2021 Weekend Recap
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Division-I: St. John’s split a DH with Butler losing the first game, 4-1, but winning the second game, 9-4. In the win, the Johnnies trailed 2-0 entering the fourth inning, but Colin Wetterau tied it up with a two-run single and they took the lead on a two-run single by Chris Conniff. Marty Higgins‘ RBI single in the seventh was their 5th run and proved to be the winning run. Tim Cunningham earned the win in relief for the Johnnies. Joe Joe Rodriguez and Ethan Routzahn combined to lock down the final 2.1 IP. Brian Morrell led the offense with three hits. They will close out their regular season next weekend with a four-game series against Villanova. Fordham split their DH with La Salle, capturing the first game by the score of 4-2 but losing the second game, 8-4. In the win, ac...
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Division-I: St. John‘s swept Butler by the scores of 9-0 and 4-0. In Game 1, Nick Mondak was lights-out. He struck out 10 over 6.0 shutout innings, allowing just three hits and one free pass. He earned his fourth win of the season. Josh Lajoie closed it out with a scoreless seventh with two punch outs. St. John’s outhit Butler, 13-3. They scored two runs in the first inning on an RBI double by Ryan Hogan and an RBI ground out by Nick Cirelli. Carson Bartels led the offense with three hits and 4 RBI. Marty Higgins had three hits as well. In Game 2, the Johnnies pitching was dynamite once again but this time they used five arms to get the shutout. Ian Murphy started and went the first 4.1 innings, Geoff Mosseau got three outs and was awarded the win. Vincent Bianchi went 3-for-3 ...
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Division-I St. John’s lost to UCONN, 4-3, to open up their weekend series. They led 3-1 in the 7th, but the Huskies scored on a squeeze to cut the deficit to two and then in the 8th, a two-run go-ahead double by Kyler Fedko (3-for-5), gave them the lead. Carson Bartels drew a walk in the 9th but they were unable to get him around to score. Austin Peterson earned his sixth win of the season. Joe Joe Rodriguez was tagged with the loss. The Johnnies had 10 hits but struck out 13 times and stranded 8 runners on base. They fell to 14-16 on the season and will play a DH today beginning at 12. Hofstra lost to Northeastern, 13-1, as they have now allowed 35 runs over the past two games. Jack Jett was tagged with the loss, he allowed 7 ER over 6 IP, yielding 11 hits and 3 walks. Ryan Morash a...
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Division-I: Hofstra won an absolutely wild game, 14-11, against Delaware which featured 26 hits and 14 walks between the two teams. The Pride scored those 14 runs in just two of their innings with a five-spot in the second and nine in the seventh. The go-ahead run scored as part of that 9-run inning thanks to five bases loaded walks. Rob Weissheier further broke it open with a two-run single to left. Austin Gauthier drove in five runs including a second inning grand slam and he drew one of the bases loaded walks. Will Kennedy and Aidan Larkin each had two hits as well. Jack Jett had his first bad outing of the season for Hofstra – the grad student was tagged with 8 ER over 4.1 IP, he allowed nine hits and five walks. Michael O’Hanlon earned the win for the Pride, retiring two b...
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by James Ryder Division-I: Fordham split a double header against the Saint Joseph’s University Hawks. The Rams took the first game 3-1in 7 innings, their first win since April 13th. Matt Mikulski started the game and threw all 7 innings, striking out an absurd 15 batters on the afternoon. He allowed one run on 2 hits and gave up three walks. 2B CJ Vazquez finished 3 for 4 with one run scored. Teammates Jason Coules (1 for 2), Alvin Melendez (1 for 4) and Nick Labella (1 for 2) all had RBI hits on the day. For SJU, Andrew Cossetti was the only one who could damage Makulski by hitting a solo homerun. The Hawks, however, ran away with game two with an 11-1 victory. Fordham again got 6 hits but only scored once. They also had 3 errors on defense. Andy Semo (1 for 2) drove in the lone run. He...
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Division-I: MARTY’S FOURTH HIT OF THE DAY IS A WALK-OFF! #SJUBase pic.twitter.com/9vsUqqvz28 — St. John’s Baseball (@StJohnsBaseball) April 23, 2021 St. John’s won a walk-off double by Marty Higgins in the 11th inning to defeat Seton Hall, 5-4. It capped a 4-for-4 game for Higgins. Nick Mondak started and was brilliant for the Johnnies, striking out 9 over seven strong innings, yielding just one run. Joe Joe Rodriguez went four innings in relief with four strikeouts to earn the win. They will be back in action today for a DH today at noon. St, John’s is 12-10 overall but 3-5 in conference play. Fordham lost 13-3 to Saint Joseph’s to fall to 16-11 on the season. They actually led 2-1 in the third after a 2-run single by Zach Selinger but that did not last long....
