Blackbirds Drop Non-Conference Contest to NYIT, 10-4 |
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Junior Robbie Rowen (Rosendale, N.Y.) drove in three of the Blackbirds four runs on the day. Senior Matt Martino (Staten Island, N.Y.) had two of LIU's seven hits. The Bears opened up a 6-0 lead in the second inning, taking advantage of four LIU errors. Tom Murray started the scoring with his first homerun of the season, a solo shot over the right field fence. Miscues led to four of the last five runs in the frame. A run in the third by the Blackbirds made the score 6-1. Sophomore Danny Etkin (Brooklyn, N.Y.) singled and scored on Rowen's sacrifice fly to center field for the tally. After two runs in both the fourth and the fifth innings made the score 10-1, LIU mounted a comeback attempt in the top of the ninth. Freshman Anthony Amatucci (Toms River, N.J.) walked to lead off and fellow classmate Frank DiMasi (Staten Island, N.Y.) doubled to center to start the threat. After a walk loaded the bases, sophomore Danny Pirillo (Marlboro, N.Y.) was hit by a pitch with two outs to score Amatucci. Rowen followed with a double to the left center field gap that scored two more. But the rally would come up short as junior James Adamo grounded out to first to end the ballgame. Junior John Dooley (Deer Park, N.Y.) dropped to 0-3 on the season on the hill. Sophomore Mike Castoria (Staten Island, N.Y.) pitched three innings of one-hit ball in relief for LIU. Chris Perez struck out a season-best 12 batters over seven innings to pick up the victory for NYIT. LIU continues conference play on Friday, April 14 with a home doubleheader against Fairleigh Dickinson and 12:00 p.m.
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4/11/06 -- Long
Island University fell behind early and could not make a late
comeback in a 10-4 loss at NYIT on Tuesday afternoon.