Will Hickey
Adelphi Mounts Four-Run Comeback Against St. Thomas Aquinas
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Adelphi certainly seems to have turned a corner. They mounted an impressive four-run comeback against the reigning ECC champion St. Thomas Aquinas and won 6- in 11 innings.Mike Stack reached on a fielder’s choice to score pinch-runner John Cuttitta, who ran for Camden Orologio.The Panther bullpen threw nine dominant innings, allowing just two ER and Mike Cranston recorded the victory with a 1-2-3 inning in the 11th.“I feel like we are playing a lot better baseball in the past two weeks,” said the New Jersey native. “Our pitching has improved as a staff and hitting wise we are moving guys over and hitting better with runners in scoring position,” he said.The Spartans got out to an early 4-1 lead off Panther starter Will Hickey. The P...
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...
