4/24/2010 -

Patchogue, N.Y. – The College of Mount Saint Vincent Baseball team dropped two critical Skyline

James Labartino went a perfect 5-for-5 for the Mount in game one on Saturday.

Conference games on Saturday at St. Joseph’s-L.I. The Dolphins were edged in the bottom of the ninth in a 6-5 game one loss and then dropped the nightcap to the Golden Eagles 9-5. Junior centerfielder James Labartino (Holbrook, N.Y.) went 5-for-5 in game one for the Mount.

 

The Dolphins opened a 3-1 lead in the opener on Saturday after plating a run in the first and two more in the third. Mike Ruckdaschel (East Meadow, N.Y.) tripled in a run in the two run third and then stole home in a successful double steal for the Mount’s second run in the frame.

 

The Golden Eagles would go on to respond with a run in the sixth and then three more in the seventh to pull in front 4-3. Prateek Thaman delivered a two run single in the seventh for the Golden Eagles.

 

Mount Saint Vincent would answer back with two more runs in the eighth to pull back in front after Mike Pope (Massapequa, N.Y.) doubled in a run and Labartino singled one home. That lead would last until the home half of the ninth Thaman struck again with a game winning RBI single to right.

 

Rich Dionisio (West Islip, N.Y.) took the loss after allowing a run and two walks in 1.2 innings. Mike Trainor (Patterson, N.Y.) was again solid for the Dolphins after working 6.0 innings and allowing two earned runs. He allowed six hits and fanned four.

 

Labartino was 5-for-5 in the contest with a run scored and an RBI. Kevin Coogan (Bronx, N.Y.) went 2-for-5 in the game with a double.

 

In game two the Dolphins were stifled by St. Joseph’s starter Joe Benkert. He allowed only three hits in 6.2 innings and struck out four. Anthony Mongelli (Flushing, N.Y.) was saddled with the loss after allowing six runs on five hits. He walked six batters in the outing.

 

After falling behind 5-0 after two innings the Dolphins got on the board in the fourth after John McManus (Queens, N.Y.) drove in Ruckdaschel who led off the inning with a double.

 

The Golden Eagles opened the game up with four more runs in the fifth inning. Paul Marino ripped a bases loaded double in the inning to drive in three runs. The Mount would slice its deficit to the final four runs in the seventh when it scored four runs on only one hit. Joe Blackford (Setwartsville, N.J.) was driven in by Pope who grounded out to first and the Mount went on to plate three unearned runs.

 

Thaman had another big game for St. Joseph’s after going 2-for-4 with three RBI. Dennis Nover and Seth Pileggi each scored two runs for the Golden Eagles.

 

The sweep drops Mount Saint Vincent to 15-20 overall on the season and to an even 8-8 in the Skyline Conference. The Dolphins will learn their seed and opponent for the Skyline Conference Tournament on Monday.