Friday College Recap

by George Caratzas The weekend has come, which means it is time to recap some college baseball. With Friday’s play over, let’s check out some of the action amongst the local clubs. Division I St. John’s 6, Xavier 5 The Red Storm started their weekend with a walk-off win over a Big East Conference foe. They jumped out to a quick 5-1 lead, with Jon Legrande picking up a pair of RBI hits. Already up 3-1, Adam Agresti notched a run-scoring double, before Luke Orbon brought him home with a single stretch the lead to four. Xavier chipped back, getting three runs in the top of the sixth on a single and a pair of bases loaded-walks. Having cut the deficit to one, the Musketeers scored the equalizer in the top of the ninth on a sacrifice fly by Connor Misch.  In the tenth, Legrande became the hero,...

by George Caratzas It was an action-packed weekend for these six local teams as the college season rages on. Let’s see how it all went down on Friday. Division I: Northeastern 10, Stony Brook 4 The Huskies pounced on Eddie Smink early, getting a solo homer from Harrison Feinberg in the second inning. While Smink settled down from there, Northeastern scored another four in the fifth, courtesy of three long balls. Stony Brook fought back as RBIs from Scott Gell, Brett Davino and Matt Miceli got the Seawolves within one at 5-4.  However, the Stony Brook bullpen struggled, surrendering five combined runs in the eighth and ninth innings to cap off a 10-4 loss. Jack Doyle led the way for Northeastern, hitting a pair of home runs as part of a 3-for-5 day. Jack Goodman also had three hits and a ho...