Brendan Sullivan
All-Long Island Team (College)
We are coming off another wildly entertaining season in Long Island college baseball. Here are my picks for the best player at each position. Italicized letters represent that the player led Long Island in that statistic. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208630454″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=’450′ iframe=”true” /] MVP: Jack Parenty, SBUCy Young: Jake DeCarli, LIU PostRookie of the Year: Andruw Gazzola, SBUC: Dan Parisi, Dowling: .351 AVG, 27 R, 52 H, 26 RBI, .415 OBP, .446 SLG, 7-11 SB, .972 FLD % Rob Vani, Adelphi: .336 AVG, 29 R, 51 H, 2 HR, 23 RBI, .864 OPS, 6-8 SB, .986 FLD %1b: Brenda...
St. Joseph’s Drops Second Straight Non-Conference Game
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana You can totally ignore the non-conference stats or choose to interpret it as trend. Whatever the case may be, St. Joseph’s has now lost consecutive games to sub .500 teams entering the Skyline Conference playoffs on Friday.Yesterday it was a 9-6 loss to 2-26 John Jay College and today it was an 8-5 loss to New Jersey City–who entered with a 15-20 record.The Golden Eagles used many of their typical starters in the lineup–Joseph Lynn, Brendan Sullivan, Joe Calabrese, James Nakashian and Anthony Bonilla but used the day to get some work in for their relievers.The offense did compile 14 hits–with three coming by CF Ryan Walsh, who also scored a run. Bonilla had two separate RBI singles and Lynn hit a two-run double.Adam Brisman suffered his s...
St. Joseph’s Improves to 16-12 After Winning Three of Four
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana It was another good weekend for St. Joseph’s, who swept Mount St. Vincent’s on Sunday and split with Mount St. Mary’s on Saturday to improve to 16-12.On Saturday, in their 7-2 victory–they committed three errors but out-hit the opposition 13-4. Joe Calabrese and Joe Lynn both had three hits and drove in a run. Brendan Sullivan and Anthony Bonilla both had two hits. Glenn Patriss threw the seven-inning CG, allowing four hits, 0 ER while striking out three. On Sunday, they won 11-0 in the first game of the DH. Josh Outsen threw a complete game, allowing only two hits, walking two while striking out five. The Golden Eagles scored six in the second inning and that was all they needed. Brendan Sullivan led the way with three hits and four R...
St. Joseph’s stuns Old Westbury to remain undefeated in Skyline Conference play
By Jesse Borek PATCHOGUE, NY — Staying undefeated in Skyline Conference play thus far this season, the St. Joseph’s Golden Eagles stunned the Old Westbury Panthers to sweep the doubleheader on the back of a four-run, ninth-inning comeback in the opener. After the shock of scoring four runs in their final at-bat in the nine-inning opener, the Golden Eagles would finish off the Panthers 4-1 in the backend of the cap, moving to 5-0 in Conference play. Aided by two errors, timely hitting, and a ton of wind, St. Joseph’s stormed back in the bottom of the ninth to win on senior Anthony Andreani’s walk-off base hit. After the inning’s first error, junior James Nakashian made it hurt, bringing home two runs on a double and trimming the OW lead down to 4-3. Another outfield error would kno...
St. Joseph’s Sweeps Farmingdale to Push Record over .500
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana The Farmingdale-St. Joseph’s rivalry has lost some luster in the past two seasons as the Golden Eagles suffered through some lean years, but they have gotten the momentum back in their direction with a DH sweep today by the scores of 5-3 and 7-3. In the first game, Ryan Aloise started for the Golden Eagles and he was terrific–he allowed one ER over seven innings of work, while yielding only six hits and two walks.He was backed by Joseph Calabrese‘s two hits and a bevy of RBI singles from the rest of the squad.The Rams actually took a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Tom Rydzewski came around to score on Anthony Alvino‘s RBI ground out.That did not last long, as the Golden Eagles responded with a three-spot in the second thanks to RBI sin...
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 Richard Garrett. “They worked the counts, but at the same time, if they saw it, they jumped on it early. I think that was it,” he added. The offense smacked 17 hits–Anthony Bonilla, Nick Girardi and Brendan Sullivan had three each, James Nakashian, Dennis McAllister, Anthony Andreani each had two. Nakashian scored four runs and Joseph Calabrese drove in four. Photo Credit: Vinny ...
March 24 Recap
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Division-I: Hofstra: The Pride defeated Manhattan 4-2. They trailed 2-1 in the seventh but they scored three runs–highlighted by Ryan Donovan‘s two-run single. Brad Witkowski tied the game at 2 with an RBI double. They compiled only four hits in the game, but it did not matter. Brian MacDonald got the start for Hofstra–he threw six inning, allowing one ER on seven hits while striking out six. He received the no-decision. Chris Weiss saved his first game of the year with a clean ninth. The Pride are now 6-11. Division-II: Dowling defeated Adelphi 12-1. You can read the recap here. Molloy defeated St. Thomas Aquinas 5-2 to split the four-game series. Ron Bauer was absolute nails–he struck out 15 over 8 dominant innings. He walked three and ...
RBI Single by Anthony Andreani Leads St. Joseph’s to 6-1 Victory over Briarcliffe
Photo Credit: St. Joseph’s Athletics Written by Jim FerchlandIt was scoreless game through 5 innings at Gregg Alfano Field in Patchogue between St. Joseph’s and Briarcliffe. Both offenses struggled to get going in the frigid, cold, weather. Briarcliffe was able to put numbers on the board first thanks to a Zach Mastrangelo RBI single to right field, driving in Nick Marzano to give Briarcliffe a 1-0 lead in the 6th. They would not be able to capitalize on anything else throughout the game. a flurry of Golden Eagles pitchers–nine to be exact–kept throwing up zeros. The offense came to life in the bottom of the sixth inning when James Nakashian beat out an infield single to first–which scored Anthony Andreani, who opened up the frame with a single. St. Joseph’s relief ...
St. Joseph’s Concludes Trip to Forget
Photo Credit: St. Joseph’s Athletics Florida is supposed to be an escape from reality. Forget about your problems. Instead, it was simply a trip to forget for the St. Joseph’s Golden Eagles. After seven cancellations, they headed to Fort Meyers and proceeded to lose six of eight games. The aggregate run total: Foes, 48Golden Eagles 27 They did have a 9-4 victory over Pitt-Bradford and a 6-4 victory over Elms on Wednesday. Glenn Patriss was terrific–6.2 IP, 6 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K. Frank Trionfo and Nick Girardi closed the door in relief with 2.1 IP, despite allowing a couple runs to come in. The offense smashed 15 hits. The top six batters in the order–Anthony Bonilla, James Nakasian, Nick Girardi, Brendan Sullivan, Mike Alosio and Bob Keating–all compiled multi-...
St.Joseph’s Gets in the W Column
Photo Credit: St. Joseph’s Athletics The St Joseph’s Golden Eagles traveled down to Fort Meyers, Fla to play some baseball in warm weather. After two losses, they were able to come out victorious 6-4 against Elms in a seven-inning game. The offense came to play–they smashed 12 hits with Nick Girardi leading the way with three of those. Anthony Bonilla, Brendan Sullivan and Joe Calabrese added two hits each. They got out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the third on an RBI single by Girardi and a two-run single by Sullivan. Elms pushed across two in the bottom of the fourth to make it interesting for a bit. The Golden Eagles broke it open in the top of the sixth on a run-scoring error, and RBI singles by Matt Burnett and Bonilla. Frank Ziegler got the start, and recorded his fi...
