2020 Weekend Recap

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. But first, check out Orlin & Cohen by clicking here. 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 ru...

by Joseph Langan The season is now in full swing, with the Division-I programs in their fourth week of action, all the Division-IIs have began and the Division-IIIs will all kick off their 2020 campaigns. Here’s how it went down on Friday night. Check out Orlin & Cohen by clicking here. Division I:   Stony Brook took on Central Connecticut in a back and forth battle which saw the Seawolves come out on top. Thanks to a late sixth inning rally, Stony Brook defeated the Blue Devils 3-2 in game one of the series.   The Seawolves started off the game aggressively, taking a quick 1-0  lead in the first inning with a timely sacrifice fly from catcher John Tuccillo. From there on out the Blue Devils gave Stony Brook great chances to build on their lead due to their defensive mi...

by Joseph Langan On Saturday, the local teams produced some victories and definitely some entertaining games, gaining some momentum going into Sunday’s series finales. With many teams already generating series wins with today’s outings, here’s how it played out: Check out Orlin & Cohen by clicking here. Division I Stony Brook took on Southeastern Louisiana University in the second game of their three game series. After a tough 11-0 shutout loss, the Seawolves woke up their bats and came out on top, 11-6, in an extra inning thrill ride.  Stony Brook opened up the scoring with a Shane Paradine single, with an error by the right fielder Christian Garcia, Cristian Montes was able to race home. While the Seawolves were able to gain another run, the Lions were able to wake up the...

by Joseph Langan We enter Week 3 of the college baseball season. Friday was limited to Division-I, but Saturday will be interesting as some more of the Division-II teams get underway. It was an inconsistent night of play for the locals. Here’s how it went down: Check out Orlin & Cohen by clicking here. Division I:   St. John’s was defeated by Charlotte to open up the three-game series, losing by a score of 5-1. The Red Storm didn’t produce much of an offensive spark on the day and fall to 3-4 on the season.   The 49ers put up three runs early on The Red Storm, scoring on a wild pitch and a pair of RBI’s by Tate Pennington and Carson Johnson. Charlotte would end up adding to that lead with a pair runs off the bat of Johnson (2) and Craig Keuchel. The lone run for St. John’s ca...

It was a mixed bag for the locals on Saturday but the peaks were rather exciting. We had a 27-run onslaught, an incredible comeback and another impressive win on the West Coast for St. John’s. Here’s how it went down: Check out Orlin & Cohen by clicking here. Division-I St. John’s defeated Cal for the second straight game, this time by the score of 3-1. With the victory, they improve to 3-2 on the season. They trailed 1-0 early on but immediately erased that on a double steal with Jake Lazzaro scoring on the back end. The game was tied 1-1 entering the sixth inning, but Mitchell Henshaw gave them the lead with an RBI double. He wound up scoring on an RBI double by Sean McGeehan. Joe Joe Rodriguez went six strong innings, allowing just one run on one hits – altho...