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Shea Spitzbarth Fans 13 in Rout of Queens

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Photo Credit: Molloy Athletics The formula for Molloy has been simply–pound the baseball or hope one of their two aces is on the hill. Today, they were fortunate enough to have both occur. They scored six runs in the fifth, five in the sixth and Shea Spitzbarth was dominant over six innings–with 13 strikeouts–in their 11-1 victory over Queens.Spitzbarth has been phenomenal all year, he now has 66 strikeouts in 45 innings and three wins. He allowed only two hits and walked four batters against an over matched Queens lineup that entered the game hitting .190. Combine those numbers with an All-Conference pitcher like Spitzbarth and you see numbers like that.Queens also committed five errors, which happened to be one more than the amount of hits they compiled. Molloy had nine...

Molloy Trounces Caldwell

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Photo Credit: Molloy Athletics Who says offense is dead? For the second time in a week, a Long Island team has eclipsed the 20-run mark in a game. This time it was Molloy making easy work of Caldwell.Granted, Caldwell committed six errors which led to nine unearned runs but still the Lions smacked 20 hits–four of which were by Jack McCarty and three were by John Galanoudis— to prove the cold and rainy weather can not stop them. Believe it or not, they actually trailed 3-0 early in this game. Lions starter Peter Bellina struggled mightily with his control. He walked seven in two innings of work while allowing five ER. The Lions responded with two runs in the first, five in the second, six in the third and four in the fourth to open up a 17-9 lead after just four innings. Relieve...

Jake DeCarli K’s 10 in Epic Pitching Duel At Molloy

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When two great pitchers are on their game, it’s a shame somebody has to lose. Jake DeCarli of LIU Post and Shea Spitzbarth of Molloy went toe-to-toe in an epic pitching dual at Molloy that the Pioneers won by the score of 2-1. The Molloy Lions took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first on an RBI groundout by Anthony Alberghina that scored Deilyn Guzman.  Both pitchers settled into an unbelievable groove from that point on. DeCarli went seven innings, allowed three hits, four walks, one run while striking out 10 batters. The opposing start, Spitzbarth, went seven innings as well, allowed five hits, walked one, allowed zero runs and struck out 10. In the top of the eighth, Sean Gordon came on in relief. Vinny Iacono started the rally with a one-out double to CF. After the next batter g...

March 25 Recap

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Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Division-I: Stony Brook topped Sacred Heart 8-4, you can read the game coverage here. NYIT edged LIU-Brooklyn 8-7. They did most of their damage in the fifth inning. Joe Daru walked with the bases loaded to tie the game at 4. Thomas Joannou followed suit by doing the same to give the Bears the lead. Josh Canabal added insurance with an RBI single and Nick Sebastian opened it up with a two-run double. LIU didn’t go down without a whimper, they put up two in the bottom of the ninth to make it close. Canabal, Sebastian and Anthony Martelli each compiled two hits. It was their third win of the season. Hofstra pulled off an upset at St. John’s with a 6-4 victory. They used a four-run second inning off Alex Katz to get all the offense they needed. Brad Wit...

March 16 Recap

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Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Today was a very busy day in Long Island baseball. Six teams were in action. Counting Dowling double header, the teams were 5-2. Division-I: Stony Brook: They lost 13-2 to Binghamton. We covered the game, click here to read the recap. Hofstra: The Pride beat UMass-Lowell 6-5. They came up with two runs in the ninth inning to stave off defeat in a bizarre sequence of events. The first two batters were hit by pitches, the third walked, Eric Ferguson got hit with a pitch to score the tying run and then Jake Fallon was up when the pitcher threw a wild pitch to end the game. Brian MacDonald was the winning pitcher despite walking three batters, throwing two wild pitches and recording one out. Baseball is quite a game. Freshman Adam Heidenfelder started and threw five...

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