BASEBALLFirstWin
7
CHATHAM CHATHAMB 3-4
9
Winner JOHN JAY JOHNJAYB 1-4
CHATHAM CHATHAMB
3-4
7
Final
9
JOHN JAY JOHNJAYB
1-4
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
CHATHAM CHATHAMB 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 2 0 7 6 1
JOHN JAY JOHNJAYB 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 X 9 11 1

W: Brennan, Matthew (1-0) L: Nick Martin (0-1) S: Emanuele, Michael (1)

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Baseball Secures First Win Of The Season, 9-7, Over Chatham On Thursday

Davenport, FL - The John Jay baseball team erupted for four runs in their half of the first inning and held off a late charge by Chatham in securing a 9-7 win to conclude play at the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational on Thursday morning. 
 

 
The win marked the first victory for head coach Matt LaBranche as bench boss of the Bloodhounds and his 554th career victory as John Jay moved to 1-4 on the year while the Cougars fall to 3-4 on the young season. 
 
 
Newcomer John Spallin enjoyed a career morning, going 3 for 5 and coming within a double of recording a cycle as he scored twice as well. Michael Manzoeillo joined Spallin with a multi-hit day, finishing 2 for 4 while also scoring twice. 
 
Anthony Agosta drove in three RBIs while going 1 for 2 and Ethan Simaan added two RBIs to pace the Bloodhounds offense. 
 
Sammy Helton paced the Cougars with three hits and two runs scored. Six different Chatham players recorded an RBI in the contest while Benny Dottle and Jake Bredl joined Helton with two runs scored. 
 
Matthew Brennan toed the rubber for the Bloodhounds and didn't give up a hit in three innings of work while recording three strikeouts but didn't factor into the decision. Christian Sanacora picked up the win while Michael Emanuele earned his first collegiate save after tossing the final 1.2 innings to preserve the win. 
 
Nick Martin took the loss for the Cougars, allowing four runs on four hits in the opening frame.
 
Thomas Salerno delivered a one double down the left field line to get the game going for John Jay. David Michalski and Michael Mauro each worked walks to load the bases. 
 
Manzoeillo stepped up and sent an RBI single to right field, bringing in Salerno as John Jay went ahead 1-0. Facing two outs, Ethan Simaan roped a two-run single to center as the lead expanded to 3-0 before Agosta laced a double and moved to third on the throw home as Manzoeillo scored but Simaan was tagged out at the plate as the Bloodhounds went up by four.
 
Brennan worked a 1-2-3 top of the second as the Bloodhounds went back to work in the bottom half of the frame. Spallin connected on a one out triple to right field and came into score on a Michalski ground-rule double. 
 
Brennan set down Chatham in the top of the third with a pair of strike outs as John Jay continued their offensive prowess. Ryan Kilcarr doubled to left center before Simaan reached on a fielding error by the first baseman as Kilcarr moved to third. Agosta sent a deep fly to centerfield as Kilcarr tagged up and scored as John Jay increased their lead to 6-0. 
 
The Cougars threatened in the fourth as Preston Reitz replaced Brennan. Reitz gave up a leadoff walk before Chatham loaded the bases but Frankie DeLuca grounded out to short that halted the rally. 
 
John Jay tacked on one more in the bottom of the fourth to go ahead 7-0 as Mauro sent an RBI single, scoring Salerno from second. 
 
Chatham erupted for three runs in the top of the fifth, capped by a bases loaded walk to Nico Cuello that scored Benny Dottle. The visitors inched closer in the top of the sixth as Dottle delivered an RBI single to center, that plated home Helton as the deficit was cut to three, 7-4.
 
Spallin continued his hot hitting as in the bottom of the sixth he clubbed a solo home run that cleared the left field wall, as the Bloodhounds went ahead 8-4. 
 

 
The Cougars got one run back in the top of the seventh, as DeLuca lofted a sacrifice fly to right field, with Cuello tagging up from third for Chatham's fifth run of the game. 
 
Manzoeillo led off the bottom of the seventh with a double to right center, that chased Schwartz from the game. David McSorley came in and hit Kilcarr with a pitch. Simaan worked a walk to load the bases for the Bloodhounds before Agosta sent a deep fly to center, scoring Manzoeillo as John Jay regained a four-run lead at 9-5. 
 
In the top of the eighth, Chatham inched closer with two runs in the stanza as Luongo plunked two straight batters before walking Burke that ended his morning. 
 
Sanacora came on and walked in a run before Tyler Cote lofted a sacrifice fly to center, scoring Dottle that made it 9-7 in John Jay's favor. 
 
Following a hit by pitch to Cuello that loaded the bases, Emanuele came on and got Vogel to ground into the inning-ending 4-6-3 double play. 
 
Emanuele faced a little adversity in the top of the ninth. He got DeLuca to fly out to center for the first out but Helton sent a single through the right side before swiping second. 
 
A walk to Dottle gave the visitors runners on first and second but Emanuele buckled down and got Burke to pop out to Michalski behind the plate as John Jay hung on for the two-run victory. 
 
The Bloodhounds return to the East Coast on Saturday, March 4 as they will travel to Patchogue to square off against Mount Saint Vincent in a doubleheader, with first-pitch beginning at 11:00 a.m. 
 
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