Box Score
Garden City, N.Y. - The Adelphi University baseball team scored eight runs on nine hits before making a single out in Wednesday's 12-2 win over Felician College in non-league action at William J. Bonomo Field. The Panthers, winners of three straight, improve to 6-5-1 with the win while the Golden Falcons slip to 7-14 overall.
Anthony Zarrella led the way at the plate once again and didn't make an out during a 3-3 performance that featured an RBI double and two runs scored.
Brandon Stahl,
Nick Zito and
John Campbell all cracked doubles as part of two-hit afternoons, highlighted by Zito's bases-clearing three-run two-bagger in the sixth.
Vincent Sharkey knocked two hits, drove in a run and scored once, while
Vinny Gaetano smoked a two-run triple in the first inning.
Stephen Bove was sharp on the mound, hurling five innings of one-run baseball to earn his first win of the season. The junior captain surrendered five hits, struck out one and walked none to leave the game with a 9-1 lead.
Mike Cranston,
Ryan Corry and
Jimmy Milani each threw a shutout inning of relief, with the latter two hurlers posting hitless frames.
For Felician, Gabriel Fellin had a team-best three hits and drove in a run from the leadoff spot. Andrew Lombardi plated the second Golden Falcons run on an RBI groundout in the ninth. On the hill, starter Chris Falcone suffered the loss as the livid Panther bats forced Felician to tap its bullpen before Falcone could record an out in the first. The Golden Falcons used eight pitchers in the game, but Dean Loucka fared best in two innings of scoreless, hitless relief.
The Adelphi hitters were relentless from the opening batter as the first six spots recorded hits, the first 12 reached base, and the Panthers scored eight runs on nine hits before recording an out. Four straight singles set the stage for Gaetano to rock a two-run triple, and Stahl brought home two more with a double two batters later.
The bats quieted down over the next four frames during which each side would score one run, but Zito's three-run double in the sixth made it a 12-1 affair. The Golden Falcons managed to scoot a second run across on Lombardi's 6-3 grounder in the ninth but
James McCormack secured the last three outs to put the game in the books.
The Panthers continue their eight game homestand tomorrow when they host Concordia College in non-conference play at 3:30 p.m.
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