By: Michael L. Damon
mdamon@jjay.cuny.edu
(212) 237-8322
Box Score
Brooklyn, N.Y.— The John Jay baseball team fought tooth and nail with the defending conference champions on Saturday afternoon, but the Bloodhounds came out on the short end of a one run game as John Jay was defeated by the College of Staten Island (CSI) 5-4 at MCU Park.
The loss leaves the Bloodhounds at 7-22 overall this season, while CSI is now 13-12.
John Jay outhit CSI 7-6 in the contest, and the Bloodhounds got two hits each from
Billy Moran and
Justin Martinez. Meanwhile,
Owen Kimmel,
Freddy Rivera and
Cosme Munoz had one hit each for John Jay.
CSI got two hits each from Will Difede and Henry Roman.
The visiting Dolphins scored a pair of unearned runs in the first inning to take a 2-0 lead, before scoring again to lead by three.
Behind a solid pitching performance by
Corry Harper, who settled in after the second inning, the Bloodhounds kept the deficit to a minimum as John Jay trailed 3-0 into the sixth inning.
Dolphins starting pitcher, Mike Gillen, was perfect through the first three plus innings. He didn't allow a base runner until the fourth inning when a single by Kimmel broke up a perfect bid.
But in the sixth inning, the Bloodhounds finally got to a tiring Gillen. The first run came when Rivera ripped a single to left field to score
Justin Martinez. Then
Joel Cabrera lifted a sacrifice fly that scored
Yahnny Arias. John Jay tied the score on a double to right centerfield to score Rivera.
The Bloodhound momentum carried into the seventh inning as John Jay scored another run. With the infield in, Martinez hit a groundball single up the middle, his second hit in as many innings, to score pinch runner
Leo Espinal. The Bloodhounds had a chance to do further damage. They had runners on second and third with one out but Dolphin relief pitcher, Anthony Storz, managed to get the final two outs to avert further damage.
But CSI got a pair of runs across in the top of the eighth to retake the lead in the latter innings and win the game. The game winner was a sacrifice fly by Sal Todaro that scored James Lewis. Earlier in the inning, Lewis hit a single to score Difede to tie the score.
Then Storz, who did not allow a base runner upon entering the game with one out in the seventh, closed out the contest for CSI.
