PURCHASE, N.Y. – Chris Goohs (Nesconset, N.Y./Smithtown H.S. East) surpassed 100 career hits in baseball's comeback victory over Bard College, 15-7. The Valiants (17-6) used a nine-run sixth inning to best the Raptors (8-9) in the Tuesday afternoon single game.
Goohs fronted the offense through the nine innings, going 3-for-5 with a double and two singles, scoring two runs and sending in one. Scott Ennist Jr. (Poughkeepsie, N.Y./Franklin Delano Roosevelt) sat aside Goohs with three hits, including two RBIs and two runs scored.
Anthony Mezzaucella (New Rochelle, N.Y./New Rochelle) went 2-for-2 with two walks and two hit-by-pitches, getting the job done with both singles, sending home his teammates. Mezzaucella led his team with three RBIs.
Anthony Peterson (Hasbrouck Heights, N.J./Hasbrouck Heights) tied the game at seven, beginning the rally in the sixth, with a plopped ball out by the left field foul line that fell, giving him an RBI single.
Billy Anema (Midland Park, N.J./Midland Park) earned his first win on the pitch for the Valiants, entering the game in the fourth inning and going 3.0 innings. He struck out two, allowed three hits and walked two.
FIRST INNING – MANHATTANVILLE 1, BARD 0
With runners on first and third, Logan Alberto (East Patchogue, N.Y./Bellport Senior) hit an RBI single into right field to put the Valiants on the board.
SECOND INNING – MANHATTANVILLE 2, BARD 0
Goohs scored on a wild pitch to double the lead.
THIRD INNING – BARD 5, MANHATTANVILLE 2
The Raptors put up five runs on four hits to take the lead.
FOURTH INNING – BARD 6, MANHATTANVILLE 5
A double from Bard added one more to the lead.
Alberto reached first on an error by the shortstop, turning one run into two with the throw. Griffin White (Poughkeepsie, N.Y./Arlington) sent a double out to right-center to score Alberto and put the game within one.
SIXTH FIELD – MANHATTANVILLE 14, BARD 7
An RBI single added one more to the scoreboard for the visitors.
White reached first on a fielding error from shortstop, advancing all runners and scoring classmate Jack Moeller (Mahopac, N.Y./Mahopac) from third. Peterson came to pinch hit, sending a well-placed ball into left field to keep the runners moving and tie up the game.
Ennist Jr sent a double to the left center wall, scoring White and Alberto for the first lead for the Valiants since the second inning.
Peterson scored on a wild pitch, advancing Ennist Jr to third. Goohs sent the ball right up the middle for an RBI single.
Mezzaucella sent home two teammates with a single into left field before scoring on a wild pitch to wrap up the inning.
SEVENTH FIELD – MANHATTANVILLE 14, BARD 7
With the bases loaded, Mezzaucella walked to score Ennist Jr.
Up Next – The Valiants prepare for a conference-packed weekend with Maritime Saturday and Mount Saint Mary Sunday.
