Pomona, N.Y. - Playing its final home game of the 2024 season on Wednesday, the St. Thomas Aquinas College Baseball team wound up on the wrong side of a 17-4 non-conference defeat at the hands of crosstown rivals Dominican University.
STAC slips to 19-25 overall, while Dominican ends its season on a high note at 16-33, and sweeps the two-game regular season series from the Spartans.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
Top 1st Inning - Jake Chaisongkran walked with the bases loaded, with Alexander Reyes advancing to second base, Davin Keddell-Tuckey advancing to third base and David Knepper coming to the plate. 1-0 DUNY
Top 1st Inning - Jean Nunez reached on a fielder's choice and advanced to second on a throwing error by second baseman, with Jake Chaisongkram being called out at second base on a throw from the third baseman to the second baseman, Alexander Reyes scoring an unearned run on the error and Davin Keddell-Tuckey also coming home. 3-0 DUNY
Top 1st Inning - Christian Fils-Aime singled to shortstop, as Jean Nunez advanced to third base and then scored an unearned run on a throwing error by the shortstop. 4-0 DUNY
Btm 1st Inning - Kyle DeCresce singled to left field, bringing Brian Klumpp to the plate. 4-1 DUNY
Top 2nd Inning - Davin Keddell-Tucky doubled down the right field line, scoring both Tyler Richman and Anthony Nigro (unearned). 6-1 DUNY
Top 2nd Inning - Christian Fils-Aime singled and advanced to second base on the throw, as Jean Nunez advanced to third base, while both Alexander Reyes and Davin Keddell-Tucky scored a pair of unearned runs. 8-1 DUNY
Top 3rd Inning - Alexander Reyes reached on a fielder's choice, with Davin Keddell-Tucky being called out at second base on a throw from the second baseman to the shortstop, while David Knepper advanced to third base and Tyler Richman scored. 9-1 DUNY
Top 4th Inning - Tyler Richman advanced to second base, as Bryant Bassett advanced to third base and Christian Fils-Aime scored on a wild pitch. 10-1 DUNY
Top 4th Inning - David Knepper grounded out to the second baseman, with Tyler Richman advancing to third base and Bryant Bassett scoring. 11-1 DUNY
Top 5th Inning - Anthony Nigro walked with the bases full of Chargers, moving Bryant Bassett to second base, Christian Fils-Aime to third base and Jean Nunez to the plate. 12-1 DUNY
Top 5th Inning - Tyler Richman singled through the right side with the bases juiced, advancing Anthony Nigro to second base, Bryant Bassett to third base and scoring Christian Fils-Aime. 13-1 DUNY
Btm 5th Inning - Kyle DeCresce singled and advanced to third base on a fielding error by the right fielder, while Colin Ross scored. 13-2 DUNY
Top 6th Inning - Bryant Bassett walked with the bases loaded, moving Andrew Smith to second base and Alexander Reyes to third base, while Davin Keddell-Tucky made his way home. 14-2 DUNY
Btm 6th Inning - Alex Celeiro flied out to center field on a sacrifice fly, allowing Michael Zeis to come to the plate. 14-3 DUNY
Top 7th Inning - Jake Chaisongkram reached on a fielding error by the second baseman, moving Davin Keddell-Tucky to third base, while Tyler Richman scored an unearned run. 15-3 DUNY
Btm 8th Inning - Jordan Babbo advanced to second base, as Michael Zeis scored on a wild pitch. 15-4 DUNY
Top 9th Inning - Alexander Reyes flied out to right field on a sacrifice fly, with Davin Keddell-Tucky advancing to third base and Tyler Richman making his way home. 16-4 DUNY
Top 9th Inning - Jake Chaisongk singled to center field, bringing Davin Keddell-Tucky to the plate. 17-4 DUNY
STAC PERFORMANCES:
- Michael Zeis went 2-for-3 on the night, with a double, while scoring twice. He was also walked once.
- STAC also received a multi-hit games from Jordan Babbo, who had two hits in four at-bats, and Kyle DeCresce, who went 2-for-5, with 2 RBI.
- Colin Ross (1-for-1, 2B), Ben Moscatiello (1-for-2) and Ryan Appell (1-for-3) also added to the hit totals for the Spartans.
- Will Kindl got the start for STAC in the home finale and threw an inning and a third, allowing seven runs (three earned) on five hits, while walking two. Kindl was charged with the loss and falls to 0-2 on the year.
- Eric Volpi, Jalen Grant, Jason Basilicata, Ryan Callaghan, Lorent Hoti and Andrew Speranza combined to the final seven and two-thirds innings in relief. The six Spartans surrendered 10 hits and 10 runs (eight earned), while walking 12 and fanning 10.
FACTS & FIGURES:
- The Spartans totaled 4 runs on 9 hits, with 4 errors, while Dominican earned 17 runs on 15 hits, with 1 error.
- STAC pitchers struck out 10 Chargers batters, while issuing 14 walks on the day.
- St. Thomas Aquinas stranded 8 runners on base, as Dominican left 15 on in the non-conference contest.
UP NEXT:
STAC plays its final ECC regular season contests, traveling to Lincoln University (Pa.) for a four game series, Friday and Saturday, May 3 & 4. The Spartans and Lions will play a pair weekend doubleheaders, with the first game of each twin bill getting underway at 12:00 p.m.