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Box Score 2 UNIONDALE, N.Y. (Mar. 30, 2014) - On Sunday, the Molloy College baseball team braved the cold and wet weather conditions and completed a doubleheader sweep of St. Thomas Aquinas College, 8-2 and 5-1. The Lions grabbed three wins in the four-game series versus the Spartans, who were picked in the pre-season to win the East Coast Conference Championship this year. With the win, the Lions improved to 8-10 overall and 4-4 in the league, while the Spartans fell to 12-7 on the season and 5-3 in the ECC.
Game 1: Molloy 8, St. Thomas Aquinas 2With the game tied 2-2 in the bottom of the seventh inning, the Lions were able to break the contest open, scoring six times. Freshman
Ronald Bauer (Hicksville, N.Y.) laced a two-run single down the first base line, which was followed up by a run-scoring squeeze play from fellow rookie
Kevin Podell (Wantagh, N.Y.). Sophomore
Deilyn Guzman (East Hampton, N.Y.) roped a triple to deep right centerfield, bringing home sophomore
Nicholas Gonchar (Staten Island, N.Y.) and Podell.
On the hill, senior starter
Alex Miden (Ozone Park, N.Y.) fired seven innings of two-run ball, striking out eight. Senior
Anthony Eichhorn (Sayville, N.Y.) and sophomore
Matt Castaneda (East Meadow, N.Y.) each pitched a scoreless inning of relief.
Game 2: Molloy 5, St. Thomas Aquinas 1The Spartans grabbed an early 1-0 lead in the first frame off a sacrifice fly from Stanley Susana. Molloy countered in the second frame when rookie DH
Anthony Galanoudis (Farmingdale, N.Y.) notched an RBI single, plating his brother
John Galanoudis. Three innings later,
John Galanoudis was on the RBI side of the equation when the junior left fielder lined a single up the middle to bring in his brother Anthony and Bauer. Adding another insurance run in the seventh, Podell scored Bauer with an RBI single.
On the mound, junior
Alex Brosnan (Farmingdale, N.Y.) pitched 5.1 innings, surrendering just one run on three hits, while striking out two. Freshman
Bobby Kelly (Mineola, N.Y.) and Castaneda came on to hurl a combined 1.2 shutout innings of relief.
Head Coach
Joe Fucarino and the Lions return to the diamond midweek when they travel to Caldwell, New Jersey on Wednesday, Apr. 2 for a 6 p.m. showdown with Caldwell College.
