St. Joseph’s Batters Farmingdale Rams with Twin Bill Sweep
Game 1
Game 1
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
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Farmingdale State | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
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St. Joseph's (L.I.) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 | 6 | 3 |
Game 2
Game 2
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Farmingdale State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
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St. Joseph's (L.I.) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 | 8 | 0 |
Patchogue, N.Y. – The St. Joseph's Golden Eagles (9-8) put their best feet forward in a home Skyline Conference doubleheader against the top-preseason ranked Farmingdale Rams (6-10) on Monday, taking both ends in impressive fashion, 5-3 and 7-3. SJC outpitched and outhit the Rams to stretch their perfect Skyline record to 4-0, while Farmingdale drops to 2-2.
Game 1 – St. Joseph's 5, Farmingdale 3
In the top of the first, Farmingdale scratched out a run courtesy of an outfield error by Joseph Lynn, two passed balls and an RBI groundout by Tom Rydzewski.
SJC got three runs back in bottom of the second thanks to RBI singles by Anthony Andreani and Dennis McAllister and a sacrifice fly by James Terry.
Farmingdale cut the lead to 3-2 on a Nick Osburn single to center in the top of the third.
Reigning Skyline Player of the Week, Joseph Calabrese, hit a solo homerun to left in the bottom of the sixth to stretch the home lead to 4-2. In the seventh, Lynn walked with two outs and then Anthony Bonilla drove him home with a double to the left field fence, making it 5-2.
SJC starter Ryan Aloise (3-1) went seven innings allowing six hits, two runs (one earned), walked two and struck out two. Matt Mills started the eighth and the ninth and gave up one unearned run for St. Joseph's in 1 1/3 innings. Nick Girardi came on with one out in the ninth to get the last two outs for his second save of the season.
Game 2 – St. Joseph's 7, Farmingdale 1
This time SJC struck first in the second as Brendan Sullivan singled, Calabrese walked, Andreani hit an infield single and then found a run as McAllister hit into a double play and Sullivan crossed the plate.
They added three scores in the bottom of the third as Lynn led off with a double and two batters later Girardi doubled him home. Nakashian, who had walked, scored on a Calabrese sacrifice fly to right, for a 3-0 lead. Andreani then put one right over the head of Farmingdale's second baseman to drive in their fourth run.
SJC's Girardi broke it open in the bottom of the fourth with a bases loaded triple to right field for a 7-1 lead, at the time.
Dalton McCarthy doubled home Michael Marino to put the Rams on the board in the top of the fourth. Farmingdale added two runs in the fifth, but that was all they could muster.
St. Joseph's starter Josh Outsen (2-1) went 6 2/3 innings, gave up three earned runs, seven hits, walked three and struck out six. Matt Mills came on to get the final out for his second save.
SJC has a game scheduled with USMMA for Tuesday on the road at 4:15 p.m. before they return home on Saturday for a big Skyline face-off with Old Westbury (11-5, 3-1 SKY) at noon.