By: by Vincent Buccella, Sports Information Intern
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THROGGS NECK, N.Y. (April 30, 2013) – The Maritime baseball squad will be squaring off against the St. Joseph's Golden Eagles at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 1 for the opening round of the Skyline Conference Tournament. The game will be played at St. Joe's home, Alfano Field in Patchogue, N.Y.
Inside The Series With St. Joseph's-L.I.
This is the second consecutive year that Maritime has faced the Golden Eagles in the opening round of the playoffs. Last year the Privateers fell to St. Joe's by the score of 8-3, ending their season. This year Maritime swept a doubleheader from the Golden Eagles by scores of 5-3 and 4-2.
In game one, sophomore
Paul Pfundstein (Deer Park, N.Y./Deer Park) (Deer Park, N.Y./Deer Park) shut down St. Joseph's-L.I. by throwing a complete game. Pfundstein scattered eight hits over the nine innings of work only allowing three runs. He also struck out five and walked three leading the Privateers to a victory.
In the second game, it was St. Joe's who would break the ice in the fourth inning when sophomore Anthony Andreani hit a sacrifice fly to score Alex and freshman Joseph Calabrese had a RBI single to make the score 2-0
In the top half of the fifth, Maritime would jump right ahead into the lead putting four runs on the scoreboard. Sophomore
Patrick Kirk's (Brooklyn, N.Y./St. Edmund Prep) drove in two runs in the inning by smashing a two RBI triple and then would eventually score on a wild pitch. Senior
Joey Semler (Kirkland, Wash./Lake Washington) (Kirkland, Wash./Lake Washington) would knock in a run on a RBI single to give the Privateers a 4-2 advantage which would last for the rest of the game.
A Look At The Week's Matchup
Records:
Maritime: 14-20 (8-8 Skyline)
St. Joseph's-L.I.: 16-21 (9-7 Skyline)
Last Three Games:
Maritime: 4/28 Away vs. Lehman (Loss, 10-4); 4/26 Away vs. NYU-Poly (Win, 22-4); 4/23 Home vs. Yeshiva (Win, 13-0) –
Complete Schedule
St. Joseph's-L.I.: 4/26 Home vs. Baruch (Win, 2-1); 4/25 Home DH vs. Western Connecticut (Loss, 11-0; Win, 5-4) –
Complete Schedule
Rosters:
Maritime –
St. Joseph's-L.I.
Statistics:
Maritime –
St. Joseph's-L.I.