Pomona, N.Y. - The St. Thomas Aquinas College Baseball team used a six-run seventh inning to rally back and defeat Jefferson University, 11-7 on Tuesday afternoon at Clover Stadium.

STAC improves to 13-15 on the season, while Jefferson drops to 17-16 overall.

How it Happened

• Jefferson opened the scoring in the second inning, plating three runs on an RBI double to left field and a 2-RBI single to center field.
• An Andrew Jemison two run homer to right field in the third, got the Spartans within one, 3-2.
• The Rams picked up a run in the fifth and seventh innings on RBI singles to make it 5-2.
• STAC tied the game and took the lead in the bottom of the seventh inning. First, Kyle Lagrutta's 2-RBI single narrowed the score to 5-4. Next, Nick O'Connor drew a bases loaded walk to tie the game at five. Then Andrew Jemison was hit by a pitch with the bases still juiced to force in a run and give the Spartans its first lead of the day at 6-5. Matthew Johnson's RBI sacrifice fly and a wild pitch which brought Nick O'Connor to the plate, increased the maroon and gold lead to 8-5.
• The visitors from the City of Brotherly Love were able to get two runs back in the eighth to cut their deficit to 8-7.
• Another bases loaded walk, this time to David Potenza in the bottom of the frame, gave STAC a run back to make it 9-7.
• Then Nick O'Connor's 2-RBI single increased the Spartan lead to four at 11-7, which would wind up being the final outcome.
• Andrew Alameda got the ball in the non-conference matchup and pitched 3.1 innings, giving up six hits and three runs, while walking one and K'ing three.
• Relievers Mateo Reyes, Chris Ubner, Aidan O'Connor, Yanni Orfanidis and Justin Baeyens combined to hurl 5.2 innings, surrendering nine hits and four runs (three earned), while walking one and fanning three. 

Top STAC Performances

• Chris Ubner earned his first win of the 2022 season on the strength of two solid innings of pitching out of the bullpen. Ubner gave up two hits and a run, while walking one and striking out one.
• Andrew Jemison homered over the Clover Stadium Short Porch wall in right field and recorded three RBIs.
• Nick O'Connor drove in three runs on the afternoon, while Kyle Lagrutta plated two. 

Up Next

St. Thomas Aquinas visits Southern New Hampshire University on Wednesday (April 13). First pitch of the non-conference contest will take place at 3:30 p.m. at Sullivan Field on the campus of Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire.