Garden City, N.Y. – The Adelphi baseball team opened up Northeast 10 play on Saturday afternoon when it hosted Saint Anselm at William J. Bonomo Memorial Field. The Panthers won an absolutely wild game in the first game of the doubleheader, but the Hawks got the best of the home team in game two.

Series History:

• Adelphi (4-6, 1-1 NE10) now moves to 14-9 against Saint Anselm since March 2009.
•  The last matchups between the two teams were a split doubleheader at the end of the 2025 season in Manchester.

Game 1: Adelphi 13, Saint Anselm 12

Highlights:

• John Carver had an excellent start. The senior earned his second win in a row, striking out 10 and allowing only one run on three hits.
• Johnny Catuosco was a key offensive cog, going 5-for-6 from the plate with four RBI, including the game-winning run on his walk-off single in the ninth.
• Michael Robinson hit a pinch-hit, game-tying home run in the ninth to keep the Panthers alive.
• Bryan McCleary had a 3-for-4 day in the cleanup spot, driving in three runs and scoring two.
• 'Zach DeMilt was a perfect 3-for-3 at the plate with two walks and scored a team-high five runs, including the game-winner.

How It Happened:

• The Panthers got on the board first in the bottom of the second courtesy of a Duignan sacrifice bunt.
• With Carver dealing, Adelphi was able to grow its lead to 10-1 in the bottom of the sixth.
• The nine runs came from two Catuosco singles, a Bohne two-RBI single, a Ramos RBI groundout, two McCleary singles and a Carway single.
• Saint Anselm's lone run off Carver came in the top of the fifth after a double, a walk, a wild pitch and a single. The starter settled down and escaped the inning relatively unscathed.
•  Colin Richardson pitched a scoreless sixth, but in the seventh and eighth innings, the Hawks got to the Panther bullpen.
•  A seven-run seventh followed by a four-run eighth suddenly saw Saint Anselm lead 12-11.
• Adelphi could not respond in the bottom of the eighth, but Michael Tufo kept the Hawks scoreless in the ninth to give the Brown and Gold a chance to either tie or win it.
• Robinson led off the bottom of the ninth and delivered a pinch-hit solo home run to right field to tie the game at 12.
• DeMilt delivered a one-out single to get the dugout on its feet. L.J. Bohne was then hit by a pitch to set the stage for Catuosco. On the second pitch he saw from the Saint Anselm reliever, the left fielder hit a single to left-center field to walk it off, 13-12, for the Panthers.

Game 2: Saint Anselm 18, Adelphi 4 (F/7)

Highlights:

• Catuosco continued to be a force at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a single and his second home run of the season.
• Michael Robinson hit his second home run of the day, a two-run shot.
• Erick Duignan was 2-for-3 as the number seven hitter and recorded an RBI.
• Joseph Tagliava had the best outing of his young career, throwing three scoreless innings in relief and striking out one.

How It Happened:

•  The Panthers got on the board first thanks to Catuosco's home run, but the lead did not last long.
• Saint Anselm tagged starter Jake Sekinski for three runs in the top of the second and added another three in the third.
• The Hawks held an 8-1 lead in the bottom of the fourth, but the Panthers were able to cut the deficit to four. Robinson knocked a two-run homer over the fence and Duignan doubled two batters later to drive in Matt Ryan.
• Tagliava then tossed three scoreless innings, but the seventh inning was when the game got away from the Panthers. Saint Anselm scored 10 in the inning to completely put the game out of reach.
•  Adelphi was quiet in the bottom of the seventh and fell, 18-4.

Up Next:

• The Adelphi baseball team will be back on William J. Bonomo Field tomorrow at noon for the second doubleheader of the weekend with Saint A's. First pitch is scheduled for noon.