Author: Vinny Messana
Busy Day for Long Island Teams
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Today will be the first day with a full slate of games. Last Saturday would’ve been, but everyone was rained out.Division-I:Stony Brook will take on America East rival Maine in Orono, Maine at noon today. Last night, the Sea Wolves swept them by the scores of 8-5 in 13 innings and 3-1. In the night cap, reliever Cameron Stone recorded the three-inning save, striki...
Stony Brook Outlasts Maine in 13 Innings
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana It was a wild one in Maine. The Stony Brook Seawolves scored three runs in the top of the 13th, with the go-ahead hit coming on an RBI single by Toby Handley to win 8-5. Tyler Honahan started, but was not his dominant self. He allowed three runs on five innings, allowing eight hits and two walks. The bullpen did a tremendous job to hold the fort–with Teddy Rotliff...
Tim Ingram Wins Fourth Game of the Season Against St. Joseph’s-Brooklyn
By Jesse Borek The good: they managed to get in both legs of the doubleheader this afternoon at the Jackie Robinson Athletic Complex in Westbury. The bad: the rain that was rumored to hit the area did indeed soak those in attendance, making for less than ideal conditions. Ultimately, the Old WestburyPanthers would split their two-game day against the St. Joseph’s (Brooklyn) Bears, winning the op...
Dom Scala Wins 300th Career Game As Adelphi Tops LeMoyne 8-4
Written by Michael Parchinsky Adelphi survived the steady rain and five hits from Brian Cox to win their afternoon contest against the LeMoyne Dolphins by the score of 8-4. Robert Vani hit his first home run of the season in the ninth inning to provide the Panthers with some cushion and Mike Cranston recorded his third save of the season to slam the door. The game started under immense cloud cover...
McPartland Wins March Cy Young With 44 Percent of Votes
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Dowling might have a good pitching staff, but they have an even better social media presence. For the second time in a week, they have gotten their player voted No. 1 in Baseball on the Island’s March Awards. It is not to say that Cody McPartland is not deserving–his numbers certainly jump off the page. After yesterday’s seven inning outing against Que...
Farmingdale Sweeps Keystone
Photo Credit: Farmingdale State Athletics The Farmingdale Rams got back on track by sweeping a double header from Keystone College by the scores of 5-4 and 5-1 to improve 4-8. In Game One, the Rams got on the board first when Brian Brenton reached on an error. They added three in the second inning on a double steal which scored Christopher Reilly, Ryan Jordan‘s RBI single and an error which ...
RJ Going’s Two-Run Double Leads Dowling Past Queens
Photo Credit: Molloy Athletics Dowling took care of business with a 4-1 win over ECC foe Queens College. Cody McPartland, who was nominated for the Cy Young of March, padded his stats with another seven dominant innings, allowing only one run on seven hits, three walks while striking out four batters to improve to 2-0. The game was scoreless through four innings, when Queens broke through with a r...
Jake DeCarli, Pioneers Cruise Past St. Thomas Aquinas
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWZXbvS75t0]Pitching against the reigning regional champs proved to be no obstacle for LIU Post‘s ace Jake DeCarli. The 6’0″ sophomore boosted his resume with seven strong innings, allowing one run on five hits, two walks while striking out six to improve his record to 3-1 and actually increased his ERA to 0.76, as the Pioneers cruised past...
Farmingdale-St. Joseph’s Double Header Rescheduled
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana The Farmingdale–St. Joseph’s double header that was originally supposed to be played on March 28, will now be played on Monday April 6. It will be a crucial match up for the Skyline Conference rivals, with each team currently under .500 for the season, but with a 2-0 conference record. The Golden Eagles are trending up, however, they are on a four-game winn...
NYIT Matches Last Season’s Win Total
Photo Credit: NYIT Bears Athletics 2014 was not a banner season for the NYIT Bears. They won four games in 52 chances. This season, they have already matched that total in their 12th contest.They defeated Fairfield with an easy 7-2 victory. The Bears scored three runs in the bottom of the first innings, thanks to two HRs–Josh Canabal‘s two-run shot to center and Louis Mele‘s solo...
Tyler Murphy’s Two-Run Double Gets Adelphi Back on Track
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Down 3-0 in the seventh inning to NE-10 rival Southern Connecticut State and staring at a fifth consecutive loss, the Adelphi Panthers mounted a four-run comeback capped by a two-run eighth inning double by Tyler Murphy to turn disaster into triumph.Eric Hassell and Kory Cassara began the eighth-inning rally with consecutive singles to set the stage for a sac bunt. Ray ...
St. Joseph’s Run-Rules Maritime
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYYUQNG-_Ks] After an eight-day layoff, the St. Joseph’s Golden Eagles defeated Maritime 12-2 in a game that ended in seven innings due to a 10-run rule. Four crooked numbers and some gutsy pitching from ace Ryan Aloise was the recipe to get back in the ‘W’ column. “I think the batters were patient,” said second year Head Coach ...
