By: Courtesy of CUNY Athletics
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Third-seeded John Jay opened the CUNYAC/MCU Championships with a win today, advancing to the winners bracket for the second straight season with a 6-3 12-inning victory over Baruch College. The Bloodhounds move to Game Four, which opens up the three games on Saturday's schedule at MCU Park in Brooklyn, NY.
The Bloodhounds finally got to reliever Ryan McGuire in the top of the 12th with a three spot. McGuire came in to the game in the eighth inning, relieving senior starter Kellin Bliss, who threw 7.2 innings giving up one earned run. In the third extra inning, John Jay's William Moran had a leadoff single to start the rally.
Ronald Barillas came in to pinch run and moved to second on a bunt single by
Bobby Villante. After a sacrifice bunt by
Cosme Munoz, Barillas trotted home on a
Corry Harper double to provide the winning run.
Besides a strong finish, John Jay (9-25) also got a quick start with a single run in each of the first three innings, on three Baruch errors, for a 3-0 lead. After that Bliss settled down, yielding only seven hits no walks (four strikeouts) in total.
Baruch (13-18) bounced back in the bottom of the fifth inning on a two-run blast by second baseman Anthony Melendez after a Jonathan Ovalles lead off single. The Bearcats added a run in the eighth on a Thomas Daly double, and a wild pitch.
But John Jay freshman hurler
Braylin Perez was sharp, going 10 strong innings, allowing 11 total baserunners (eight hits) and striking out four in his first playoff start.
Alex Rodriguez came on for the win with two scoreless innings with two K's.
