Purchase, N.Y. – The Mount Saint Mary College Baseball team finished off a perfect weekend in league play Sunday with 3-2 and 13-0 road victories at Purchase.
Liam Horan (Stony Point, N.Y.) earned his second win of the season in the opener and
Dominick Marzigliano (Highland Mills, N.Y.) homered and drove in four runs in the game two victory.
Sunday's sweep moves Mount Saint Mary to 8-6 overall on the season and to 4-0 in Skyline Conference play. Purchase falls to 6-10 overall and 3-3 in conference play.
Game 1: Mount Saint Mary 3 – Purchase 2
How It Happened
- Mount Saint Mary did all of its scoring in the fifth inning and then held off Purchase in the Panthers' final two at-bats.
- The Knights strung together three hits in the fifth and took advantage of an error to produce all the scoring they would need in the game. Luke Barone (Monroe, N.Y.) started the rally with a two-out single and later scored the game's first run on a wild pitch.
- Devin Tait (Staten Island, N.Y.), who also singled in the inning, came home on an error with the team's second run ahead of a run scoring single from Jack Goodwin (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) that delivered Robert Brust (Shirley, N.Y.) with what proved to be the deciding run.
- Purchase got a run back in the bottom of the fifth on an RBI double from Cameron Cruz and got a run closer in the sixth when Jason Sebastiano singled home a run with two-outs.
- Purchase put the tying run in scoring position in the bottom of the seventh, but Michael DiGiovanni (Shirley, N.Y.) worked around a two-out error to earn the save.
- Hits in the game were even at 7-7 with each team committing an error.
For The Knights
- Goodwin finished the opener 2-for-3 with an RBI.
- Marzigliano, Coleman Barnes (New Hampton, N.Y.), Barone and Tait all singled with Brust ripping a double.
- Barone, Tait and Brust crossed with the three Mount Saint Mary runs.
- Horan improved to 2-2 on the season with 6.0 strong innings of work. He allowed two runs on seven hits while striking out two.
- DiGiovanni earned his third save with a scoreless seventh inning.
Game 2: Mount Saint Mary 13 – Purchase 0 (F/7)
How It Happened
- Mount Saint Mary got on the board early with a pair of runs in the first inning. Marzigliano swiped home on a double steal to open the scoring before Liam Merlin (Reading, Mass.) doubled home Brandon Nolasco (Chester, N.Y.) for the early 2-0 lead.
- The Knights plated two more runs in the third when Nolasco connected on his first home run of the season, a two-run blast that delivered Marzigliano.
- The Mount extended its lead to 7-0 in the fourth when Marzigliano unloaded on a three-run home run with two outs in the inning.
- Mount Saint Mary put the game away in the fifth, plating six runs on just three hits.
- The Knights worked three walks in the frame, including free passes to Merlin and Tait to start the inning. Merlin scored on an errant throw while stealing third and Tait was driven in on a double off the bat of Ryan Lutinski (Easton, Conn.).
- Lutinski crossed on a Ben Crowley (Highland Mills, N.Y.) single with Crowley later scoring on a throwing error.
- Marzigliano closed out the big inning and the scoring in the game when he pushed home Goodwin with a sacrifice fly.
- Mount Saint Mary outhit the Panthers 12-2 in the contest and picked up their second shutout in league play in as many days.
For The Knights
- Marzigliano finished off a big game two 2-for-2 with a walk, home run, a double, three runs scored and four RBI.
- Adam Leone (Wallingford, Conn.) finished up 3-for-4 with a double.
- DiGiovanni wrapped up the victory 2-for-3 with two runs scored.
- Lutinski doubled, scored a run and drove in one run.
- Merlin doubled, scored, drove in a run and walked.
- Nolasco homered, scored two runs and drove in a pair.
- Crowley picked up a hit, scored twice and drove in a run.
- Goodwin finished with a hit and run scored.
- Matthew Borriello (Montgomery, N.Y.) improved to 2-1 on the season with 6.0 shutout innings for the Knights. He allowed just two singles to the Panthers.
- Anthony Caminitti (Mahopac, N.Y.) worked a scoreless seventh, striking out one.
What's Next
- Mount Saint Mary hosts Saint Elizabeth on Tuesday.
- Purchase is off until it hosts Old Westbury on April 2.
