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Winner John Jay JOHN JAY 10-10
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Baruch BARUCH 3-16
Winner
John Jay JOHN JAY
10-10
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Final
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Baruch BARUCH
3-16
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
John Jay JOHN JAY 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 6 2
Baruch BARUCH 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 1 1

W: Jost, Sean (3-0) L: J. Kim (3-1)

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Winner John Jay JOHN JAY 11-10
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Baruch BARUCH 3-17
Winner
John Jay JOHN JAY
11-10
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Final
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Baruch BARUCH
3-17
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
John Jay JOHN JAY 2 0 0 2 0 2 3 9 9 0
Baruch BARUCH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3

W: Kappes III, Axel (4-1) L: A. Lapointe (0-4)

Game Recap: Baseball | | John Jay Sports Information

Baseball Remains Unbeaten In CUNYAC Play With Doubleheader Sweep Of Baruch On Thursday

New Rochelle, NY - The John Jay baseball team resumed CUNYAC play on Thursday afternoon against the Baruch College Bearcats, earning a 4-3 come-from-behind triumph in game one before posting a 9-0 win in the second game.

The Bloodhounds move to 11-10 overall and 4-0 in league play, while the Bearcats falter to 3-17 overall and 1-3 in the conference.

Game 1 | John Jay 4, Baruch 3
Both teams put up zeroes over the first three innings of play before Baruch scored twice in the bottom of the fourth.
John Jay answered back with a run in their half of the fifth, while the Bearcats added a run in the bottom of the sixth. With two outs in the final inning, John Jay pushed across two runs to edge out the Bearcats, 4-3, in the opener.

Sean Jost (3-0) earned his second complete-game win of the season, allowing three runs (one earned) on one hit despite walking six batters and striking out four.

The Bloodhounds' two through five hitters of Ryan Cherichella, Santo Anzalone, Sebastian Sanchez, and Hayden Tackett went a combined 4 for 10, with Cherichella driving in two RBIs and Sanchez and Tackett adding an RBI.
Axel Kappes III and Alvy Grullon also added a hit and scored a run each in the game one winner.

Baruch's Joseph Bello had the lone hit and produced an RBI in the contest. Matthew Rappa was credited with the second RBI. John Kim (3-1) suffered his first loss of the season.

Both pitchers traded zeroes over the first three innings of play. In the top half of the third, Grullon got the first hit of the contest as he tripled to right field but was stranded.

In the bottom of the inning, Bello led off the frame for Baruch with a double to right field before Jost settled back in, retiring the next three batters.

John Jay had a chance for the game's first run in the top of the fourth. With one out, Anzalone doubled to left field. Sanchez walked, giving the Bloodhounds runners on first and second. Tackett struck out before Ethan Simaan grounded out to short as Sanchez was forced out on the play.

The Bearcats pushed across the game's first runs in the bottom of the fourth. Peter Marino walked to start things off. He found his way to third after stealing second and a failed pickoff attempt by Jost. Back-to-back walks loaded the bases for DeRose, who reached first on a fielding error by Tackett as Marino crossed the plate. Bello lofted a fly-ball to left field as Luciano tagged up and came in to score, giving Baruch a 2-0 advantage.

John Jay answered back in the top of the fifth. With two outs, Grullon reached first on a fielding error by DeRose at second. A walk to Jaxen Gangwish gave the visitors a pair of runners as Cherichella sent a single to center field, scoring Grullon. Anzalone connected on a deep fly to center, but Marino was there to make the play for the final out of the inning. 

Baruch added to their lead in the bottom of the sixth. Cocozza walked and moved up with a steal of second base. Luciano grounded out to first, which Cocozza advanced 90 feet. The next batter, Rappa, sent a sacrifice fly to right, scoring Cocozza.

