QUEENS, N.Y. — In game two of the three-day series, the Sacred Heart University baseball team lost, 15-5, at St. John's on Saturday.
Records:
Sacred Heart: 1-16
St John's: 4-14
Up Next:
SHU rounds out the weekend with its final matchup at St. John's on Sunday at 1 p.m.
Statistical Leaders:
Ryan Donnelly (SHU): 2-4, 2R, 1RBI
Michael Hernandez (SHU): 3-4, 1R, 1RBI
George Sutherland (SHU): 1-3, 1R, 1RBI
Pitchers:
Ryan LaMay (SHU): (L, 0-3) 4.0IP, 7H, 6R, 3BB, 1K
Joe Mascio (SJU): (W, 1-0) 1.0IP, 2H, 1K
Chuck Sanzio (SJU): (S, 2) 4.0IP, 2H, 1BB, 2K
Of Note:
The Pioneers took an early 2-1 lead after the first inning.
Ryan Donnelly doubled to left-center to bring
Justin Jordan home. Two at-bats later,
George Sutherland singled through the right-side allowing, Donnelly to touch all the bags and put SHU up, 2-0.
The Red Storm recorded one run at the bottom of the first inning off a double down the left-field line, followed by a pair of runs in the third to take a 3-2 lead.
Tyler Galletti knotted the score at three apiece with a single through the left side to allow
Michael Hernandez to cross the plate in the fourth inning.
Off a sacrifice fly to centerfield in the fourth, St. John's tallied another run to take a 4-3 lead.
In the fifth inning, Donnelly notched his second run of the game off
Joe Emerson's out to tie the game, 4-4. Two batters later, Hernandez snapped the tie with a single to left field to bring Sutherland home.
The home team took a five-run lead in the fifth and remained hot with five more runs across the sixth and seventh innings.