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Dowling Clinches Playoff Spot With Three of Four Against St. Thomas Aquinas
Photo Credit: Dowling Athletics Dowling will return to postseason baseball in 2015. That became official with their 1-0 victory in the second game of a DH today against St. Thomas Aquinas. Neither team could get much going on offense. Entering the bottom of the sixth, it was a scoreless pitcher’s duel between Kyle DeMeo and Matt Kostalos. Jon Cruz got the Golden Lions on the board with a bunt single to score Michael Richter to break the scoreless tie.That proved to be the only offense needed for DeMeo, who threw 6.1 shutout innings, allowing five hits, four walks while striking out five. He improved to 3-1 on the season.He was relieved by freshman Dennis Buckstein, who has been lights-out from the bullpen this season. He threw 2.2 shutout innings with one strikeout to record his thir...
Dowling Sweeps St. Thomas Aquinas, Improves to 23-9
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana It was a huge double header against the reigning ECC Champion St. Thomas Aquinas, and Dowling responded to the challenge by sweeping the twinbill by the scores of 10-7 and 10-2.The first game was a 3:25 slog that featured 337 total pitches but Dowling persevered. Brendan Butler got the start and went six innings, allowing three ER while striking out two. Dennis Buckstein, Jon Parisi and Andrew Sesto combined for three strong innings of relief allowing just one ER.The Golden Lions were down to their last three outs but mounted an incredible rally–scoring five runs. Dan Parisi scored RJ Going with an RBI single to get them within two runs. Tyler Piccolo hit a game-tying two-run double down the left field line to score Tim Going and Michael Richter. Tyler Har...
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...
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...
