New Haven, Conn. -- The Adelphi University baseball team came out on the wrong side of a 1-0 pitchers' duel on Monday afternoon, as the Panthers dropped the final game of a three-game Northeast-10 Conference set for a sweep at the hands of their Southwest Division foes.
Pitching was the story of the game as
Ed Baram and Mike Schettino dueled through seven shutout innings of work. but Baram surrendered the lone run of the contest in the eighth to come out on the short end. The sophomore was the hard-luck loser in the contest, hurling a season-high eight innings with six strikeouts and allowing just two hits, but the Panthers (13-11, 3-5 NE10) were retired in order by New Haven closer Kellen Croce, who struck out a pair in the ninth, and tallied just three singles against Schettino.
An infield single for
Steven Withers to lead off the day was the first of Adelphi's three hits, while
Brett Malm recorded the other two singles on a 2-4 day. After seven scoreless innings, with one out in the bottom of the eighth, Matt Chamberlain walked before Tom Walraven singled on a hit-and-run play to set the table for the Chargers (11-3, 5-1 NE10). From there, Walraven's ball was bobbled in center field, allowing Chamberlain to make it all the way home to give New Haven a 1-0 lead.Â
That was the lone run needed for Croce to shut the door in the ninth, as he struck out two batters for his fourth save of the season.
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The Panthers are back in action on Wednesday, April 5, hosting Pace University in a 3:30 pm NE10 contest.
About Adelphi Athletics:
Adelphi University joined the Northeast-10 Conference in the fall of 2009 and in the past seven seasons, has collected 21 regular season conference titles, 25 tournament championships, 33 individual crowns and captured the Northeast-10 Presidents' Cup three times (2013, 2014, and 2016), while winning five NCAA Division II National Championships.
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