GARDEN CITY, N.Y. - The Saint Michael's College baseball team lost twice to Adelphi University, 13-5 and 13-2 in seven innings, during Northeast 10 Conference play on Saturday at William J. Bonomo Memorial Field. The Purple Knights played the home team after the weekend series was moved from Doc Jacobs Field.
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RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (7-12, 5-5 NE10), Adelphi (10-9, 6-4 NE10)
DOUBLEHEADER FACTS
- By increasing his career hit total to 145, senior Sam Cavossa (East Falmouth, Mass./The Winchendon School) is one short of Alec Tice's '14 school record (146).
- Junior Richard Gilboy (South Portland, Maine/South Portland) moved into 10th in program history in career RBI (64).
- Junior Frankie Blake (Colonie, N.Y./Colonie Central/Clarkson) picked up his first college hit in the nightcap.
GAME 1
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Cavossa, 1-for-4, R, HP
- Gilboy, 3-for-4, RBI, BB
- Graduate student Max Kolifrath (Millbury, Mass./Millbury), 1-for-3, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB
- Junior Colin Kinsella (Winthrop, Mass./Winthrop), 2-for-5, RBI
- Sophomore Jerry Guzman (Valley Cottage, N.Y./Brunswick School), 2-for-4, HP
- Junior Casey Gunnip (Cicero, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse/Saint Rose), 3.1 IP, 4 H, 7 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 5 K, loss
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Junior Bryan McCleary, 3-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 2B
- Junior Anthony Rigogliosi, 2-for-4, 3 R, SAC, HP
- Sophomore Tommy Rizzuto, 4-for-5, 2 R, RBI, 2B, HP
- Fifth-year John Carver, 6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 14 K, win
- First-year Joseph Tagliavia, 3 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, save
THE ACTION
- Adelphi scored five runs on four hits in the top of the third inning, keyed by junior Erick Duignan's two-out, two-run single that plated the second and third unearned runs of the frame.
- Senior Jack Weber's (Milford, Conn./Notre Dame) bases-loaded walk got the Purple Knights on the board in the fourth inning.
- Saint Michael's scored four runs in the bottom of the ninth when Kolifrath (2 RBI), Gilboy and Kinsella all knocked run-scoring singles in succession.
GAME 2
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Cavossa, 2-for-4, R, RBI, 2B
- Guzman, 1-for-2, BB
- Junior Jack Pattison (Vernon, Vt./Vermont Academy), 1-for-1, 2 BB, 2B
- First-year Gage Spagna (Nottingham, N.H./Lovell Academy), 2-for-3, R, 2B
- First-year John Macdonald (Revere, Mass./Malden Catholic), 2 H, 6 R, loss
- Senior Jack Fischer (Forest Hills, N.Y./Saint Francis Prep), 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K in relief
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Rizzuto, 2-for-4, R, 2 RBI, BB
- Junior Michael Robinson, 3-for-3, 2 R, 4 RBI, 2 BB, 2B, HR
- Sophomore Matt Ryan, 3-for-5, 2 R, 2 RBI
- First-year Zach DeMilt, 2-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB
- First-year Dylan Beirne, 6 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 3 K, win
THE ACTION
- Adelphi scored seven runs in the top of the first inning on just three hits - two-run singles by each Robinson, Ryan and Rizzuto.
- Cavossa knocked an RBI double in the bottom of the seventh before first-year Luke McGuire (Mansfield, Mass./Mansfield) plated him on an infield single.
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME
- Sunday at Adelphi, 12 p.m. doubleheader.
