April 13, 2006
Final Stats
OLD WESTBURY, N.Y. - Freshman Matt McDevitt allowed just one earned run on two hits and senior Bryan Pastor hit a two run home run as the NYIT Bears defeated Marist 4-2 this afternoon in non-conference baseball action. The Bears extend their winning streak to five games and improve to 13-11 on the season. Marist, who has lost six of its last seven contests, dropped to 10-19 overall.
Pastor's two run shot in the second inning, which scored junior Tom Murray, was his first of the year and gave the Bears a 2-0 lead. The Bears would add another run, sparked by a single from senior Mike Kenefick and a double from freshmen Denten Neil that moved Kenefick to third. Senior Andrew Karkoulas's groundout scored Kenefick to give NYIT a three run lead.
NYIT took advantage of a throwing error by Marist senior shortstop Andy Kiriakedes (Great Barrington, Mass.) in the third inning, extending the Bears lead 4-0. Senior David Johnson (Patchogue, N.Y.) led off the inning by reaching on that miscue. Johnson then moved over to third on a single and fielder's choice and came around to score on sophomore Mike LaLuna's (Commack, N.Y) RBI single.
Marist junior designated hitter Justin Lepore (Madison, Conn.) put the Red Foxes on the scoreboard in the fourth inning with his eighth home run of the year over the right field fence off of McDevitt. Marist cut the deficit in half with a run in the sixth off of NYIT reliever Frank Sonnenberg with a two-out bases loaded single from freshman center fielder Max Most (Port Washington, N.Y.), but that would be all it would get as Sonnenberg got sophomore second baseman John Mazzello (Hyde Park, N.Y.) to foul out to end the threat. Junior John Burke threw a perfect ninth inning to earn his first save of the season.
McDevitt struck out four with three walks in five innings and improved to 2-2 on the season. Murray and MacMillan each finished the game 2-3 in the win.
Lepore led the Red Foxes, going 2-3 with two runs scored and an RBI, while junior reliever Bobby Hastry (Maynard, Mass.) allowed just one hit in five and two-thirds innings of work.
