April 28, 2007
Box Score
Staten Island, NY - Senior Ed Sudol's (Wallington, NJ / Wallington) three-run home run highlighted a seven-run fourth inning that helped propel the Seahawks to an easy 10-2 win and a doubleheader sweep over Fairleigh Dickinson earlier today at Dr. Bill Willetts Field.
The Seahawks sent 13 batters to the plate in the decisive fourth-frame and freshman rhp Kyle Morrison (Middlesex, NJ / Immaculata) tossed 6.0 innings of two-run ball as the Seahawks won for the second-straight time after losing their previous ten in a row.
Morrison (2-6) struck out five against just one walk while, and surrendered single runs in the fifth and sixth innings. He cruised through the first four innings, retiring the first eight batters of the game in order and yielding just one hit.
FDU starter Nicholas Melchiorre was equally stellar through the first three innings, giving up just one hit before running into problems in the fourth
Senior Joseph DiGeronimo (Hawthorne, NJ / Hawthorne) continued his assault on FDU-pitching, leading off with a single down the right field line. Following a strike out and a DiGeronimo stolen base classmate Matt Mastrianni (Ringoes, NJ / Hunterdon Central) reach on an infield hit. Freshman Vin Avella (Matawan, NJ / CBA) got the Green & White on the board singling through the right side on a perfectly executed hit and run that brought around DiGeronimo. Sudol then blew the game wide open with a three-run home run, his third of the year, to deep right-center to make it 4-0. Freshman Kevin McDonnell (Bristol, CT / Avon Old Farms) followed with a walk and senior Pat Rogers (Middletown, NJ / Brookdale CC) drove him home with a bloop double down the right-field line. The Seahawks then loaded up the bases on an error and a walk. DiGeronimo got one more home on a fielder's choice before sophomore Pete Delleani (Manalapan, NJ / CBA) concluded the scoring with a RBI single to make it 7-0 Wagner.
Melchiorre (1-2) never made it out of the inning and suffered the loss, giving up five earned runs in 3.2 innings of work.
The Knights would score a run in the fifth and another in the sixth on Vincente Medina's solo home run before the Green & White added three insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth on their way to the 10-2 win.
Eight of the nine Seahawk-starters recorded a hit as Sudol went 2-2 with a three-run home run and DiGeronimo was 2-4 with two runs and two stolen bases to lead the way.
Wagner and FDU will wrap up their four-game set with a doubleheader tomorrow starting at noon.
