When and Where:

April 9, 2025 - Newburgh, NY

Records:

St. Joseph's (L.I.), 12-9, 4-2 Skyline; Mt. St. Mary, 13-11-1, 7-3 Skyline

Results:

Senior John Lynch became SJLI's All-Time hits leader with his 156th career hit as the St. Joseph's University, New York (L.I.) baseball team suffered a Skyline Conference sweep at the hands of Mt. St. Mary College on Wednesday afternoon. The Knights came back for a 6-5 win in the seventh inning of game one before finishing the day with a 19-7 win in game two.

Game one: SJLI 5; Mt. St. Mary, 6 

Key Players:

• Sophomore Joe Thatcher went 2-for-3 and scored two runs

• Junior Dom Crema finished with two hits

• Lynch tied the hits record with a double, scored a run

How it happened:

• The Golden Eagles scored in the top of the second when Mike DiFilippo drew a bases loaded walk, scoring Thatcher, who singled to start the inning

• St. Joseph's added to their lead in the top of the third. Lynch doubled and was followed by a single from Thatcher. A couple of MSMC errors led to two runs before a sac fly by Maggio capped the scoring with SJLI ahead 4-0

• Mary's got two runs back in the bottom half of the inning, cutting their deficit in half, 4-2

• Jordan Ramlogan led off the top of the fourth with a base hit and came around to score a couple of batters later, 5-2

• A walk started the bottom of the seventh, prompting SJLI to go to their pen with Morabito. A double and a single followed, producing the inning's first run, 5-3. A walk loaded the bases, but Morabito got Christian Parisa out swinging for the first out, but a double from Tyler Van De Bogart knocked in two runs, and the Knights took game one in walk-off fashion, 6-5

Game two: SJLI 7; Mt. St. Mary, 19

Key Players:

• Lynch broke the hits record with a single in the fifth inning

• Ramlogan went 2-for-3 with a run scored

• DiFilippo and Derek Masino both finished 2-for-2

How it happened:

• After pushing a run across in the first, the Knights batted around for eight runs in the second, 9-0

• St. Joseph's got two back in the third with some RBIs from Lucas Quinlan and Dom Lafroscia, 9-2

• The Golden Eagles inched closer with a pair of runs in the top of the fourth. Paul McNally doubled and came in to score on a sac fly by Rob Page. DiFilippo singled in Jake Hall, who was hit by a pitch earlier in the inning, 9-4

• Mt. St. Mary sent 14 Knights to the plate in the bottom half of the fourth, scoring 10 runs on eight hits, 19-4

• Lafroscia doubled to start the fifth before Lynch singled to right, breaking the SJLI hits record and putting runners on the corners. A sac fly scored Lafroscia, and an RBI single from Masino plated Lynch, moving the score to 19-6

• The Golden Eagles added a run in the sixth, moving the score to its final 19-7

Next up, the Golden Eagles travel to face the University of Mt. St. Vincent at SUNY Maritime for a Skyline Conference doubleheader on Saturday, April 12th at 3:00 pm.