Ricky Van Allen
Mulford Improves to 4-0
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana The Adelphi Panthers might as well call it ‘win day’ when Jonathon Mulford takes the hill. He threw another 7.2 dominant innings today against New Haven in their 7-3 win to improve to 4-0 on the season. When anyone else takes the hill the Panthers are 6-11.The offense got going in the first inning on a two-run double by the resurgent Donato Signore. That was followed up by Alex Zykoff‘s RBI single to extend the lead to 3-0.The Panthers opened up the game in the next inning on a three-run home run by senior Nick ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ Zito. Eric Hassell‘s RBI double extended the lead to 7-0.That was plenty for the Panther’s ace. He allowed five hits, walked three and struck out seven.Ricky Van Allen and Mike Cranston ...
Adelphi Sweeps LeMoyne
Photo Credit: Michael Parchinsky By winning both ends of the DH today against LeMoyne, the Adelphi Panthers have swept the series from LeMoyne and have gotten back on track. They won the first game 4-1 behind Jonathon Mulford‘s stellar outing–seven innings, zero ER, eight hits, one walk and two strikeouts to improve his record to 3-0. The Dolphins took an early 1-0 lead on an RBI double, but it was an unearned run due to an error earlier in the inning by Mike Stack. That was all the Dolphins would muster, as Mulford kept them at bay all day. Photo Credit: Adelphi Athletics John Fogarty hit a two-run homer in the second inning to give the Panthers the lead. They padded that lead with two more homers–a solo shot by Stack in the fifth inning and a solo bomb by Donato Signor...
Tyler Murphy’s Two-Run Double Gets Adelphi Back on Track
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Down 3-0 in the seventh inning to NE-10 rival Southern Connecticut State and staring at a fifth consecutive loss, the Adelphi Panthers mounted a four-run comeback capped by a two-run eighth inning double by Tyler Murphy to turn disaster into triumph.Eric Hassell and Kory Cassara began the eighth-inning rally with consecutive singles to set the stage for a sac bunt. Ray Triano got it down, and the third baseman threw it away which allowed Hassell to score the Panther’s second run.Murphy came up as a pinch-hitter and he promptly ripped a double to right-center field to give the Panthers the lead. Senior Mike Cranston came on and immediately was faced with thwarting a rally. He allowed a lead off single and the next batter bunted him into scoring position. Th...
Long Island Native Jack Zagaja Wins It Against Adelphi
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana The New Haven Chargers came back from a 2-0 deficit against Adelphi and won it on a walk-off single by St. Dominic’s graduate Jack Zagaja.“I had a long at bat,” said Zagaja. “I fouled off curveballs and fastballs. Saw a changeup, smacked it up the middle,” he added.The victory, plus the second game of the double header put Adelphi further in a hole. They now stand at 4-9 on the season.The Panthers got off to a 2-0 lead in the second inning on a single by Alex Zykoff which scored Donato Signore and Robert Vani.Starter Jonathon Mulford was solid as usual–six innings, two ER, two BB, four K’s. He gave way to Nick Batas after allowing a leadoff double in the seventh inning. Batas got an out in the seventh inning. Ricky Van A...
Pace Uses Two Huge Innings to Down Adelphi 11-1
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHko9YOIjxs]The good news is the Adelphi pitching staff held Pace scoreless in the final seven innings. The bad news is they allowed 11 in the first two innings for the team’s second consecutive blowout loss.Pace put up five in the first against Panther’s starter Kyle Garrison and six in the second off a combination of him and Michael Ceparano. They got outplayed in all three facets of the game, with the offense putting up one run on seven hits while the defense committed three costly errors–a huge one on a pop fly in the first inning by Tyler Murphy and another one a botched ground ball by Mike Stack. Pace batted around in the first two innings and Cf Andrew Coffey had three hits, scored two runs and drove in two. John Kukura also ...
Adelphi Closes Out Florida Trip With Comeback Victory
Photo Credit: Adelphi Athletics Sometimes a win can represent more than just a single W in the standings. For a team that had lost five games in a row, a five-run comeback can mean turning a season around.The Panthers had ace Jonathon Mulford on the hill, but he was pulled with two outs in the third inning in favor of TJ Santiago with the Panthers trailing. The lead ended up getting extended to 6-0 when the Owls added two runs in the sixth inning.Freshman Kory Cassara got the Panthers on the board with his first career HR–a two-run shot to left field. They inched closer when Eric Hassell reached on an error by the 3b that scored their third run of the inning. The big blow came on a two-run double by Alex Zykoff to tie the game at 5.Ricky Van Allen came on relief in the seventh inning...
Adelphi Loses Despite Sharkey’s Torrid Streak
Photo Credit: Adelphi Athletics When Adelphi lost Cliff Brantley and Rich Mejia to pro ball and graduation, respectively, it appeared they would have a hole in the lineup. Well, after two games Vincent Sharkey is making his case to fill those tremendous shoes. In Saturday’s 7-6 loss to Nova Southeastern, the Lynbrook native went 3-for-5 with three RBI to bring his season total to seven hits in just two games. He drove in two of those runs with a bases loaded single in the sixth inning to cut the deficit from 6-0 to 6-4. Unfortunately, the Panthers could not manufacture the runs to tie up the game. Nova, who improved to 18-4 with the victory, teed off on sophomore starter TJ Santiago. He lasted 3.2 inning, allowed seven hits, walked four and was responsible for six runs (5 ER). The bu...
