Concordia Ends Season With Two Wins

Thanks to Sports Information/Community Engagement Director Brian Snow for the following:

The Concordia baseball team concluded their regular season schedule on Friday afternoon with a non-conference doubleheader against St. Thomas Aquinas College (STAC). The Spartans, who are the third ranked team in the NCAA Division II East Region, would win both games to extend their win streak to 12-games, 7-1 and 18-1.

STAC would begin game one with a lone run in the first inning. The Clippers would grab a run of their own in the top of the second inning as senior Michael Barbetto's (New City, N.Y.) sacrifice fly to right field allowed sophomore Mike Manganiello (Levittown, N.Y.) to score the game-tying run.

In the home half of the inning the Spartans added four runs, all with two outs, to grab a 5-1 advantage. Concordia was unable to get their offense going again as the team combined for only three hits in the last five innings. STAC would add two insurance runs in the fifth inning to secure a 7-1 win.

Freshman Mitchell Hillert (Brooklyn, N.Y.) was tagged with the loss for the Clippers as he allowed five earned runs on seven hits in 2.0 innings. Three more pitchers would conclude the remaining innings for Concordia as the offense combined for seven strikeouts and batters left on base in the game.

The Clippers began the second game with a run in their first at-bats as freshman Vincent Capone-Froio's (Yonkers, N.Y.) sacrifice fly allowed sophomore Ryan Roman (Port Chester, N.Y.) to score. The Spartans would respond in the home half of the first with three runs.

In the second inning STAC added five more runs to take control of the game, 8-1. The Spartans would keep Concordia's offense cold once again, not allowing any more runs. STAC piled on the runs to finish with an 18-1 victory.

Freshman Albert Martucci (Patterson, N.Y.) would pick up the loss after allowing four earned runs in 1.0+ innings of work. The Clippers would use five pitchers in the game and recorded only six hits.

Concordia (22-21-1, 13-7 CACC) has now concluded their regular season schedule and will next host Chestnut Hill College in the first round of the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Championship Tournament. First pitch is scheduled for 2pm on Tuesday, May 7th at Clipper Baseball Field as the winner of the game will move on to the double-elimination portion of the tournament in Wilmington, Del. from Thursday, May 9th – Saturday, May 11th.