The baseball team defeated Manhattanville College, 9-6, on Tuesday afternoon in Purchase, NY. The Bloodhounds improve to 12-23 on the year. The Valiants drop to 20-14. 

John Jay opened the scoring in first when junior Danny Wynne drove in junior Sean Napier with an RBI single. The hosts scored five unanswered runs to lead 5-1 after six full innings. 

In the top of the seventh, senior Zach Hyde doubled in two runs with the bases loaded to cut the deficit to two. Senior Steven Catuogno followed with a two-run single to tie the score at five apiece. Wynne then picked up an RBI to give the Bloodhounds the lead. John Jay was not finished as sophomore Philip Bellomo and senior Jurrel Diaz drove in back-to-back RBI's to increase the lead to 8-5. 

Manhattanville plated a run in the bottom half of the inning to trail by two. In the top of the ninth, John Jay added an insurance run on an RBI single by sophomore Anthony Liriano. 

Napier finished 4-for-5 with two doubles and two runs. Hyde and Catuogno notched a pair of RBI's and a run scored each. Wynne was 2-for-5 with two RBI's. Freshman Jake Walton finished with a career-high four stolen bases and two runs scored. 

Freshman Chris Meditz pitched three innings of relief to record his first collegiate victory. The right-hander allowed four hits, one run, no walks, and struck out two. Sophomore Nick Jack came in to pitch the ninth for his third save of the season. 

The Bloodhounds travel to St. Joseph's College Brooklyn on Wednesday, April 24, for a non-conference game at 4:00 pm.