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Hofstra Wins Slug Fest vs NJIT
Photo Credit: Hofstra Athletics It has not been a banner year for Hofstra to this point. But, when they get the offense going they are scary. They won 13-7 today on 14 hits against NJIT to improve to 14-22 on the season. The offense was led by the trio of Steven Foster, Brian MacDonald and Chris Weiss. Foster had a stat line that would make Jesus proud–he went 3-for-3 with three runs scored and three RBI. He hit his first home run and a double. MacDonald went 3-for-5 with four RBI and Weiss went 3-for-4, including a home run, with two RBI and two runs scored.Starter Chris Bonk went four innings, allowing four ER and was credited with his third win of the season. He was relieved by Luke Noone, who went two innings allowing one ER. Ryan Kieran came in, allowed two runs, and was remov...
Farmingdale State Creeps Back Into the Playoff Picture
Photo Credit: Farmingdale State Athletics After winning three of four this weekend, Farmingdale State is back in the mix in the Skyline Conference playoff picture. We covered the DH on Saturday in which they split with Mount St. Vincent’s. After losing the first game 19-8, they responded by winning the next three games this weekend. On Sunday afternoon, they shutout Purchase 10-0 in the first game. They smacked 20 hits and held them to two. The game was over in the first inning after the Rams took a 6-0 lead. Incredibly, Purchase’s starting pitcher threw a complete game while allowing 20 hits. Domenic Palumbo and Matteo Gaudio were particularly cruel to him, both compiling four hits. Anthony Alvino, Mike Marino and Kenneth Johntry both had two hits. Matt Seelinger recorded t...
Old Westbury Sweeps the Weekend
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana The Old Westbury Panthers swept two teams this weekend on their way to improving to 17-8 overall and 8-4 in the Skyline Conference.On Friday, they swept Yeshiva University by a combined score of 33-6. While it is hardly an accomplishment to defeat them, it was what needed to be done. They benefited from 11 Macabees errors. In Game 1, Justin Mize recorded the win. He threw five innings, allowing two ER. Tommy Zeigen led the offense with three hits, three runs score and two RBI. In Game 2, Nick Schoen set a career-high with 13 k’s in a complete game shutout. He walked two and allowed four hits.Once again, Tommy Zeigen had three hits but he drove in four runs this time. Jake Schwartz had three hits and drove in three runs as well. Robinson Hernandez hit a ...
Molloy Wins Three of Four from Queens
Photo Credit: Molloy Lions The Molloy Lions took three of four from the struggling Queens College this weekend to improve to 19-16 on the season.After winning the first game 11-1 on Friday night, which we recapped, they won Game 1 of Saturday’s DH 4-3. They were down 3-0 in the bottom of the seventh inning, but came to life in the bottom of the seventh.Kyle Van Duyne hit a sacrifice fly to score John Galanoudis and get the Lions on the board. In the eighth inning, they cut the lead to 3-2 on an error by the second baseman to score Anthony Alberghina. Michael Rahn hit a two-run single to score Angelo Navetto and pinch-runner Jack McCarty to give them the lead.Alex Brosnan stayed in the game to finish what he started. He ended up with the complete game victory, striking out eight, wa...
Dowling Wins Three of Four From Mercy
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Dowling stayed red-hot and won three of four games from Mercy College this weekend to improve to 21-9. We covered the win on Friday night, in which Cody McParland threw seven innings and the offense racked up 17 hits. They won the second game by the score of 10-5 on Saturday. Brendan Butler improved to 5-1, but it was not his most dominating effort of the season. He went 6.1 innings, allowing three ER on six hits and five walks while striking out five.Andrew Sesto came in and provided 2.2 perfect innings of relief, striking out four batters. Fortunately, the offense provided more than enough runs. They smacked 14 more hits–Tyler Piccolo had three while driving in two runs, while Vinny Orlando, RJ Going, Dan Parisi and Michael Richter all had two hits. Le...
Three Crooked Numbers is the Formula For Adelphi
Photo Credit: Michael Parchinsky The Adelphi Panthers split with Felician in their DH on Sunday. It brings their record to 13-14 on the season.In the first game, they fell behind 1-0 in the bottom of the first on a double play that allowed the run to score. It didn’t last long, as they responded in the next half inning.John Fogarty hit a sac fly which scored Robert Vani. In the fourth inning, a wild pitch scored Donato Signore and advanced Eric Hassell to third. Later in the inning, Mike Stack hit a sac fly to score Hassell and increase the lead to 3-1.The Panthers added two more in the fifth inning on RBI hits by Signore and Fogarty.Felician scored two in the seventh to briefly put a scare in the Panthers, but Adelphi opened it up with three in the ninth on an RBI single, wild pit...