Kappes III commenced John Jay's seventh inning with an infield single to short. Grullon advanced him over to second on the sacrifice bunt. Kappes III found his way to third on a wild pitch. Gangwish was hit by a pitch, as the Bloodhounds had runners on the corners with just one out. Cherichella collected his second RBI of the day, sending a grounder to second as Kappes III scored on the play and Gangwish moved to second. 

Baruch elected to walk Anzalone intentionally. The next batter, Sanchez, sent a hard-hit ball to first as Gangwish scored to tie the game at 3-3. Tackett stepped in and sent one to centerfield as Anzalone scored the go-ahead run for the Bloodhounds, who led 4-3. 

Jost walked the leadoff batter in the bottom of the seventh in Bello. Bello found his way to third following two straight ground outs.  Roy Longarzo walked before stealing second. Both runners were left at their respective bases as Jost got Marino to fly out to right, giving the Bloodhounds their tenth win. 

Game 2 | John Jay 9, Baruch 0
The Bloodhounds jumped out to an early 2-0 lead and didn't relinquish it as John Jay earned a 9-0 triumph in game two. 

Seven of the nine starters recorded a hit in the second game, led by Gangwish, who tallied three hits and a run scored. Cherichella added another RBI on the day. Sanchez, Anthony Agosta, and Grullon had two RBIs, while James Hordodyski plated home an RBI. 

Kappes III (4-1) took the ball in the second game and pitched his second complete game, giving up just four hits despite walking five and striking out a season-high eight batters.

Longarzo, Marino, and Cocozza each had a hit for Baruch, as did Kenneth Pastrana. Andrew LaPointe (0-4) went five innings, allowing four runs (three earned) while walking two and striking out five batters.

Luis Sanchez faced two batters and gave up two unearned runs with a walk to his ledger. Ryan Forest allowed three runs on two hits in his two innings of work, walking three and striking out one.

Gangwish and Cherichella had back-to-back singles to start the game. Anzalone walked to load the bases for Sanchez, who delivered a two-run single, giving the visitors the early lead. 

Kappes III struck out the first two batters he faced in the bottom half of the inning before walking Cocozza and striking out Luciano to get out of the frame.

Baruch's best chance for a run came in the bottom of the third. Longarzo and Marino each singled before Cocozza walked. Nicholas Morabito pinch-hit, but Kappes III struck him out, ending the threat.

The Bloodhounds added two more in the top of the fourth as Grullon tripled in Agosta before scoring on the Hordodyski RBI single, which made it 4-0 in favor of John Jay. The scoring continued in the top of the sixth as John Jay upped its lead to 6-0. Grullon started with a walk and moved to third after Hordodyski reached on the fielder's choice. Grullon scored on a wild pitch as Hordodyski moved to third on the play. Cherichella faced Forest and drove a deep fly to right that allowed Hordodyski to score.

Kappes III faced a little trouble in the bottom of the sixth. Cocozza singled to left with one out before moving to second on a wild pitch. Christopher Petrillo walked, but Benedetto grounded out to Hordodyski, ending the inning.

The Bloodhounds added three more runs in the seventh, taking a 9-0 lead. Tackett and Isaac Salazar walked. Agosta sent a double, scoring both runners as he moved to third on the throw. The next batter, Grullon, grounded out the short that plated Agosta for the ninth run of the game.  

The Bloodhound bats continued to hit as Gangwish collected his third hit of the contest. Cherichella reached on a fielder's choice with Gangwish moving to third and Hordodyski thrown out at the plate. Anzalone lined out to end the inning.

Kappes III walked Andrew Page to start the bottom of the seventh. Rossi flew out before Pastrana singled to left, giving Baruch runners on first and second. Longarzo stepped in, and Kappes III got the game-ending 5-5-3 double-play, keeping John Jay undefeated in CUNYAC contests. 

The Bloodhounds will head to the Bronx on Saturday, as they gear up for a rematch of last year's CUNYAC championship game against the CCNY Beavers.

The first pitch from Ohio Field on the campus of Bronx Community College is set for noon. 
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