James Adamo's Go-Ahead Single Lifts Baseball to 6-4,
11-Inning Victory at St. Francis (NY)

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4/20/05 -- Sophomore James Adamo (Paramus, N.J.) delivered the go-ahead single in the top of the 11th inning and senior Christopher Brescia (Nanuet, N.Y.) had three hits along with the victory in relief for Long Island, 6-4 winners at Northeast Conference rival St. Francis (NY).

Brescia led off the 11th with a single to right and was sacrificed to second by junior Nathan Olson (Poland, Maine). Brescia took third on a balk by Brian Honeyman (0-4) and scored on Adamo's clutch hit for a 5-4 lead.

LIU (8-15, 4-8 NEC) was not done as junior Sean Durkin (Damascus, Md.) lifted a sacrifice fly to right, scoring Adamo. The Terriers (4-21, 2-9) got two runners on with one out to send the winning run to the plate, but Brescia retired the next two batters for his first collegiate victory.

The Blackbirds in the third inning scored three runs, needing just one RBI thanks to Brescia's single, for a 3-1 lead. The margin grew to 4-1 in the fourth when a single from freshman Bryan Burke (Lindenhurst, N.Y.) scored Durkin.

St. Francis was the beneficiary of three late-inning runs thanks to a strong wind to manage a 4-4 tie. David Noble's RBI single in the eighth made it a one-run game and Lou Kass' ground-out tied it.

Brescia permitted one hit over 1 1/3 relief innings and struck out one. Sophomore Michael Maynard (Staten Island, N.Y.) posted a season-high eight strikeouts, yielding two runs and six hits over seven innings.

Sophomore Marcus Wynn (Plainfield, N.J.) collected two hits and is batting .360 (18-for-50) during a career-best 12-game hitting streak. Burke also closed with two hits.

Honeyman allowed two runs -- one earned -- and three hits over four relief innings with five strikeouts for the Terriers. Greg Colonna had four of the team's 11 hits.

LIU plays an NEC doubleheader Saturday at Fairleigh Dickinson, beginning at 12:00 pm in Teaneck, N.J.