Stony Brook Takes Two of Three From Georgetown
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana This weekend the Stony Brook Seawolves stayed hot and won two of three at Georgetown to improve to 19-12 on the season. By winning the first two games of the series they had extended their winning streak to nine-straight games but it was thwarted on Sunday with a loss.In Game One, Tyler Honahan continued his strong season by pitching six innings, allowing one ER, allowing four hits, two walks while striking out five. He left with the game tied at 1 and did not factor in the decision, however.In the top of the ninth, the Sea Wolves broke the tie on an RBI single by Toby Handley to drive in Jeremy Giles. They padded the lead with another run scoring hit by Robert Chavarria.Cameron Stone threw three shutout innings of relief for his first win of the season. He al...
Farmingdale State Splits a Wild DH with Mount Saint Vincent’s
By Jesse Borek FARMINGDALE, N.Y.—–Much like the elongated winter within context of Saturday’s pristine conditions, whatever happened on Saturday afternoon between Farmingdale State and Mount Saint Vincent’s gives the brain permanent sunburn. In the opener of the doubleheader, the Dolphins from the Riverdale section of the Bronx laid a beating on the Farmingdale Rams, 19-8. If possible, it felt as if the score was even more inflated than that. Just to numb the senses and remind us all of baseball’s depravity, the Rams went on to win the backend of the twin bill 2-0. Because, of course they did. The numbers are gaudy—for everyone. There were six combined errors, 29 hits, 27 runs, 15 walked batters, and 20 men left on base. Farmingdale would put up a three-spot in the first, j...
Dowling Smacks 17 Hits En Route to 19th Win
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana The Golden Lions put up four crooked numbers and received another dominant outing from Cody McPartland as they cruised to a 12-4 victory over Mercy. They improved to 19-8 on the season.Dowling scored two in the first on an RBI triple by Michael Richter and a run-scoring single by Tyler Piccolo. Mercy got on the board in the third on a sac fly, but the Golden Lions responded with a huge fourth inning. Vinny Orlando singled home Richter. Adam Schuster drew a bases loaded walk for the second run of the inning. RJ Going hit a sac fly and Jon Cruz hit an RBI single to open up the game.They broke it open even more in the fifth on a steal of home by Tyler Hardison and a double by Chris Appell. Hardison led the offensive attack with four hits but Piccolo and Orlando als...
How Matt Harvey Inspired and Transformed a Long Island Pitcher
Photo Credit: Mount St. Vincent Athletics Modeling yourself after an All Star pitcher with Cy Young credentials isn’t a bad place to start as an amateur baseball player. Will it guarantee success? Well, maybe the answer is a little complicated… Massapequa native, St. John the Baptist graduate and current Mount St. Vincent‘s pitcher Tyler Krolikowski is coming off the best start of his life. Last Saturday he threw a no-hitter with 14 strikeouts while issuing only one walk against Maritime in a Skyline Conference game. The 6’0″ junior admitted it was the only no-hitter he’s ever thrown. “Everything was working that day,” he said. “Mainly fastball and curveball,” he added. It wasn’t always working that way. In fact, as recent...
April 15 Recap
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana We provided coverage of three games yesterday, but here is the results from the rest of the college programs on the island. Division-I: Hofstra shutout Manhattan 7-0, behind Adam Seibert and four relievers. Seibert started and went five innings, Adam Heidenfelder threw the sixth inning. Kevin Weissheier and his brother, Matt, both pitched one inning and Chris Weiss closed it out. Together, they allowed four hits and three walks while striking out 10. The offense got going early on Brad Witkowski’s RBI triple to drive in Steven Foster. In the third inning, Dalton Rouleau hit a sac fly to score Witkowski to make it 2-0. David Leiderman stayed red-hot, and increased it to 4-0 with a two-run single. In the seventh inning, Eric Ferguson scored on a wild pitch f...
Casey Krebs Goes the Distance to Improve East Islip to 6-1
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kX3A94m9Xg] It took just one hour and 40 minutes for Casey Krebs and the East Islip Red Men to defeat the Centereach Cougars 6-2 today.“I like to keep the defense not on their heels,” said Krebs. “I always like to keep them on their toes,” he added.Krebs, who won his second game of the season, pounded the strike zone all day and limited the Cougar offense to only four hits and was charged with one ER. He did walk the lead off batter on four pitches, but had no issues working ahead after that. He was not over powering, but consistently got ahead with fastballs on the outside corner while using his change up and curveball to expand the zone. The Red Men took the lead right away, when the lead off man walked, the next hitter b...
