Box Score

Garden City, N.Y. - The Adelphi University baseball team reached the 20-win mark for the eighth consecutive season with a 7-3 win over Molloy College in non-conference action at William J. Bonomo Field on Thursday. After a 30-minute rain delay before the first pitch, the Panthers opened up an early lead and gave starter Jeff Andersen plenty of room to work six innings of shutout baseball. Adelphi improves to 20-18 overall with the win, while the Lions fall to 19-22.

Andersen scattered nine hits over six innings, collecting three strikeouts while walking just one to earn his second win of the year. John Donnelly tossed two innings of scoreless relief and slammed the door in the ninth with back-to-back strikeouts.

Despite being out-hit 14 to nine, the Panthers generated plenty of offense, most notably via Anthony Zarrella's 2-4 performance including an opposite-field two-run home run. Freshman Nick Zito ripped three singles and scored twice, while classmate Donato Signore smacked an RBI double.

The Panthers put up a three-spot in the bottom of the first, cracking the scoreboard on a sacrifice fly by senior Jamie Liebowitz. Zarrella came around to score after moving to third on a wild pitch and scoring on the ensuing throwing error, and Richard Mejia scampered home on Signore's double to center.

Liebowitz scored the first of two runs in the third on a wild pitch, and senior Craig Matteo singled home Signore with two away. Zarrella then muscled a two-run blast to left center, make it 7-0 and stretching his team-best total to six dingers on the season.

An RBI fielder's choice in the seventh put Molloy on the board, and two runs on three straight hits to start the eighth made the score 7-3, but Donnelly came in to secure the final five outs and put the Lions away.

The Panthers hit the road for a three-game Northeast-10 Conference Southwest Division series at The College of Saint Rose this weekend, beginning with a doubleheader on Saturday at 12 p.m.