PURCHASE, N.Y. – The Manhattanville College baseball team lost 11-3 in the Skyline Conference opener before taking the non-conference finale 7-4 Sunday afternoon to split the doubleheader with the Farmingdale State College Rams (3-1, 3-0 Skyline) from Manhattanville College Baseball Field in Purchase, New York. The Valiants (3-5, 2-4 Skyline) are now 11-10 all-time against the Rams dating back to the 2000 season.
Game 1: Farmingdale State 11, Manhattanville 3
Valiant Top Performers
Jake Parisi: 2-for-4, one run scored, one stolen base
Matt Lynch: 1-for-2, one RBI, one walk, one stolen base
Key Moments
- In the first inning, Farmingdale State built a five-run lead off Valiant starter TJ Brescia (Putnam Valley, N.Y./Putnam Valley), highlighted by Chris Discroll's two-RBI single that scored Ryan DePalma for the game-winning run.
- Manhattanville cracked the scoring column in the fourth inning with three runs scored. In a one-out bases loaded situation, Joseph Silvestri (Bronx, N.Y./Archbishop Stepinac) earned a walk to put the Valiants on the board. A batter later, Matt Lynch's (Wappingers Falls, N.Y./Roy C. Ketcham) sacrifice fly out pushed Anthony Quatrochi (Fishkill, N.Y./Our Lady of Lourdes) across the plate to make it a 5-2 game. Luke Tebolt (Wappingers Falls, N.Y./Roy C. Ketcham) followed with an RBI-single to score Brian McBride (Putnam Valley, N.Y./Putnam Valley) and make it a 5-3 game.
- The Rams put together a trio of two-run scored innings in the sixth, eighth and ninth to settle the 11-3 final.
Pitcher Records
Win: Farmingdale State, Jordan Lambert (1-0)
Loss: Manhattanville,
TJ Brescia (0-1)
Game 2: Manhattanville 7, Farmingdale State 4
Valiant Top Performers
Matthew Careccia: 4-for-4, two RBI, one double
Tommy Iazzetta: 1-for-1, one run scored, two RBI, one double
Tebolt: 1-for-2, one run scored, one double
Jalen Grant: 1.1 innings, two runs, three walks, three strikeouts
Key Moments
- Manhattanville took a 4-0 lead over four innings of play by scoring single runs in each of the frame.
- Farmingdale State responded with a pair of runs in the fifth and sixth frames to knot the game at four.
- In the bottom half of the sixth, Brian Bornkamp (North Massapequa, N.Y./Plainedge) scored the game winning run off Tommy Iazzetta's (Thornwood, N.Y./Westlake) two-RBI double to right field, 6-4. Iazzetta touched home plate off a Matthew Careccia (Bronx, N.Y./Archbishop Stepinac) single on Rams reliever Ian Mourelatos to settle the 7-4 final.
Pitcher Records
Win: Manhattanville,
John Millicker (1-0)
Loss: Farmingdale State, Ian Mourelatos (0-1)
WHAT'S NEXT
The Valiants travel to Newburgh, New York next Saturday (Mar. 27) for a Skyline Conference doubleheader against the Mount Saint Mary College Knights. First pitch is scheduled for 12 P.M. from MSMC Baseball/Softball Complex.
*All NCAA safety protocols regarding COVID-19 were followed during this contest.
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