Strong Pitching Lifts Baseball to Sweep of Mt. St. Mary, 7-3, 6-1

When and Where:

April 2, 2023 - Newburgh, NY

Records:

St. Joseph's (L.I.), 13-3, 5-1 Skyline; Mt. St. Mary College, 5-13, 2-2 Skyline 

Results:

The St. Joseph's University (L.I.) baseball team picked up a pair of Skyline Conference wins at Mt. St. Mary College on Sunday afternoon.

Game One: SJLI 7, MSMC 3

Key Players:

• Sophomore James Maggio led the Golden Eagles at the plate finishing 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a run scored 

• Senior Ryan Decoursey went 2-for-4 and also had two RBIs and a run scored

• St. Joseph's starter sophomore Jack Kelly took a no-hitter into the bottom of the seventh before it was broken up by a bloop single into center by Anthony Franco. Kelly improves to 2-1 on the season after allowing three runs on one hit with five strikeouts in a complete game effort

How it happened:

• St. Joseph's was first on the board when three consecutive singles produced a run in the top of the first

• Another two runs came across in the top of the second for the Golden Eagles with RBIs from Mike Badala and Jake Giannico

• Maggio led off the top of the third with a single to left and came into score on a double by Decoursey. Two batters later Decoursey came in on a wild pitch extending the SJLI lead to 5-0

• The Golden Eagles added two runs in the top of the sixth via a two-RBI single up the middle by Maggio

• The Knights got on the board with three runs in the bottom of the seventh by way of two RBI walks and a sac fly by Liam Merlin

Notes:

• MSMC's Matthew Borriello (2-1) got the loss after allowing seven runs on nine hits in six innings

• This was Jack Kelly's first complete game as a Golden Eagle

Game Two: SJLI 6, MSMC 1

Key Players:

• Senior Phil Krpata went 3-for-4 with a home run. The right fielder knocked in three runs while scoring one

• Decoursey added two more hits including his second double of the day and a run scored

• Senior Nick Vicino recorded a pair of hits with an RBI and a run scored

• Junior Andrew Monda earned the win allowing just one run on eight hits while fanning five

How it happened:

• After the first four innings went scoreless, Decoursey led off the top of the fifth with a double in the right-center gap. John Lynch followed with a single putting runners on the corners with no outs setting up an RBI single from Joe Sanguedolce 

• A batter later, Krpata blasted a three-run home run to left pushing the score to 4-0

• Maggio added to the Golden Eagle lead with a solo shot to start the top of the sixth

• The Knights pushed a run across in the bottom of the eighth when Robert Brust tripled to start the inning and came in to score on a single to center from Franco

• St. Joseph's tacked on another run in the top of the ninth when Vicino knocked in Krpata who reached on a bunt single a batter before

Notes:

• Michael Manzolillo provided an inning of scoreless relief allowing just one hit with two strikeouts

• Mary's Brian Gregory went the distance surrendering six runs on 11 hits

Next up, the Golden Eagles will host William Paterson for a non-conference match-up on Tuesday, April 4 at 4:00 pm.