Lemmo Pitches Gem As Ithaca Handles St. John Fisher
ITHACA, N.Y. -- The Ithaca College baseball team (13-4-1, 3-1 Empire 8) remained unbeaten at home routing St. John Fisher (15-5, 2-1 Empire 8) 16-2 behind a complete-game four-hitter by sophomore Pat Lemmo. The Cardinals entered the game leading the nation in scoring, batting average and slugging percentage; they were held without an extra-base hit.
The Bombers scored in all but one inning as Ithaca hitters battered seven St. John Fisher pitchers for 16 hits and drew six walks; in addition a school-record nine Bombers were hit by a pitch.
Sophomore shortstop Tim Locastro collected his third career four-hit game and scored four runs from the lead-off spot. Sophomore catcher Corey Caswell had three doubles among his four hits; he scored four runs and drove in three (all four totals were career-high performances.
Senior right fielder Teagen Barresi, who played at St. John Fisher for two years before transferring to Ithaca last year, singled twice and drove in a career-best four runs. Sophomore third baseman Colby Gee had three runs batted in.
Lemmo threw 103 pitches in stopping an offense that had averaged 10.8 runs and 5.0 extra-base hits while batting .375 and slugging .607 through 19 games. The Cardinals pushed across an unearned run in the first thanks to a pair of Ithaca errors, then used a one-out single, stolen base, wild pitch and infield ground out to score in the fourth. Following that Lemmo retired 17 of the game’s final 18 batters, allowing only a lead-off walk in the seventh.
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