Baseball Snaps Nine-Game Skid; Splits Doubleheader With Mount St. Mary's |
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Rowen and senior shortstop Sean Durkin (Damascus, Md.) each had three hits on the day for the Blackbirds. LIU exploded for five runs in the first three innings of game two to take command early. Three of those runs came in the opening frame when the first three batters reached and came across to score. Junior Marcus Wynn (Plainfield, N.J.) led off the game with a walk. After stealing second base, he came around to score on a single by Danny Pirillo to open the scoring. Durkin followed with a double to center that put runners on second and third. Senior Matt Martino (Staten Island, N.Y.) had an RBI groundout and Rowen followed with an opposite-field single to score Durkin and push the Blackbirds advantage to three. Freshman Anthony Amatucci (Toms River, N.J.) led off the second inning with a double to the right center field gap. Sophomore Bryan Burke (Lindenhurst, N.Y.) singled up the middle to score Amatucci. After a run by the Mount in the bottom of the second made the tally 4-1, Rowen powered a two-out home run over the left field fence to again give LIU a four-run cushion. Cedel was brilliant on the mound, allowing only two runners past second base all afternoon. The freshman scattered four hits and walked two while striking out seven for his team-leading third victory of the season. Three straight singles by Long Island in the fourth inning of game one broke a 1-1 tie and gave the team a 3-1 lead. Durkin, Rowen and sophomore Danny Etkin (Brooklyn, N.Y.) each had singles to lead off the frame and load the bases. Senior Tim Doherty (Newark, Del.) scored Durkin with a sacrifice fly to right. Junior Orlando Cruz (White Plains, N.Y.) then pushed the second run of the inning home with a single up the middle. Mount would come back with two runs in both the fifth and sixth innings to take the lead. The big blow came in the sixth when designated hitter Joe Kotula hit a tiebreaking two-run blast off senior Pete Orsi (Brooklyn, N.Y.) to give Mount St. Mary's the lead for good. LIU threatened in the seventh, scoring a run and placing runners on first and second with two outs but were unable to tie the game. Junior Rich Moran (Carmel, N.Y.) allowed two earned runs over five frames in the no-decision start. Dustin Pease won his conference-best ninth game. Bucky Kosyk got the final two outs of the game to pick up his 10th save, also tops in the NEC. The Blackbirds take on the Mountaineers in the rubber match of the series on Sunday, May 7 at 12:00 p.m.
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5/6/06 -- Freshman
Kenny Cedel (Staten Island, N.Y.) pitched seven strong innings
and junior Robbie Rowen (Rosendale, N.Y.) hit his first home
run of the season to help Long Island University defeat Mount
St. Mary's, 6-2, in the second game of a Northeast Conference
baseball doubleheader on Saturday afternoon.