Staten Island Rallies to Snap Baseball Win Streak at Three

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — John Condon (Oceanside, N.Y./Oceanside) batted 4-for-5 with a RBI and Bears pitchers held the College of Staten Island to just one hit over the first five innings to jump out to a 3-0 lead, but the St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn) baseball team suffered their eighth one-run loss of the season in a 4-3 defeat on Friday afternoon.

Game Info

• Final Score: Staten Island 4, St. Joseph's 3
• Location: Staten Island, N.Y.
• Field: CSI Baseball Complex
• Records: Staten Island (20-7-1), St. Joseph's (12-14)

How it Happened

• SJC Starters: Pasetti (RF), Linitz (CF), Rapp (SS), Condon (C), LoPrinzi (DH), Pallatto (1B), Schwartz (3B), Trudden (2B), M. Camerada (LF), Teranova (P)
• The Bears raced out of the gates with three quick runs on four hits in the top of the first. After Kevin Linitz and Francis Rapp knocked back-to-back one-out singles, John Condon opened the scoring with a the third straight hit. St. Joseph's later loaded the bases with two outs and Adam Schwartz delivered a double to score two more.
• Staked with a three-run lead in his first collegiate start, Peter Terranova tossed three near perfect innings, his only blemish a leadoff walk in the first that he erased with a double play and retired eight straight batters.
• Paul Pelligrino and Charlie Salvador followed with scoreless frames in relief as the Bears held the Dolphins to one hit through five.
• The Dolphins finally broke through with three runs on three hits in the sixth. A Bobby Drake two-out double with the bases loaded scored two to tie the game at 3-all, but the inning ended with the Bears gunning down the go-ahead runner at the plate trying to score from first.
• The game remained deadlocked until the ninth and the Bears threatened loading the bases with one out, but came away empty-handed. In the home half of the inning, the Dolphins used a leadoff single and a walk to gain runners at first and second with one out and scored the winning run on an Anthony DiMarco single.

Bears Highlights

• The Bears outhit the Dolphins 14-8.
• John Condon finished 4-for-5 with a RBI and run scored.
• Adam Schwartz drove in a pair of runs with a double in the first and finished 1-for-4.
• Michael Camerada knocked a trio of hits and finished 3-for-5.
• Kevin Linitz and Francis Rapp both went 2-for-5 for a run scored. Linitz also had a double.
• Peter Terranova fired three shutout innings in his first collegiate start, allowing just one walk and no hits.
• Paul Pelligrino, Charlie Salvador, Jonathan Schneider and Kevin White all worked scoreless innings in relief.

The Bear Facts

• St. Joseph's sees their winning streak snapped at three games while Staten Island keeps their streak alive at 10 games.
• Staten Island improves to 14-6 all-time in the series. The Bears swept a doubleheader last season.
• It is the eighth one-run, non-conference loss of the season for St. Joseph's.

Next Up for St. Joseph's

The Bears honor nine from the Class of 2017 on Senior Day tomorrow hosting Maritime College in a key Skyline Conference doubleheader starting at noon at American Legion Field. Live stats and video will be available on SJCBears.com.