Box Score
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. – The Adelphi University baseball team took a tie game into the eighth inning against Nova Southeastern University on Wednesday but eventually fell by a score of 4-1. The Panthers are now 3-5-1 overall while the Sharks improve to 14-7.
Senior
Anthony Zarrella had a pair of hits for Adelphi, including a game-tying RBI triple in the eighth inning.
Kyle Ambury collected a pair of singles and starter
Mike Cranston was saddled with the loss after going 3.2 and allowing two earned runs on five hits.
For Nova Southeastern, Angel Navarro went 3-4 with a double and a pair of runs driven in. On the mound, Tyler Redding picked up the win in six innings of shutout, four-hit baseball. Roberto Baroniel came on in the ninth and fired a perfect frame to pick up the save.
The hosts scored first and push across a run in both the second and third. Ryan Woodrey drew a walk to start the bottom of the second and eventually came around to score the Sharks' first run. Alex Marrero singled through the left side and a 6-4-3 double play moved Woodrey to third. Navarro then beat out a ground ball to shortstop, plating Woodrey to make it 1-0.
The Sharks picked up an unearned run the following inning as Julien Plana reached on an infield error with one away. Jose Rodriguez walked and Brandon Sedell flared a hit into center to load the bases. Cranston picked up a big K for the second out, but Marrero worked a walk to force in a run. A lineout to right retired the side but not before the Sharks took a 2-0 lead through three frames.
Cranston worked around a leadoff single and stolen base in the fourth when Zarrella crashed from first base on an attempted bunt and gunned down the lead runner at third. A ground out secured the second out, setting the stage for
John Bivas to come on in relief and retire the side on another 4-3 grounder.
Dillon McNamara tossed a pair of dominant hitless innings for the Panthers and allowed just two base runners on two defensive miscues. The senior flame thrower mixed in a sharp slider to pick up two strikeouts and keep the Shark hitters at bay.
Stephen Bove relieved McNamara in the seventh and put up a zero with some help from his defense. Plana scooted a tough-hop single up the middle to lead off, but catcher
Kevin Hutzel gunned him out at second after Plana tried to move up on a ball in the dirt. Rodriguez scorched a liner to center that
John Campbell snagged, and
Vincent Sharkey scooped up a hard grounder to second to end the inning.
The Panthers got on the board in the eighth after seven scoreless frames, beginning with
Donato Signore's two-out base hit up the middle. Zarrella promptly crushed a triple into the right center gap to bring Signore home and make it a 2-1 game.
Marrero led off with a single through the right side to prompt a call to the Adelphi bullpen for
James McCormack. McCormack threw over to first and caught Marrero sleeping but the ball got away, allowing the runner to sprint into scoring position. An intentional walk brought Navarro to the plate, who made the failed pickoff hurt by ripping an RBI double into right center. McCormack struck out Kavan Thompson for the second out, but Carlos Asuaje chopped a high bouncing ball in the infield and beat out the throw to allow another run to score. McCormack blew a fastball by the final batter for strike three, but the Panthers went down in order in the ninth.
The Panthers return to action tomorrow against Northeast-10 Conference foe UMass Lowell at Lynn University at 11 a.m.
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