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PURCHASE, NY (
www.OLDWESTBURYPANTHERS.com) - The SUNY College at Old Westbury baseball team picked up a pair of Skyline Conference road victories from the Mount Saint Vincent Dolphins Saturday afternoon in Purchase, New York. Old Westbury held off the Dolphins in the opener, 9-7, and used a 12-1 victory in the finale to complete the sweep. Old Westbury improves to 16-13-1 on the season and 9-3 in conference play, while Mount Saint Vincent dropped to 2-25 and 2-10, respectively.
Game One: Old Westbury 9, Mount Saint Vincent 7
In a back and forth opener where the lead changed six times, Old Westbury scored twice in both the sixth and seventh innings to come from behind and defeat the Dolphins, 9-7.
John Angelino smacked the game-winning two-run RBI double in the top of the sixth inning, to reclaim the Panthers' lead to 7-6. Old Westbury added two insurance runs in the seventh, when
Jacob Coners laced a two-run RBI single, which saw both Angelino cross the plate from second base and
Brian Walsh swiftly running from first base for a 9-6 Old Westbury margin.
In the bottom of the second, Mount Saint Vincent took a 2-1 advantage. Keith Schroeher singled home Tim Hoxha to knot the game at 1-1, and he instantly scored on a Joseph Senisi base hit for a 2-1 Dolphins edge.
The Panthers knotted the game at 2-2 on a
Kevin Licul RBI single in the top of the third frame. Mount Saint Vincent regained their lead in the bottom half of the third. Mike Esposito was plunked to lead off the Dolphins' frame, advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt, and moved up to third on a wild pitch. Jason Rivera drove in Esposito for a 3-2 Dolphins lead.
Old Westbury countered with two runs in the top of the fourth.
Eddie Hernandez and
Paul Valerio hit consecutive one-out singles to put runners on the corners. Walsh followed with a chopper, which was misplayed by Mount Saint Vincent, and resulted in Hernandez and Valerio both scoring.
After Old Westbury extended their lead to 5-3 in the top of the fifth, the hosts once again answered back. In the home fifth, Kevin Coogan roped a RBI single to cut the Panthers' lead to 5-4. A few batters later, Senisi was hit by the pitch, which knotted the game at 5-5, and the Dolphins took the lead, 6-5, on a RBI sacrifice fly by Josh Sharpe.
The first three batters reached base for Old Westbury in the top of the sixth inning.
Jeremy Delgado led off the frame with a double and swiped third base.
Jonathan Pagan walked and then slid under the tag to steal second base. With two runners in scoring position, the stage was set for Angelino's heroics, as his double plated home both Delgado and Pagan for a 7-6 lead.
Mount Saint Vincent trimmed the lead in the bottom of the eighth, 9-7, however reliever
Alex DiSanto came in for the final 1.2 innings to record his seventh save of the season.
Valerio, Coners, and Licul led the way for Old Westbury with two hits each. Sharpe went 3-for-5 for the Dolphins in the opener.
Game Two: Old Westbury 12, Mount Saint Vincent 1
Christopher Vitale (2-0) collected his second win of the year by pitching six innings to lead Old Westbury to a 12-1 over Mount Saint Vincent.
Old Westbury took a 3-0 lead in the top of the first, by scoring on a balk, wild pitch, and a groundout.
The Panther stretched their lead to 7-0 in the fourth when Pagan belted a two-run RBI double. In the fifth inning, Coners led off the inning with a double and immediately scored on a Robert Crocitto RBI double to left center. Later in the frame, Crocitto scored an unearned run to make it a 10-0 advantage.
MOUNT SAINT MARY KNIGHTS UP NEXT FOR THE PANTHERS: Old Westbury returns to the diamond on Sunday (April 21) at 11:30 a.m. when they travel to take on the Mount Saint Mary Knights in a Skyline Conference doubleheader from Dutchess Stadium.
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