NEWBURGH, NY. - Mount Saint Mary College baseball makes a big statement sweeping St. Joseph's Long Island.
The Basics
(Game 1)
Score: Mount Saint Mary College 6, St. Joseph's (L.I.) 5
Records: Mount Saint Mary College (12-12-1, 6-3 Skyline) | St. Joseph's (L.I.) (12-9, 4-1)
(Game 2)
Score: Mount Saint Mary College 19, St. Joseph's (L.I.) 7
Records: Mount Saint Mary College (13-12-1, 7-3 Skyline) | St. Joseph's (L.I.) (12-10, 4-2)
Rapid Recap
(Game 1)
St. Joseph's took an early lead in the 2nd scoring on a bases-loaded walk after a Mount Saint Mary error, making it 1-0. The Golden Eagles extended their advantage to 4-0 in the 3rd, capitalizing on two Mount Saint Mary errors scoring on a steal attempt and a sac fly. The Knights responded in the bottom of the 3rd cutting the lead in half to 4-2 with Noah Anderson's RBI double and Chris Calvario's RBI groundout, helped by St. Joseph's errors. The lead was pushed to 5-2 in the 4th on a strikeout drop third strike.
Mount Saint Mary narrowed it to 5-3 in the 6th with Luke Barone's RBI single scoring Christian Parisa, who reached on an error. Joseph Moratori shut down St. Joseph's in the 6th and 7th, striking out three. The Knights would not go down in the 7th with Elijah Duphrey starting off the inning with a walk and Noah Anderson following up with a double. The Knights cut it down to 5-4 with Frank Signorelli's RBI single. After Chris Calvario walked, the stage was set for the Knights to walk it off. Coming up was Tyler Van De Bogart with bases loaded and he came through for the Knights roping a double down the first baseline ending the game in walk off fashion 6-5.
Notes and Numbers
- Noah Anderson: 2 for 3, 2 doubles, 1 RBI, 2 runs scored
- Tyler Van De Bogart: 2 for 4, 2 doubles, 2 RBIs
- Frank Signorelli: 2 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 run scored
- Luke Barone: 1 for 3, 1 RBI
- Elijah Duprey: 1 for 2, 1 run scored, 1 walk
- Tyler Crocitto: 1 for 3, 1 run scored
- Liam Horan: 5.0 IP, 2 ER, 8 strikeouts
- Joseph Moratori: 2.0 IP, 0 hits, 0 runs, 3 strikeouts, (win, 3-0)
(Game 2)
Mount Saint Mary took an early 1-0 lead in the 1st off when
Tyler Van De Bogart drove in
Frank Signorelli, who walked and advanced on a wild pitch. The Knights exploded for eight runs in the 2nd, with
Noah Anderson's two-RBI double,
Chris Calvario's two-RBI double, and
Tyler Crocitto's two-RBI double to make it 9-0. St. Joseph's responded in the 3rd, cutting it to 9-2 with an RBI groundout and a run scored on an error. The Golden Eagles added two more in the 4th on a sac fly and an RBI single, narrowing it to 9-4.
The Knights broke the game open in the 4th, scoring ten runs. Stephen Volk's two-RBI single, Signorelli's RBI single, and Christian Parisa's two-RBI double highlighted the outburst, pushing the lead to 19-4. St. Joseph's fought back in the 5th with a sac fly and an RBI single, and added one in the 6th with a bases-loaded walk off making it 19-7. Beneway closed out the 7th, securing the mercy-rule victory after Peter Pappalardo held things down for 5.1 innings.
Notes and Numbers
- Tyler Crocitto: 4 for 4, double, 4 RBIs, 2 runs scored, 1 walk
- Chris Calvario: 3 for 5, double, 3 RBIs, 2 runs scored
- Christian Parisa: 3 for 5, double, 3 RBIs, 2 runs scored
- Frank Signorelli: 2 for 3, 1 RBI, 3 runs scored, 1 walk, 1 HBP
- Noah Anderson: 1 for 3, double, 2 RBIs, 2 runs scored, 1 walk
- Kaleb Morgan: 2 for 3, 2 RBIs, 2 runs scored (replaced Van De Bogart in 4th)
- Stephen Volk: 1 for 4, 2 RBIs, 2 runs scored, 1 HBP
- Tyler Van De Bogart: 1 for 2, 1 run scored, 2 RBIs
- Peter Pappalardo: 5.1 IP, 4 strikeouts, (win, 2-1)
- Dale Beneway: 1.2 IP, 0 runs, 1 strikeout
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