Pomona, N.Y. - The St. Thomas Aquinas College Baseball team saw its four-game win streak ended on Friday afternoon at the hands of Molloy College in a 17-7 contest at Clover Stadium.

STAC falls to 9-13 and 3-1 in the ECC, while Molloy improves to 18-6 and 4-0.

How it Happened

• Danny Di Marzo opened the scoring in the first inning on an RBI double to left field to make it 1-0 STAC.
• Molloy tied the game in the third inning and went ahead on the scoreboard with runs in the fourth inning to take a 4-1 lead.
• A Kyle Lagrutta ground out in the bottom of the fourth inning brought Andrew Guerra around to score, cutting the Spartan deficit to 4-2.
• The visiting Lions plated three runs in the fifth, including a Patrick Hoffman solo homer to right field, to take a 7-2 advantage.
• STAC would get four in the sixth, as a Kyle Lagrutta double scored Danny Di Marzo, a Christopher Conti single to center field, allowed Andrew Guerra to come to the plate, a C.J. Cumbo single to center brought home Lagrutta and an Andrew Jemison single scored Conti to close the gap to 7-6.
• Molloy got one back in the seventh to go up 8-6, before Christopher Conti's double to center field in the bottom of the frame, sent Andrew Guerra home to make it 8-7.
• The Lions bats stayed hot in the eighth and ninth innings, picking up eight runs on a combination of singles, doubles and sacrifice fly outs. Their only other run came via a bases loaded walk. Molloy enjoyed a comfortable 17-7 advantage through eight and half innings of play.
• STAC had one more chance to rally in the bottom of the ninth, but Spartan batters struck out twice with a pop up sandwiched in between to give Molloy the first game of the three-game ECC series.

Top STAC Performances

• Andrew Jemison had four hits in five at-bats, including a double, and an RBI and run scored.
• Andrew Guerra went 2-for-5 with a double and three runs scored.
• Kyle Lagrutta (2-5) and Christopher Conti (2-4) each stroked doubles in the contest and recorded two RBI each and a run scored apiece.
• Aaron Dona (L, 1-2) got the start for the Spartans and pitched five innings, surrendering five hits and four runs (two earned), while walking two and striking out three.
• Mateo Reyes, Yanni Orfanidis, Andrew Alameda, James Reilly Orin Winslow and Jaden Jorgenson combined to hurl four innings in relief, while giving up 11 hits and 13 runs (10 earned). The bullpen also walked five and K'd one.

Up Next

STAC continues this three-game conference series on Saturday afternoon (April 2), with the next two games shifting to Mitchel Field in Uniondale, N.Y. First pitch of game one is scheduled for 12 p.m. with game two to follow around 3 p.m.