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BOX SCORE: Game One - Game Two

OLD WESTBURY, NY (www.oldwestburypanthers.com) – The SUNY College at Old Westbury Panthers baseball team closed out the week by outhitting the visiting St. Joseph's-Brooklyn Bears 28-7 in a non-conference sweep on Sunday afternoon. Old Westbury defeated the Bears 8-5 in game one and 14-2 in the finale to improve to 6-10 on the season. The losses move St. Joseph's-Brooklyn to 3-11.

St. Joseph's-Brooklyn scored first with an RBI single by Joe Mendez in the top of the first inning. Old Westbury answered with an RBI single off the bat of Josef Schaetzle that scored Melvin Simmons from third. After the Bears took a brief 2-1 lead heading into the bottom of the third, Old Westbury grabbed hold of a 3-2 advantage and never looked back. Schaetzle collected his second RBI of the game with a game tying single that scored Anthony Orsano. Joseph Caraballo gave OW the lead for good with a single that scored Schaetzle. Four more runs by Old Westbury crossed the plate in the fifth inning. Caraballo's double drove in Chris DeGennaro and two batters later Kevin Cohen doubled to score Euris Turbi and Caraballo. Alex Abanavas followed with an RBI single to left that scored Cohen. Old Westbury tacked on a single run in the sixth as Ryan Blanco scored on a single by DeGennaro. St. Joseph's-Brooklyn added three unearned runs in the top of the seventh but weren't enough to overcome a six run deficit.

Josef Schaetzle and Joseph Caraballo both collected three hits on the game while Joseph Guido and Melvin Simmons banged out two. Schaetzle, Caraballo and Kevin Cohen each scored two runs. Old Westbury swept eight bags in the opener as Caraballo led the way with two. Joe Boccia paced the Bears with a 3-for-4 game at the plate, coming around for two scores while Michael Curdari knocked in two runs.

OW starter Joshua Burgos (1-0) picked up his first win of the season with a four strikeout performance. He threw 5.1 innings of mound work, allowing one unearned run on four hits and two walks. Michael Duran tossed 1.1 innings with three strikeouts and David Stern retired the final batter to preserve the OW victory. Kevin Hernandez dropped for 0-4 on the season for the Bears after surrendering eight runs (three earned) on 14 hits and one walk.

In game two, Old Westbury scored in each of the first five innings off a 14 hit offensive assault of the visiting Bears. Melvin Simmons platted home Joseph Guido on a sacrifice fly for the games initial run in the first inning. Ryan Blanco singled down the right field line to plate home Michael Weingartner and scored the eventual game-winner the very next at bat when Blake Barbeito reached on an error by SJC-Brooklyn center fielder Kevin Diaz. Old Westbury scored four run in the third, three in the fourth and stacked on four more in the sixth to produce a season best 14 runs in the finale.

Melvin Simmons collected his 11th career three hit game with a 3-for-3 game at the plate, including three scores, two runs batted in and a stolen base. Josef Schaetzle (2-3, 3 RBI) and Benjamin Farias (2-4, 2 RBI) joined Simmons with multiple hits. Joseph Guido and Blake Barbeito each scored two runs on the game. OW stole seven bags in the series finale. Joe Mendez cracked St. Joseph's-Brooklyn lone hit of the game.

Jose Pena (1-0) earned the win for Old Westbury, working 4.0 innings on the hill, allowing one earned run on one hit and two walks. Alex Rutman and Kevin Briffa combined to work the final three innings to preserve the combined one-hitter. Daniel Contant (0-3) was tagged with the loss for the Bears. Contant was touched for five earned runs on seven hits and two walks in three innings of work.

VASSAR BREWERS UP NEXT FOR THE PANTHERS: The Panthers return to the field for a non-conference showdown on the road with the Vassar Brewers on Wednesday (Mar. 30) in Poughkeepsie, New York. First pitch is slated for 4 p.m. from the Prentiss Baseball Field. Follow the game with LIVE STATS, available by clicking here.

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