Ducks Split; Cardinals Win

Ducks Split; Cardinals Win

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STEVENS v Old WestburyThe Stevens Institute of Technology baseball team splits its doubleheader with SUNY Old Westbury on Wednesday evening and erupted for 12 runs in the night cap. With the split, Stevens is now 13-8 overall, while Old Westbury is 12-18.

Old Westbury 3, Stevens 1
The Ducks' bats were baffled in the opener by Old Westbury starter Arismendy Nunez, who allowed just one hit through seven innings and needed just 79 pitches to finish off the complete game.

Sophomore Nicholas Sieber (Shrewsbury, Mass.) notched Stevens' lone hit of Game One with an RBI triple in the third inning that plated junior Marc Calleo (Bayville, N.J.). Calleo reached base on a walk.

Senior Dan Allen (Egg Harbor Township, N.J.) was the only other Stevens hitter to reach base in the opener by way of an error in the seventh inning.

The Panthers scored once in the first, third and fifth innings.

Junior Peirce Marston (Silver Spring, Md.) tossed five solid innings in a losing effort on the mound with four strikeouts. Marston gave up six hits, walked two and gave up two earned runs.

Classmate Gary Boardman (Staten Island, N.Y.) threw the final inning in relief and allowed one runner on a hit by pitch.

Stevens 12, Old Westbury 4
Stevens' hitters found their stride in the night cap and produced 12 runs on six hits, eight walks and a hit by pitch.

Trailing 1-0 after an inning of play, the Ducks scored once in the second on a pick-off play that allowed junior Ryan Mannello (Staten Island, N.Y.) to come home. Mannello led off the frame with a single then stole second and moved to third on a wild pitch. Calleo walked with two outs and was picked off, but Mannello crossed home before the out was recorded.

In the third, Stevens scored six times on four hits. Senior Curt Lowenstein (Egg Harbor Township, N.J.) led off the inning, stole second and eventually came home on an error. Sieber reached on a fielder's choice, and after a walk to junior Brian Hennelly (Holbrook, N.J.), Allen stroked a double to bring both runners in. Sophomore Jayson Yano (Foothill Ranch, Calif.) followed with a single and a sacrifice fly from Mannello drove in Allen. Freshman Bret Viola (Carmel, N.Y.) continued the rally with a base hit to bring Calleo to the plate, who singled in Yano and Viola to cap off the frame.

The Ducks played five more runs in the fifth without the benefit on a base hit. Five walks and a hit batter led to three runs and the other two came home on an error and fielder's choice. Yano, Calleo, junior Gregg Nickels (Simpsonville, S.C.), sophomore Tyler Bush (Bristol, Conn.) and freshman Harrison Kate (North Brunswick, N.J.) all reached on free passes, while sophomore Thomas Sheridan (Staten Island, N.Y.) was hit by a pitch.

Westbury attempted a comeback with three runs in the bottom half of the fifth, but only placed one runner on in its final two at bats.

Yano picked up the win for Stevens in four innings of work with six punch outs. Yano surrendered three hits and a run before exiting the game. Freshman Will Korosec (Cream Ridge, N.J.) struck out two in the fifth, while sophomore Daniel McIntyre (Lakeway, Texas) fanned a pair in the sixth. Sophomore Ryan Patterson (Staten Island, N.Y.) tossed the seventh and struck out one.


ST. JOHN FISHER v RIT
The nationally-ranked St. John Fisher College baseball team improved to 19-2 on the season with an 11-7 victory over the Rochester Institute of Technology Tigers on Thursday afternoon at Fisher's Dugan Yard.
 
The Cardinals, currently ranked 14th in the most recent D3baseball.com national rankings, capitalized on eight errors from the Tigers while sophomore pitcher Mitch Modlin picked up his first career win.
 
Fisher would start the scoring in the bottom of the second after Brad Rush led the inning off with a walk and Nick Flemister followed by reaching on an error. Rush would advance around the bases to score the game's first run on back-to-back wild pitches. Mike Roman drove in Flemister on a fielder's choice to give Fisher a 2-0 lead.
 
The Tigers battled back to take the lead with four runs in the top of the third, but it would be short-lived as the Cardinals erupted for five runs in the bottom half to take the lead for good. Mike Fahy began the surge with a leadoff single, while Chris Roeder would reach on an error. Both runners would later score on two wild pitches and a pass ball. AfterCody Wiktorski popped out, four straight hitters would reach base, capped off by RBI singles from Malcolm Kelsey and Mike Roman to give the Cardinals a 7-4 lead.
 
Fisher would score two more in the bottom of the fourth after Flemister doubled to drive in Wiktorski and Roeder, who both singled to start the inning. The Cardinals would piece together two more insurance runs over the final four frames to seal the victory.
 
Kelsey led the offense, going 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored. Wiktorski and Roman both went 2-for-5, while Flemister finished 1-for-5 with a pair of RBI and two runs scored.
 
Starting pitcher Sean Badger threw 4.2 innings, allowing six runs (five earned), while striking out three. Mitch Modlin picked up his first career win, tossing 3.1 innings in relief. The Adams Center native allowed just one unearned run and struck out three. Junior Ryan Smith threw a perfect ninth and tallied one strikeout.