Baseball Drops Non-Conference Bout with William Paterson

Patchogue, NY| The St. Joseph's College (L.I.) baseball team dropped a non-conference contest 11-4 to William Paterson University at Gregg Alfano Field on Tuesday afternoon.

The Golden Eagles fall to 9-5 on the season as the Pioneers move to 13-8.

SJC scored first courtesy of an RBI single up the middle from John Lynch (1-for-2, RBI) bringing in Brian Forbes who walked earlier in the inning.

The Pioneers took advantage of an SJC defensive miscue that led to a five-run top of the second and went ahead 5-1.

WPU tacked on six more runs in the top of the fourth highlighted by a two-run home run by Chris Liriano and a pair of RBI doubles from Dylan Habeeb and Vin Martin and extended their lead to 11-1.

A sacrifice fly off the bat of Nick Vicino (1-for-3, RBI) plated Ryan Decoursey (3-for-5, 2 R) in the bottom of the seventh before RBI singles from Charles Rainone (2-for-2, R, RBI) and Jack Kelly (1-for-2, RBI) in the bottom of the ninth move the game to its final 11-4.

SJC starter Luke Gacovino suffered the loss allowing nine runs, four earned, on seven hits in 3.1 innings of work.

WPU's Nick Durso picked up the win allowing just one run on five hits with three strikeouts.

The Golden Eagles resume Skyline action on Friday, April 8 when they travel to face SUNY Old Westbury. Game one is slated for 4:30 pm.