Garden City, N.Y. – The Adelphi baseball team began its four-game weekend set with Assumption on Saturday afternoon at William J. Bonomo Memorial Field. John Carver was electric in game one, striking out 15 batters en route to a 5-1 win. Assumption got the better of the Panthers in game two as the squads split the doubleheader.
Series History:
Game 1: Adelphi 5, Assumption 1
Highlights:
- John Carver took the bump for Adelphi and was phenomenal. The fifth-year right-hander struck out a career-high 15 batters in eight innings, earning his second victory of the season.
- Johnny Catuosco stayed hot, going 2-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored.
- Evan Carway earned the start at first base and had a 3-for-4 day, driving in a run.
- Michael Robinson drove in two as the Panther cleanup hitter, and Bryan McCleary recorded an RBI walk.
How It Happened:
- Pitching was the name of the game early, as neither team could score through four and a half innings.
- With Carver mowing down Assumption's lineup, the Panthers finally came through for their ace in the bottom of the fifth.
- Anthony Rigoglisio got the inning started with a single to right field and was followed by an L.J. Bohne walk and a Catuosco bunt single.
- Robinson got the first run of the game on the board with an RBI walk, and with two outs, Carway delivered a two-RBI single.
- The Greyhounds got on the board in the top of the sixth with a solo home run, which would be the only run Carver allowed.
- Adelphi jumped on the Greyhounds' reliever in the bottom half of the inning.
- Erick Duignan reached first after being hit by a pitch, and two two-out doubles from Catuosco and Robinson made the score 5-1 Adelphi.
- Assumption could not touch Carver in the seventh and eighth innings, managing only one baserunner.
- Colin Richardson closed it out for the Panthers as they took game one.
Game 2: Assumption 14, Adelphi 3 (F/7)
Highlights:
- Matt Ryan drove in all three runs for Adelphi on a three-RBI double that initially looked to be a home run, but the umpires ruled the ball hit the fence rather than the foul pole.
- Johnny Catuosco was again 2-for-4, scoring one run.
- Will Celentano pitched two scoreless innings in relief, recording his first career strikeout.
How It Happened:
- Assumption was able to get to starter Dylan Beirne early, tagging the freshman for two runs in the top of the first inning.
- Adelphi's bats were quiet as the Greyhounds extended their lead to 6-0 after a one-run second and three-run third.
- Ryan's double in the bottom of the third cut Assumption's lead in half, but in the top of the fourth, the game got away from the Panthers.
- Two errors in the inning led to six unearned runs charged to Joseph Tagliavia. The Greyhounds scored on an RBI double, a hit-by-pitch, and a grand slam to go up 12-3.
- Assumption added two more in the top of the fifth to go up 14-3, and although Celentano shut down the visitors in the sixth and seventh, Adelphi fell by that score.
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