Baseball Comes Up Short Against Baruch

VALHALLA, N.Y. — The St. Joseph's University, N.Y. (Brooklyn) baseball team made a late-inning comeback that ultimately fell short, suffering a 6-4 defeat to Baruch College on Thursday afternoon in Westchester.

How it Happened

The Bearcats opened the scoring with three runs in the second inning. Rookie Matt Arcati (Brooklyn, N.Y./Williamsburg Prep) was responsible for the two SJBK runs to reduce the deficit to one in the third; singling in Sean Schneeberg (Columbia, Tenn/Del Oro) before stealing third base and scoring on a Baruch fielding error.

However, the hosts responded with three more runs in the bottom of the inning to lead 6-2. A sacrifice fly from Mike Medina Jr. (Selden, N.Y./Newfield) in the eighth trimmed the Bearcats' lead in half, 6-3, before Chris Leary's (Floral Park, N.Y./Floral Park Memorial) two-out RBI double plated the Bears' fourth run. A groundout concluded the contest in Baruch's favor, 6-4.

For the Bears

• Leary went 3-for-5 with an RBI and run scored. He and Louis Lombardi (Brooklyn, N.Y./St. Edmund Prep) had doubles on the day.

• Michael Gardener (Farmingdale, N.Y./Farmingdale) finished 2-for-3.

• Schneeberg and Chris Arcati (Brooklyn, N.Y./Williamsburg Prep) also found the hit column.

• Rookie Carmine Carbone (Middle Village, N.Y./Monsignor McClancy) was dealt the loss on the bump, tossing 1.3 innings.

• Lombardi struck out three batters in his 3.2 innings of relief.

Up Next

The Bears meet John Jay College for the second time in two weeks on Wednesday, April 12 at 3 p.m. from Brookville, N.Y.

Live stats and video will be available on sjbkathletics.com/live.