Box Score OLD WESTBURY, NY (www.OLDWESTBURYPANTHERS.com) - The SUNY College at Old Westbury baseball team used timely hitting in three consecutive innings to defeat the visiting Baruch Bearcats 9-8 Thursday evening from the Jackie Robinson Athletic Complex. 

Old Westbury came from behind with single runs in the fifth and sixth innings and pulled ahead with three more in the seventh to knock off Baruch in the late innings for the second time this season.  Old Westbury improved to 14-13-1 on the season while sending the Bearcats to 14-11. 

Christopher Vitale (1-0) tossed two innings of perfect relief and had three strikeouts to earn his first win of the season.  Alex DiSanto had to work to earn his sixth save of the season, allowing two hits and fanned one to close out the ninth.  Starter James Roubal logged four innings, allowing six runs on six hits and four walks while striking out three.  Matthew Andress worked 1.2 innings of scoreless relief for the Panthers. 

Baruch's Chris Maisonet (2-3) was dealt the loss, surrendering nine runs (eight earned) on 10 hits and two walks over seven innings of mound work. 

The Panther offense plated three runs in the bottom of the seventh to take a 9-8 lead.  The seventh inning began with a Jacob Coners walk, and a double by Eddie Hernandez scored Coners.  Paul Valerio followed with a run scoring single that tied the game with Hernandez crossing the plate.  Three batters later, John Angelino's infield single allowed Valerio to score the game-winning run. 

Baruch jumped out to a quick two-run lead in the first with Angel Tejada figuring in both tallies, stroking a single to score Jasdeep Buttar and Nicholas Pomo-Roman.

Old Westbury answered with a Jeremy Delgado RBI single in the first to slice the deficit in half.  A three-run second, highlighted by a two-run double by Coners and Valerio's infield RBI error gave Old Westbury a short lived 3-2 lead. 

Baruch scored two in the third to grab back a 4-3 lead off a Tejada RBI double and a Roubal wild pitch that scored Pomo-Roman. 

Baruch piled on four more runs to go up 8-3 in the fifth off reliever Tyler Levine, who served up four hits and was charged with two runs after inheriting two runners on base with no outs.  

Hernandez led off with a single in the home half of the fifth and three batters later scored on a balk to ignite the comeback.  In the sixth, Peter Romeo brought the Panthers with two runs when he lifted a sacrifice fly out to right that scored Angelino to make it an 8-6 game.   

Angelino (2-4, RBI, R, SB), Coners (2-2, 2 RBI, 2 R, 2B, BB) and Hernandez (2-3, RBI, 2 R, 2B) each finished with multiple hits to lead the way for Old Westbury.  Tejada hit 3-for-4 with three RBI while three other
Bearcats recorded two hits each as Baruch held a 12-10 hitting advantage.  

MOUNT SAINT VINCENT DOLPHINS UP NEXT FOR THE PANTHERS: Old Westbury returns to the diamond on Saturday (April 20) at 12 p.m. when they travel to Purchase College to take on the Mount Saint Vincent Dolphins for Skyline Conference doubleheader. 

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