When and Where:
May 10, 2025 - Kings Point, NY
Records:
#2 St. Joseph's (L.I.), 25-17; #4 Mt. St. Mary, 22-17-1
Results:
The St. Joseph's University, New York (L.I.) baseball team was eliminated from the Skyline Conference Championship Tournament with a 3-2 loss to Mt. St. Mary College on Saturday afternoon.
Key Players:
How it happened:
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The Golden Eagles scored first with a run in the top of the first. DiFilippo doubled to left to start the game and advanced on a ground out to the right side. Thatcher sent a sac fly out to center deep enough for DiFilippo to score, 1-0
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MSMC's Tyler Van De doubled to start the bottom of the second, and then back-to-back St. Joseph's errors brought him home, 1-1. SJLI starter got Tyler Crocit to ground into a double play, but the Knights pushed another run across and went ahead 2-1
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After the Golden Eagles left the bases loaded in the top of the sixth, Mary's took advantage of another SJLI defensive miscue and extended their lead, 3-1
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St. Joseph's cut their deficit to one, 3-2, in the top of the eighth when Jordan Ramlogan's sac fly to left scored Thatcher, who led off with a double
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DiFilippo singled with two out in the ninth, but MSMC's Peter Pappalardo popped up John Lynch to end the game
Notes:
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St. Joseph's starter Peter Manger went five innings, allowing three unearned runs on six hits with two strikeouts
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SJLI's Tyler Cooney provided one inning of scoreless relief with two strikeouts, and Dante Morabito was flawless in his two innings out of the pen
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Mt. St. Mary's Pappalardo improved to 5-1 on the season, allowing just one run on six hits in six innings out of the pen
