A chaotic day of college baseball on Saturday is the only way to say it. Big wins against regional opponents, wild games in the wild west, pitcher’s duel in Garden City and huge offensive performances in Flushing.
Let’s just right into it.
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Division-I:
- Stony Brook lost the middle game of their three-game set, 5-3, to Central Connecticut State University. They fell behind 3-0 in the fourth inning but got one back on an RBI ground out by Brad Hipsley to score Shane Paradine. CCSU took a 5-1 lead entering the bottom of the ninth. Chris Hamilton made it a close ballgame with a two-run double to score Johnny Decker and Hipsley but with the tying run at the plate, Brett Paulsen grounded out to end the game. They will play the rubber game of the series today at 1 pm.
Johnny Decker led the Seawolves offense with three hits, Chris Hamilton was the only other player to notch multi-hits. Sam Turcotte was tagged with the loss, throwing 5.2 innings and allowing three ER on six hits and two walks. Brian Morrisey, Commack grad, threw 3.1 innings of relief, allowing two ER on two hits and a walk.
- In a cruel twist of fate, Hofstra lost all three games of their series at New Mexico by one-run – and all three featured double-digit runs for each team. In the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader, Austin Gauthier broke an 11-11 tie in the 9th inning with a two-run triple to score Tyler White and Kevin Bruggeman. In the bottom of the ninth, though, after the leadoff man was retired, Mark Faello allowed consecutive singles and a hit by pitch to load the bases. A bases loaded walked brought New Mexico to within one run. A fly out to right put Hofstra one out away from victory. Lucas Hall was brought on in relief of Faello, who threw a wild pitch and issued consecutive four-pitch walk to allow the winning run to score.
In the night cap, the Pride immediately took a 3-0 lead on a two-run shot by Vinnie Costello and a solo shot by Robert Weissheier. An RBI singly by Kyler Castillo in the third inning cut the lead to 3-1 in favor of Hofstra. New Mexico broke through in the fifth inning, though, scoring four runs to take a 6-4 lead. The rally occurred all with two outs and nobody on. Three walks and a hit by pitch brought in one run, a two-run single by Ediberto Reyes and an RBI single by Lance Russell accounted for the runs. The game was far from finished, though. The Lobos put up another four spot in the sixth inning to lead 10-3. Down to their final three outs, the Pride put together a furious rally in the ninth inning to tie up the game. The runs scored on an RBI single by Myles Mensah, RBI ground out by Brian Goulard, two-run double by Anthony D’Onofrio, RBI single by Sean Flaherty and Myles Mensah – batting for the second time in the inning – tied it up with a two-run double. In the bottom of the ninth, Mike Mirando came on to keep the game tied for the Pride. After retiring the first two batters, a single, stolen base and an RBI single resulted in a second disheartening defeat for the Pride. Cumulative score of Saturday, New Mexico 25, Hofstra 23. They will host LIU on Wednesday in their home opener.
- LIU trounced Saint Peter’s, 15-1, to improve to 4-6 on the season. Joshua Loeschorn improved to 2-0 on the season and 12-0 in his collegiate career after allowing 0 ER in 5 innings of work. He struck out seven and walked one. The offense was aggressive, scoring two runs in the first inning but really broke the game open with a seven-spot in the fourth inning. They notched 15 hits but also drew six walks.
SS Anthony Warneke had three hits, scored a run and drove in a run. Chris Wasson had two hits, drove in two runs and scored two runs. Cooper Shearon also had two hits, two RBI and two runs scored. Davyn Adamsheck had two hits an RBI and a run scored. Dawson Degnan had two hits and scored two runs. Myles Proctor drove in three runs on the day, with two coming on a double. Mike Lazos, Nick DeSalvo and Josh Gainer all pitched well in relief. They will look to complete the sweep today at 1 pm.
- Fordham ran their win streak to six in a row with a victory over Iona by the score of 5-1. Matt Mikulski started and earned the victory with 5.2 shutout innings, striking out six, yielding five hits and two walks. Jason Coules opened up the offense with an RBI double in the first inning to score Matt Tarabek. It was Tarabek’s turn in the second inning, his RBI single scored Nick Labella to extend the lead to 2-0. Coules struck again with an RBI single in the third to make it 3-0. In the fourth inning, an error extended the lead to 4-0 and a sac fly by Labella made it 5-0 in the fifth inning. Saint Peter’s got on the board in the 7th inning, but it was too little, too late. They will play a doubleheader today in the Bronx beginning at 11 am.
Coules wound up with three hits and two RBI, Matt Tarabek notched two hits and scored two runs. Nick Labella and Alvin Melendez each notched two hits as well. Sophomore Ben Kovel threw two shutout innings of relief.
