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Box Score 2 UNIONDALE, N.Y. (Apr. 3, 2016) - The Molloy College baseball team utilized small ball and dominant pitching to perfection on Saturday (Apr. 2) as the Lions earned consecutive 4-1 wins over Dominican College (N.Y.) at Mitchel Field. Molloy improved its overall record to 17-7 with the doubleheader sweep over the Chargers; Dominican falls to 7-17 overall on the 2016 season.
Game One: Molloy 4, Dominican (N.Y.) 1Junior starter
Ronald Bauer (Hicksville, N.Y.) went eight strong innings to secure his fourth win of the season, striking out seven batters while only allowing a run on six hits. Bauer's syndication and rhythm on the mound kept the Chargers off-balance while the Molloy offense broke through in the bottom of the fourth inning thanks to a two-run single off the bat of senior
Nicholas Gonchar (Staten Island, N.Y.). The Lions, up 3-1 after four innings, scratched across another insurance run in the bottom of the seventh inning on a run-scoring base hit by junior
Anthony Galanoudis (Farmingdale, N.Y.). Galanoudis and Gonchar each drove in two runs for the maroon and white, while the latter had a game-high three hits in the victory. Second baseman
Michael Rahn (Sayville, N.Y.) had a two-hit game while senior
Deilyn Guzman (East Hampton, N.Y.) went 1-for-2 with two walks. Freshman
Timothy Panetta (Broad Channel, N.Y.) threw a scoreless ninth inning to pick up his first career save in a collegiate uniform.
Game Two: Molloy 4, Dominican (N.Y.) 1Bauer upped his record to 4-0 after the game one victory and his standing matched that of red-shirt junior southpaw
Bobby Kelly (Mineola, N.Y.) until Kelly got the call to start the proverbial nightcap of the doubleheader. Kelly, buoyed by second-inning RBI singles from both
Ryan Dillon (Medford, N.Y.) and
Joseph Nastasi (South Salem, N.Y.), improved to 5-0 on the season as he yielded just one run on two hits while striking out three batters. Molloy cracked 11 hits in the second win over the Chargers, as Gonchar and
Brian Murphy (Elmont, N.Y.) also had RBI singles in the win. Junior third baseman
Kevin Podell (Wantagh, N.Y.) had a two-hit game for the maroon and white.
With the Lions' scheduled game Sunday (Apr. 3) versus Post University postponed due to high winds and cold temperatures, the maroon and white will play its next contest on Wednesday (Apr. 6) at Mitchel Field against Nyack College at 4 p.m.
