Pomona, N.Y. - The St. Thomas Aquinas College Baseball team finally had clear skies and dry weather conditions on Sunday to kickoff its two-day, four-game series with D'Youville University at Clover Stadium. However, the visiting Saints brought their red-hot bats to the Lower Hudson Valley, sweeping both ends of the ECC doubleheader from the Spartans, 12-8 and 11-7.
STAC falls to 13-19 overall and 4-5 in ECC play, while DYU improves to 18-15 and 7-3.
HOW IT HAPPENED - GAME ONE:
Top 2nd Inning - Jeremy Glinski tripled down the right field line and scored on a throwing error by the second baseman. 1-0 DYU
Top 2nd Inning - Hunter Nowak singled to second base, as Alec Boucher scored. 2-0 DYU
Btm 2nd Inning - Tyler Haydt grounded out to third base, with Chris Ewing making his way to the plate. 2-1 DYU
Top 3rd Inning - Alex Dzimian doubled to right-centerfield, scoring Blaise Kolbert 3-1 DYU
Top 3rd Inning - Jake Hollins advanced to second base on a wild pitch, while Alex Dzimian scored on the wild pitch. 4-1 DYU
Top 3rd Inning - Alec Boucher singled to right field, plating Jake Hollins as an unearned run. 5-1 DYU
Btm 3rd Inning - Sean Lynch singled to right field, advancing Joseph Scamardella to second base and scoring C.J. Cumbo. 5-2 DYU
Btm 3rd Inning - Kyle DeCresce singled to right field, bringing both Sean Lynch and Joseph Scamardella to the plate. 5-4 DYU
Top 8th Inning - Alec Boucher singled to left field, scoring Jeremy J. Glinski. 6-4 DYU
Top 8th Inning - Jon Simpson doubled down the left field line, allowing Alec Boucher to score. 7-4 DYU
Top 8th Inning - Ethan Hammond singled to right field, with Jon Simpson scoring. 8-4 DYU
Top 8th Inning - Alex Dzimian singled through the right side, plating Ethan Hammond. 9-4 DYU
Btm 8th Inning - Gregory DiGiaro homered to centerfield. 9-5 DYU
Btm 8th Inning - Billy Minett singled down the left field line, scoring Tyler Haydt. 9-6 DYU
Btm 8th Inning - David Potenza homered to left field, also bringing Billy Minett to the plate. 9-8 DYU
Top 9th Inning - Hunter Nowak singled to centerfield, advancing Alec Boucher to second base and scoring Billy Morris. 10-8 DYU
Top 9th Inning - Hunter Nowak advanced to second base on a throwing error by the catcher, while allowing Alec Boucher to score 11-8 DYU
Top 9th Inning - Ethan Hammond singled to right-centerfield, scoring Hunter Nowak. 12-8 DYU
HOW IT HAPPENED - GAME TWO:
Btm 1st Inning - Gregory DiGiaro tripled to centerfield and scored on a throwing error by the shortstop, as Sean Lynch also scored. 2-0 STAC
Top 2nd Inning - J. Simpson homered down the left field line, with Hunter Nowak and Alec Boucher also coming to the plate. 3-2 DYU
Btm 2nd Inning - C.J. Cumbo homered to left field, as David Potenza and Brian Klumpp also came home. 5-3 STAC
Btm 3rd Inning - Brian Klumpp grounded out to first base, while Chris Ewing advanced to third base and Gregory DiGiaro scored an unearned run. 6-3 STAC
Top 7th Inning - Jake Hollins singled to left field, as Alex Dzimian advanced to second base and Dillon Crook scored. 6-4 STAC
Top 7th Inning - Billy Morris doubled to right-centerfield, with Jake Hollins advancing to third base and Alex Dzimian coming to the plate. 6-5 STAC.
Top 7th Inning - Jeremy Glinski homered to left field, while Billy Morris and Jake Hollins also made their way home. 8-6 DYU
Btm 7th Inning - Nick Oelcher singled to centerfield as Isaac Pena advanced to third base and Chris Ewing scored. 8-7 DYU
Top 8th Inning - Jeremy Glinski homered to left-centerfield, while also bringing Billy Morris and Jake Hollins to the plate. 11-7 DYU
STAC PERFORMANCES:
- Gregory DiGiaro smacked three hits in nine at-bats, with a double, a triple and a home run. He also drove in two runs and scored another three. Greg was also walked once.
- Sean Lynch and Chris Ewing each went 3-for-8 in the doubleheader, with Lynch picking up an RBI and two runs scored while Ewing also scored two runs. Both Spartans also earned a walk apiece.
- Kyle DeCresce posted a two-hit day in six tries, and drove in two runs.
- The Spartans also saw hits from Brian Klumpp (1-for-2, 2B, RBI, Run), Nick Oelcher (1-for-3, RBI, Walk), Billy Minett (1-for-4, RBI, Run), Tyler Haydt (1-for-6, 2B, RBI, Run, 3 Walks), David Potenza (1-for-7, HR, 2 RBI, 2 Runs, Walk), Joseph Scamardella (1-for-8, Run, 2 Walks) and C.J. Cumbo (1-for-8, HR, 3 RBI, 2 Runs, Walk).
- Andrew Alameda got the start in game one of the Sunday twin bill and threw seven innings, allowing six runs (five earned) on eight hits, while walking one and fanning three. Alameda was charged with the loss and falls to 4-3 on the year.
- John Dezago and Kyle Rogers were called upon out of the bullpen for the maroon and gold and hurled an inning apiece, with Dezago allowing four runs on four hits with a walk and a strikeout and Rogers giving up two runs on two hits, while walking one.
- John Archer took the mound for game two and pitched 6.1 strong innings for the Spartans, allowing four runs on eight hits, with two walks and two strikeouts. Archer took a no-decision in the contest
- Andrew Speranza, Jeremiah Vega and Tom O'Neill each saw time in relief of Archer and combined to allow seven runs on seven hits, while walking three and K-ing one. Andrew Speranza gets charged with the loss and falls to 0-4 on the year, for surrendering three runs on two hits, while walking one and getting no outs.
FACTS & FIGURES:
- The Spartans totaled 15 runs on 18 hits, with 6 errors, while D'Youville earned 23 runs on 29 hits, with 4 errors in the twin bill.
- STAC pitchers struck out 8 Saints batters, while issuing 8 walks on the day.
- St. Thomas Aquinas stranded 18 runners on base, while DYU left 12 in the doubleheader.
UP NEXT:
STAC continues this four-game series, with a Monday twin bill against D'Youville University at Clover Stadium. First pitch of game one is scheduled for 11:00 a.m in Pomona, New York.