Lombardi, Schneeberg Homer in Baseball’s Split with USMMA

TEANECK, N.J. — The St. Joseph's University, N.Y. (Brooklyn) baseball team split their Sunday conference doubleheader with the United States Merchant Marine Academy; taking game one 7-5 while dropping game two 9-5.

How it Happened (Game 1)

Possessing a 1-0 lead in the third inning with runners on the corners, Louis Lombardi (Brooklyn, N.Y./St. Edmund Prep) belted a three-run shot over the right-center field fence to extend the navy and gray's lead to 4-0. USMMA pulled a run back in the top of the fourth before a four-run fifth gave the visitors a one-run edge, 5-4. A bases-loaded walk drew the game level at five.

Lucas Collet (Toulouse, France/Lyc'ee Bellevue) singled in the eventual winning run in the home half of the sixth inning before adding an insurance run to see out the 7-5 result.

How it Happened (Game 2)

A pair of runs scored on Chris Leary's (Floral Park, N.Y./Floral Park Memorial) single down the left-field line in the second inning. A fourth-inning homer brought USMMA's deficit to one before tying the game at two later in the stanza. The lead swung in the Mariners' favor in the sixth on a two-RBI single, increasing to 7-2 in the seventh. The Bears would score in each of the final three innings, including a Sean Schneeberg (Columbia, Tenn./Del Oro) home run to chop the Merchant Marine advantage to 9-5. The homer sparked a comeback bid as the bases were loaded and the game-tying run was at-bat. However, SJBK left all three runners on, suffering the four-run defeat.

For the Bears (Game 1)

• Lombardi's homer brought in three of the Bears' five RBI. Schneeberg and Collet had the other two.

• Carmine Carbone (Middle Village, N.Y./Monsignor McClancy) finished 2-for-3 with a double and two runs scored.

• Collet swiped a pair of bases in the game.

• Starting pitcher Mike Santoriello (Staten Island, N.Y./St. Joseph by the Sea) struck out three in six innings, earning his third win of the season.

• Justin Conaty (Brooklyn, N.Y./James Madison) pitched the seventh inning and secured his first save of the year.

For the Bears (Game 2)

• Rookie Matt Arcati (Brooklyn, N.Y./Williamsburg Prep) had a 3-for-4 game with a run scored.

• Leary had three RBI as he went 2-for-4 at the dish.

• Lombardi, Schneeberg, and Mike Medina Jr. (Selden, N.Y./Newfield) all had two-hit games with the latter two both scoring runs.

• Carbone, Michael Gardener (Farmingdale, N.Y./Farmingdale), and TJ Moussette (Centereach, N.Y./Newfield) all registered base knocks.

• Lombardi fanned six but allowed four earned runs in defeat.

Up Next

Sibling rivals and defending Skyline winners St. Joseph's Long Island will host the Bears for two in Patchogue on Saturday, April 22 at 11 am in Patchogue. Live stats and video will be available on sjbkathletics.com/live.