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by Eric Belyea Division-I St. John’s split a double header with rival Georgetown in a Big East showdown, taking the first game 9-4 and dropping the second game 11-7. In the first game, Redshirt junior Ethan Routzahn was credited with the victory, pitching two innings in relief. The game was locked at four heading in to the seventh inning, but the Red Storm broke it open with great hitting from the heart of their lineup. Senior Ryan Hogan led the team with two hits and two RBI in the game. Routzahn shut the door in the bottom half of the inning to secure the victory. In the second game, it was Georgetown who came with the late game heroics. Redshirt freshman Geoff Mosseau was not able to record an out for the Johnnies, giving up four runs, three of which were earned in the bottom of the ei...
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It was a relatively quiet day of action on Friday, which sets the stage for a wild Saturday as every team except for Molloy (program on pause) will be playing on Saturday including a great rivalry game between Farmingdale and St. Joseph’s. Here’s how it went down yesterday: Division-I: Hofstra dropped the opener of their weekend series, 10-9, against Delaware to fall to 9-10 on the season but 0-4 in CAA play. The game was tied 7-7 in extra innings, and the Pride took a 9-7 on a passed ball that scored Brian Goulard and a wild pitch that scored Santino Rosso. With the two-run lead the game appeared to be in hand, but Delaware stormed back with an RBI single by SS Vinny Vaccone and a two-run walk-off single by CF Aidan Riley off John Mikolaicyk who took the loss, allowing five hi...
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Division-I Fordham swept St. Bonaventure by the scores of 3-0 and 7-5. In Game 1, MLB Draft prospect Matt Mikulski was dominant once again. He struck out 16 in a one-hit shutout, walking just two batters. The game was scoreless into the sixth inning when Zach Selinger got the Rams on the board with an RBI single that scored Jason Coules. They added an insurance run on a two-run single by Nick Labella. Game 2 featured way more action. The Bonnies got on the board in the first, scoring two runs on RBI singles by Matt Williams and Garrett Boldt. The Rams answered right back in the home half on a two-run single by Casey Brown. In the second inning, Trey Maeker gave the Rams a 3-2 lead with a solo shot to center and they added a run on an RBI single by Zach Selinger. In the third, Jason Coules ...
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Division-I Stony Brook ran their win streak to 10 games – all in conference play – so they are 10-0 in America East conference games – and 14-7 overall after sweeping UMASS-Lowell in a double header yesterday. In Game 1, UMASS took an early 2-0 lead against Sam Turcotte on a sac fly by Vinnie Martin and a an RBI single by Gerry Siracusa. As is usually the case, Turcotte buckled down and was lights-out the rest of the way while the Seawolves chipped away. Brett Paulsen’s sac fly got them on the board in the second inning and Shane Paradine‘s solo shot tied it up in the fourth inning. In the top of the seventh, Derek Yalon gave them the lead with a two-run double to score Paulsen and John LaRocca. Evan Giordano followed with a two-run HR to extend the lead to 6-...
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There was not a cloud in the sky for much of Saturday afternoon. I spent the day at LIU, but there was quality baseball all over Long Island. Here’s how it went down: Division-I: Stony Brook continued their incredible run as they swept a DH from Hartford to run their streak to eight games. In Game 1, they fell behind early, 2-0, on a two-run HR by Tremayne Cobb Jr against Brian Herrmann. The lead did not last long, though. Chris Hamilton crushed a game-tying two-run HR to right field in the third inning. Brett Paulsen gave the Seawolves a 3-2 lead in the fourth inning and they never looked back. They added insurance runs in the sixth on an RBI double by Cole Durkan and a sac fly by Johnny Decker. Herrmann wound up going the complete 7 innings, allowing just the two earned runs with e...
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It was Good Friday for those who celebrate, but it was also a really good friday for Stony Brook, who kept their win streak going, LIU and USMMA on an exceptionally cold April day in the northeast. Here’s how it went down: Division-I Stony Brook stayed red-hot with a double header sweep over Hartford. In Game 1, Sam Turcotte started and earned the win. Hartford was able to get out to an early 2-0 lead in the first on a sac fly and an RBI ground out to second. He settled in after that and was lights-out moving forward. He went the complete seven innings, allowing just 2 runs (1 ER), allowing five hits and striking out six. Shane Paradine hit a sac fly to score Evan Giordano in the third inning to cut the deficit to 2-1. In the fourth inning, a bases loaded walk by Evan Giordano tied t...
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