Baseball Claims 14th Consecutive Victory with a Pair of Wins Over OW

When and Where:

April 23, 2023 - Patchogue, NY

Records:

St. Joseph's (L.I.), 24-3, 13-1 Skyline; SUNY Old Westbury 11-16, 5-7 Skyline

Results:

The St. Joseph's University (L.I.) baseball team earned their 14th consecutive win with a sweep of SUNY Old Westbury at Gregg Alfano Field on Sunday afternoon. The Golden Eagles breezed to a 7-1 win in game one before walking off for the second time this weekend with an 11-10 win in game two.

Game One: SJLI 7,  OW 1
Key Players:

• Senior Nick Vicino went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored

• Junior Joe Sanguedolce was 2-for-3 with a run

• Senior Phil Krpata finished with two hits, a run, and a stolen base

• Junior Peter Manger improved to 5-0 with 4.2 innings of no-hit relief with four strikeouts

How it happened:

• The Panthers were first to score with a run in the top of the second 

• OW threatened again in the third loading the bases with one out. Manger came in from the pen and got Nick Papageorge swinging and Jaime Barrios to ground out to end the inning

• Back-to-back singles and a balk put runners on second and third to start the bottom half of the third. Michael Badala sent a single into left-center bringing in both runs. Four more hits would follow in the inning resulting in a 6-1 lead for the Golden Eagles

• St. Joseph's added a run in the bottom of the sixth when Vicino knocked in Sanguedolce who singled to center to start the inning

• Manger retired the Panthers in order in the seventh and secured the 7-1 win

Notes:

• OW's starter John Moeller was handed the loss after allowing seven runs on 11 hits with two strikeouts 

Game Two: SJLI 11, OW 10

Key Players:

• Senior John Lynch was 3-for-4, three doubles, with a season-best six RBIs and a run scored

• Sanguedolce added three hits, two runs, and an RBI

• Krpata went 2-for-4 with two walks, three runs, an RBI, and two stolen bases

How it happened:

• The Golden Eagles were first to score in game two on a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the second

• Michael DeFilippo extended the SJLI lead, 3-1, in the bottom of the third with his second home run in as many days this time with a runner on

• OW broke through in the top of the fourth courtesy of a two-RBI single through the left side by Mike Petrucelly

• The Panthers took the lead, 6-4, in the top of the fifth when five consecutive base hits resulted in four runs 

• St. Joseph's evened the score with three runs in the bottom of the sixth. After Joe Hackal and Phil Krpata walked an infield single by Sanguedolce loaded the bases with one out. Two batters later, Lynch cleared the bases when he drilled a double into the right-center gap 

• Five hits highlighted by a three-RBI double by OW's Charlie Eisele in the top of the eighth put the visitors back on top 10-6

• The lead was erased quickly as the Golden Eagles responded with four runs of their own in the bottom half of the inning. Hackal drew a leadoff walk and back-to-back base hits from Krpata and Sanguedolce loaded the bases for Maggio who singled to right bringing in Hackal. Lynch again was up with the bases full of Golden Eagles and again cleared them with a double this time to the left-center gap tying the game at 10 runs apiece

• OW's John Dell'Olio reached on a fielder's choice in the top of the ninth but was erased when he was caught stealing just before Oscar Fajardo singled to left. SJLI's Josh Dannenberg then got Papageorge looking to send the game to the bottom of the ninth with the chance for the Golden Eagles to walk it off

• After two quick flyouts to start the inning, Krpata doubled to left center and came into score on Sanguedolce's hit up the middle for SJLI's second walk-off win of the weekend

Notes:

• SJLI's Dannenberg was credited with the win allowing just one hit in one inning of relief

• OW's Justin Aramini was tagged with the loss

Next up, the Golden Eagles will travel to face William Paterson for a non-conference contest on Tuesday, April 25 at 3:30 pm.