Baseball Drops Game One with STAC, has Game Two Suspended Due to Darkness
The Mercy College baseball team dropped Game One of a
doubleheader with St. Thomas Aquinas today, 10-3, then had Game Two
suspended due to darkness at 4-4 after 8 innings. The game will be
picked up at the point of interruption on Sunday, May 1, at
11:30.
In the opener, junior starter Charles DeHart (Staten Island, N.Y./St.
Peter's Boys) gave up seven runs in four
innings, suffering the loss. Freshman Anthony Simon (Sloatsburg,
N.Y./Suffern) had three hits in the game, including
RBI in the first and fifth innings. Seniors Matt
Walsh (Staten
Island, N.Y./St. Peter's Boys) and Mike Ferrante (Long Beach, N.Y./Long Beach)
each had a pair of hits.
In Game Two, the Mavericks (15-20, 8-12 ECC) rallied from a 4-1
deficit to knot the score with three runs in the sixth. With the
score tied at 4-4 after eight, the game was suspended due to
darkness. Junior Billy Dring (Mahopac,
N.Y./Lakeland) allowed all four runs in the second
inning.
In the bottom of the sixth, the first four batters all reached
base for Mercy. First Ferrante drove home a run, then a Walsh
double drove home two more.
On Sunday, Game Two will be completed prior to the regularly
scheduled doubleheader.
