FARMINGDALE, N.Y. | The Farmingdale State College baseball team moved its record to 13-10 overall, as well as 8-4 in Skyline Conference play, with a doubleheader sweep Sunday afternoon over visiting Yeshiva University. The host Rams, winners of eight of their last 10 outings, picked up a 10-0 shutout in the opening showdown before earning a 14-4, eight-inning victory in the nightcap.
In the opener, sophomore left-hander Jordan Lambert (Plainview, N.Y.) moved to 2-2 on the season, facing just three batters over the minimum in his five innings of work, scattering two hits and two walks while striking out eight Maccabees (2-21, 0-16 Skyline). Junior righty Christian Esperon (W. Islip, N.Y.) set down all six YU batters he faced over the sixth and seventh innings to preserve the shutout.
FSC senior outfielder Vincent Napolitano (Bellmore, N.Y.) went 4-for-4 with two doubles in the contest, scoring the first run of the game in the bottom of the first on Lambert's right-side RBI ground out. The Rams tacked on two more runs in the opening frame, with Justin DiMartino (Fr.; Bethpage, N.Y.) plating senior Bobby Pollock (Manorville, N.Y.) on a left-side single, before coming home on a double down the right-field line by sophomore catcher Aidan Hutchins (Wading River, N.Y.).
Freshman Patrick Dallas (Patchogue, N.Y.) picked up two hits and three RBI over the next two innings, scoring freshman Jonathan Morales (Farmingdale, N.Y.) on a right-side single in the second stanza, before driving home Morales and Napolitano on a triple to right field in the fourth inning. Dallas came home later in the fourth on Pollock's sacrifice fly to right-center, pushing the Farmingdale State edge to 7-0.
Rams freshman Matthew Flood (Islip, N.Y.) and DiMartino scored on a single to right in the fifth stanza by junior Nolan White (Miller Place, N.Y.), who rounded out the scoring on Morales's sacrifice fly to center field.
Napolitano, Morales and DiMartino (2 SB) each crossed the plate twice for Farmingdale State.
Yeshiva senior Max Leibowitz (Valley Village, Calif.) reached base on a lead-off single and one walk in the opener, picking up one stolen base in the process.
In the nightcap, FSC got four RBI apiece from outfielders Daniel Molina (Fresh Meadows, N.Y.) and Tony Figliuolo (Glen Cove, N.Y.) in the top two spots in the batting lineup; Figliuolo registered a double and triple in the contest, with Molina scoring a game-high times and collecting a triple. Junior Louis Annunziata (Howard Beach, N.Y.) went 3-for-5 with two RBI, finishing a homer shy of the cycle, while Flood got the start behind the dish and went 2-for-5 with a double and three runs scored.
The Rams jumped out to a 5-0 lead with two runs in the first inning and three more in the second, before YU pulled one back in the top of the third inning when Leibowitz came home from second on heads-up baserunning on an infield single up the middle by senior David Kreisberg (Los Angeles, Calif.).
After a single run came across in the bottom of the fourth, Figliuolo ripped a bases-clearing double to left-center in the fifth frame, coming home two batters later on Annunziato's sacrifice fly to give the hosts an 11-1 edge.
Following a pair of runs on Molina's two-run triple in the bottom of the sixth, the Maccabees registered three runs in the top of the seventh on a two-run triple to right-center by Leibowitz (3-for-4, SB, 2 R, 2 RBI in Game 2) and a sacrifice fly by Kreisberg to pull to within a 13-4 count.
Farmingdale State wrapped up the mercy-rule-shortened contest in the bottom of the eighth inning when Molina's bases-loaded walk plated Flood.
Following a four-inning start by junior righty Tyler Loft (Nesconset, N.Y.), freshman right-hander Will Stewart (Hicksville, N.Y.) earned the victory by virtue of his 1-2-3 sixth inning of work with one strikeout.
Head coach Keith Osik's Rams are back on the diamond on Tuesday, April 19, when they play host to Ramapo College in non-conference action at 5 p.m.