla leadoff triple, Mike Griffo delivered a single up the middle to give the Golden Eagles a 1-0 lead.
Kochen struggled early on for the Dolphins. After back-to-back hit batsmen in the second, a two-run double through the left side of the infield by Bonilla increased St. Joseph’s lead to 3-0.
An RBI single by Ryan Walsh off Kochen gave the Golden Eagles a commanding 4-0 lead.
Josh Outsen entered in relief of Aloise in the seventh inning. He put a couple of guys on after a HBP, wild pitch, and single by John McEwan. After an RBI single by Craig Weber made it 4-1, Outsen pitched out of trouble preserving the three run lead.
A two-run double by Bob Keating and a sacrifice fly by Daniel Campanelli in the seventh ballooned St. Joseph’s lead to 7-1. Outsen struck out three and did not allow a hit over the final two innings, closing out the game for the Golden Eagles.
Game two featured Steven Szobesky for the Golden Eagles and Tyler Krolikowski for Mt. Saint Vincent. Szobesky pitched five scoreless frames, allowing just three hits while striking out four.
St. Joseph’s jumped out in front early once again, scoring three runs in the bottom of the first. Brendan Sullivan laced a two-run double with runners on second and third, and would later score on a throwing error by the pitcher for a 3-0 lead.
Krolikowski fell apart in the fourth. Walsh blasted a two run, opposite-field home run over the fence in right, increasing the lead to five. Singles by Bonilla and Girardi put runners on the corners. Joseph Calabrese then broke the game open by ripping a double into the gap in right-center making it 7-0.
Frank Trionfo entered in the sixth and allowed the only run of the game for the Dolphins on a wild pitch. He and Brandon Lubrano combined for two innings of no-hit relief. St. Joseph’s pitchers gave up just three hits all game.
With these two victories, St. Joseph’s improved their conference record to 9-5. Their next game is Tuesday night at home against the City College of New York.
