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Disappointing Day for Three Division-II Teams

Photo Credit: Michael Parchinsky Friday was a bitter day for Adelphi, LIU Post and Dowling, who all had their seasons end prematurely in the conference tournament. After upsetting the No. 1 seed Pace, Adelphi was defeated on Thursday and faced elimination on Friday. They staved off elimination with a 7-2 victory against New Haven in which John Thompson threw 6.1 strong innings to record his second win of the season. John Fogarty had three hits and Rob Vani drove in two runs. They advanced to face Stonehill for the second time in as many days and it did not go well. They were defeated 14-3 with 13 of those runs coming in the third, fourth and fifth innings.  Kyle Garrison suffered his fourth loss of the season, he threw two innings and allowed six ER. The offense smacked 10 hits but couldn&...

Five-Run Sixth Allows DeCarli, LIU Post to Stay Hot

Photo Credit: Vinny Messana When there is a pitching match up such as Jake DeCarli verse Cody McPartland, it is expected to be a low-scoring affair. Through five innings at Golden Lions Field, it was just that–with Dowling leading 2-0 thanks to an RBI triple by Jon Cruz and RBI double by Dan Parisi.McPartland, who had cruised through five inning with only 60 pitches, suddenly began leaving pitches out over the plate and the Pioneers were crushing them.Lou Doria doubled off the right center field fence to score David Groeneveld which got McPartland removed from the game in favor of Andrew Sesto. After a walk, Rick Alessi followed with an RBI single to tie up the game at two. Rob Andreoli hit a parachute down the left-field line for a two-run single to give the Pioneers the lead. They ...

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

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...

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