May 13, 2007
Box Score
Staten Island, NY - Senior Joseph DiGeronimo's (Hawthrone, NJ / Hawthrone) solo home run in the bottom of the ninth gave the Seahawks a 4-3 Senior Day victory over Central Connecticut St at Dr. Bill Willets Field this afternoon. Wagner avoided a weekend sweep and improved to 9-15 in the Northeast Conference and 15-32 overall while the Blue Devils fall to 14-10 (NEC) and 23-20 overall with the loss.
After CCSU tied the game 3-3 in the top of the ninth, DiGeronimo took a one out, 2-0 pitch over the wall in right to send the Seahawks to victory. Freshman pitcher Bobby Tretola (Union, NJ / Roselle Catholic) earned the complete game win, improving to 2-3 on the year after scattering seven hits and surrendering two earned runs.
The Blue Devils struck first scoring two runs on four hits in the third inning. A lead off double by Garrett Walker led to a RBI single from Casey Walker, who came into score himself on a RBI single from Matt Memoli.
The Seahawks came back with a run in the bottom of the frame on a two out run scoring line drive to left by senior Matt Mastrianni (Ringoes, NJ / Hunterdon Central). Mastrianni's RBI single plated DiGeronimo who drew a walk with two away.
In the sixth Wagner took a 3-2 lead when sophomore Chris Drechsel (Cranford, NJ / Cranford) reached on a two out error that scored freshmen Vin Avella (Matawan, NJ / CBA) and Kevin McDonnell (Bristol, CT / Avon Old Farms) who both singled earlier in the stanza. McDonnell went 2-4 in the game adding a single in the eighth.
The Blue Devils would load the bases with no outs in the top of the seventh before Tretola worked out of the jam with a pop to short, a strikeout and a long fly to right.
In the top half of the ninth, CCSU tied the game at 3-3 on the strength of a leadoff walk and a two out dropped fly ball by the rightfielder setting up DiGeronimo's heroics in the bottom half.
Reliever Evan Scribner (4-5) took the loss for the Blue Devils.
Wagner returns to action at home on Wednesday against NYIT in a 3:00 pm start.
R H E
CCSU 3 7 2
Wagner 4 8 1