- St. John’s lost 12-2 to UNLV. They took an early 1-0 lead in the first inning on a solo HR by Mike Antico. The lead was short lived, though, as UNLV immediately took a 2-1 lead in the home half of the first on an RBI single and a bases loaded walk off Joe Joe Rodriguez. They extended it to 3-1 on a sac fly in the third inning and 8-1 in the fifth inning with the big blow coming on a 3-R shot by Grant Robbins. In the top of the seventh, the Red Storm got one back on an RBI single by Peter Abinanti but UNLV broke it open in the eighth inning to put the game out of reach. They will look to avoid the sweep today at 4 pm.
Peter Abinanti had two hits on the day, as did Colin Wetterau. Joe Joe Rodriguez was tagged with the loss, he went four innings, allowing three ER. Geoff Mosseau allowed five ER in .1 IP. The Red Storm drop to 3-8 while UNLV improve to 5-10.
Division-II:
- Adelphi stayed hot with an impressive 1-0 victory over No. 10 ranked Southern New Hampshire. After scoring 50 runs in their first four games, the Panthers knew it would not come as easy against the top ranked team in the region. Fortunately, they had ace Josh Rovner on the hill who threw 6.2 innings of shutout baseball against the high-flying Penmen. The Panthers lone run came in the bottom of the fourth inning on an RBI ground out by Kyle Olson to score Lawrence Cicileo. After Rovner struck out the first two batters in the seventh inning, a two-out single resulted in a call to the bullpen for the Panthers. Lefty freshman Michael Storms came on and coaxed an inning-ending line out to first. The reliable Tom Ambrosino came on to record the six-out save and seal the deal for the Panthers.
The Panthers had eight hits in the game, with Anthony Cipri and Lawrence Cicileo both notching multi-hits. Sam Henrie had three hits for the Penmen, but they were unable to cash in each time. The teams will play a doubleheader today in Garden City beginning at noon. The Panthers have won four in a row after their wild 20-17 season opening defeat.
- Queens defeated Southern Connecticut. 13-4, in Flushing, Queens. They took an early 2-0 lead in the first inning on an RBI single by Lou Antos and RBI double by Sal Geraci. Antos struck again in the fifth with an RBI single to score Jon Strauss. Geraci’s sac fly scored Eric Roubal in the fifth to make it 4-0. The lead was safe for Rob Backus, who went 5.2 strong innings, allowing 1 ER with seven strikeouts. The Knights really opened it up with an eight-spot in the 7th. They will play a doubleheader in New Haven, CT today beginning at noon.
The offense cranked 16 hits for the Knights. Sal Geraci had three hits, drove in five and scored one run. Eric Roubal had three hits, scored three runs while driving in one. Lou Antos had three hits, scored three runs and drove in two. Jon Strauss had two hits and scored two runs. Joe O’Rourke had two hits and drew a walk. Tim Saulpaugh had two hits and drove in two runs.
Division-III:
- Farmingdale swept Keene State which we covered and you can read about here
- Old Westbury lost to Rutgers-Newark, 8-5. After falling behind 1-0 in the top of the first, they took a 2-1 lead in the bottom half on a sac fly by Peter Capel to make it 1-1 and when Brandon Wilson stole third, an errant throw allowed him to score to give the Panthers a 2-1 lead. They extended their lead to 3-1 in the second inning on an RBI double by Mike Manetta and he scored on Brandon Wilson‘s double to make it 4-1. Rutgers fought back with one run in the fifth and three in the sixth to take a 5-4 lead. The Panthers tied it up in the sixth on a sac fly by Brandon Wilson, but a solo shot by Adam Thompson gave them a 6-5 lead which was the difference.
Wilson had a huge day at the plate, going 4-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored. Mike Manetta had two hits, an RBI and run scored. Shaun Kaminski and Michael Borsch both had two hits. Patrick Quinn started and went four innings for the Panthers, allowing one run on one hit but walked five. Joshua Cruz was tagged with the loss, allowing three ER over 2.1 IP. They drop to 1-2 on the season and will be back in action on Wednesday at Stevens Tech.
- Maritime lost to Muskingham, 6-2, for their fourth consecutive loss. After falling behind 2-0 in the fourth inning, they got on the board on an RBI single by Antonio Diaz to score Travis Zurita. That was as close as they would get, though, as Muskingham opened it up with three runs in the sixth and one in the seventh. Ryan Ragone was tagged with the loss, he allowed 5 ER over 5.1 IP, while striking out five batters. Jake Vera had two hits for the Privateers.
After starting off their Florida trip with three straight wins, they will be excited to come home. They will face John Jay in a doubleheader next Saturday and open up Skyline Conference play with Yeshiva in a double header on Sunday.
