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St. Thomas Aquinas Captures ECC Championship With 3-2 Victory over Molloy
Nick Lucchese is our @DigmiNation Player of the Game he was also named Most Outstanding Player of the ECC Tournament. The Spartans are looking to return to the Div-II College World Series pic.twitter.com/45GjP1pRhK — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 12, 2018 One of the hallmarks of St. Thomas Aquinas baseball over the past five seasons is that they are calm, cool and collected in big moments. It came as no surprise that even with Molloy getting the tying-run to third base and the potential go-ahead run on first base in the ninth inning of the ECC Championship that relief pitcher Chris Pennell would make a quality pitch and induce a soft fly out to left field to seal the 3-2 victory for the Spartans and the 2018 ECC Championship. “I’m enjoying the moment,” said tou...
St. Thomas Aquinas Holds Off Late Rally to Advance to ECC Championship
Michael Manzione crushed a 2-out grand slam to cut the deficit to 8-6 in the ninth pic.twitter.com/ilbUbfYFUU — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 11, 2018 What was a sure victory with two outs, nobody on base in the ninth inning and a six-run lead turned into an absolute nail biter. Chris Cepeda stated he was “praying” it would get caught. “Thank God Gio {Giovanni Dingcong} was there,” said Cepeda, who recorded the victory. The Ward Melville product went six innings, allowed two ER, walked one and struck out five for his seventh victory of the season. Angelo Baez allowed a two-out grand slam to Michael Manzione, followed by a single to Anthony Vaglica after a 6-4-3 DP put them one-out away from the ECC Championship with an 8-2 lead. Zach Fritz got into one to...
