Mercy Baseball Drops Season Series to Queens
Mercy Baseball Drops Season Series to Queens
Game 1 Linescore
Game 2 Linescore
The Mercy College baseball team lost both ends of a
doubleheader, 3-1 and 6-5, at Queens College on Sunday, dropping
the season series to the Knights 3-2. Mercy is now 7-3 and in fifth
place in the East Coast Conference, while Queens is now 8-17 in the
ECC and in seventh place.
In the first game, Mercy managed just two hits, but kept
the game interesting. Starting pitcher Keith
Kreig (City Island, N.Y./Mount St. Michael's)
threw only 3.2 innings. After cruising through the first two
innings, he gave up three runs on four hits in the third inning.
Queens would make those runs stand up.
Mercy threatened in the fifth, putting runners on base via two
walks, but could not score.
In the sixth inning, Graig Lauricella (North Massapequa,
N.Y./Plainedge) got hit by a pitch, and came around to score on a
Justin Muscarella (Plainedge,
N.Y./Island Trees) triple.
Junior Steve Marsar (Seaford, N.Y./Holy
Trinity) went 1.1 innings of scoreless relief, while senior Matt Mareno (Harrison, N.Y./Harrison)
pitched a scoreless sixth inning, striking out three batters in
that inning.
In game two, Mercy scored in each of the first three innings,
taking a 5-1 lead.
In the first inning, senior Julio Torres (Harlingen,
Texas/Harlingen South) hit into a bases loaded fielder's
choice to drive home a run. In the second, three hits yielded three
runs, with the big blow coming off the bat of Matt
Walsh (Staten Island, N.Y./St. Peter's Boys),
who drove home a pair with a single. In the third, Matt
Buesser (Hillsdale, N.J./Pascack Valley) drove home Michael Ferrante (Long Beach,
N.Y./Long Beach).
Reigning ECC Pitcher of the Week Kenny
Tyson (Miami, Fla./Ulster C.C.) could not make the
lead hold up, as he allowed three runs in the fourth, and another
in the fifth. In 5.1 innings, he allowed nine hits and five earned
runs, striking out four. Billy
Dring (Mahopac, N.Y./Lakeland) came in to pitch the
seventh inning, and walked the leadoff batter, who came around to
score the game winning run with only one out.
Mercy returns to action on Tuesday, April 20, opening the C.W.
Post series on the road.
