Lauricella's Walk-Off Single Helps Mercy Defeat Queens 5-4
Lauricella's Walk-Off Single Helps Mercy Defeat
Queens 5-4
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Senior Greg Lauricella (North
Massapequa, N.Y./Plainedge) ripped an RBI single to right field to
drive in Andrew Bock (Malverne, N.Y./Valley
Stream North) with the winning run in a 5-4 come from behind
victory over Queens College in the bottom of the ninth. Mercy
scored three times in the eighth and twice more in the ninth to
erase a four run deficit to earn the dramatic victory.
Sophomore pitcher Charles DeHart (Staten Island,
N.Y./St. Peter's Boys) took the start and pitched four
innings allowing just one earned run. He was relieved by
freshman Tom Cummings (Coatesville, Pa./Bishop
Shanahan) who also threw four innings and surrendered just one
run. Senior reliever Matt
Mareno (Harrison, N.Y./Harrison) pitched a scoreless
ninth to record the win. The Knights scored a run in the
first, two in the fourth and one more in the eighth to take a 4-0
advantage.
Mercy was shutout until the bottom of the eighth when catcher Marc Dern (Valley Stream, N.Y./Valley
Stream North) led off the inning by getting hit with the
pitch. He later came in to score on a fielder's choice
from Bock. Junior outfielder Matt
Walsh (Staten Island, N.Y./St. Peter's Boys)
drove in Bock with a single and senior Julio Torres (Harlingen,
Texas/Harlingen South) drove in Lauricella, who had walked.
The Mavericks headed into the ninth inning trailing 4-3.
In the bottom of the ninth, the first two batters made outs and
senior Vinny Tesoriero (Glen Head, N.Y./North
Shore) reached on an infield single. He stole second and
advanced to third on a wild pitch. Bock followed him with a
walk, which put runners on the corners. When Bock tried to
take second, the catcher threw to third and overthrew the third
baseman scoring Tesoriero and advancing Bock to third. The
next batter was Lauricella and he won the game with a walk-off
single to right.
In the game, Lauricella, Walsh, Torres and Tesoriero had two
hits a piece. Dern was one-for-three with a double. In
Mareno's lone inning of work, he struck out two
batters. With the win, Mercy improves to 12-18 (7-10 ECC) and
Queens falls to 10-24 (5-17 ECC). Mercy has won the two
contests in the five-game series. The Knights and Mavericks
will return to the diamond on Saturday, April 17 in a doubleheader
starting at noon on Mavericks Field.
