By: by Vincent Buccella, Sports Information Intern
THROGGS NECK, N.Y. (April 23, 2013) – The Privateers baseball team will be taking on the Yeshiva Maccabees for the second time this year tonight at 7 p.m. at Reinhart Field. This is a makeup game for the April 10 game that was suspended due to lightning. The game will start from the beginning and will be nine inning contest.
Inside The Series With Yeshiva
This year the Privateers defeated the Maccabees in there only matchup by a score of 5-1.
In that game, junior
Kurt Niemeyer (Nanuet, N.Y./Nanuet Senior) (Nanuet, N.Y./Nanuet Senior) went the distance allowing just three hits, one run, and three walks, while striking out twelve earning his third win of the season.
Senior
Ed Martinez (Yonkers, N.Y./Stepinac) (Yonkers, N.Y./Stepinac) got the scoring started by blasting a homerun over the right field fence to put the Privateers on top 1-0 in the bottom of the first inning.
In the bottom of the fourth Maritime put three runs on the board, sophomore
Joseph Longo (Port Jefferson Station, N.Y./St. John Baptist) and freshman
Bruce Tyler (Miller Place, N.Y./Miller Place) (Miller Place, N.Y./Miller Place) both drove in runs on singles. Senior Michael
Staropoli (New Rochelle, N.Y. / New Rochelle) hit a sacrifice fly to drive in sophomore
Matthew Sollin (Rockville Centre, N.Y./South Side) (Rockville Centre, N.Y./South Side) to make the score 4-0. Senior
Joey Semler (Kirkland, Wash./Lake Washington) (Kirkland, Wash./Lake Washington) would tack on another run in the fifth on a RBI single.
A Look At The Weekend's Matchups
Records:
Yeshiva: 2-22 (1-12 Skyline)
Maritime: 12-19 (6-8 Skyline)
Last Three Games:
Yeshiva: 4/21: Away DH vs. Purchase (Loss, 15-0; Loss, 14-5); 4/19 Away vs. Farmingdale (Loss, 22-0) –
Complete Schedule
Maritime: 4/21: Home DH vs. Mount St. Vincent (Loss, 9-8; Loss, 14-3); 4/20 Away vs. St. Jospeh's-LI (Win, 4-2) – Complete Schedule
Rosters:
Yeshiva -
Maritime
Statistics:
Yeshiva -
Maritime