Bunnicelli's Strong Start Sends Baseball Past First-Place Farmingdale State

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FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Senior C.J. Bunnicelli allowed just one run and struck out five and the St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn) baseball team doubled up first-place Farmingdale State College in hits, 12-6, en route to a 4-1 Skyline Conference win on Tuesday evening at the FSC Baseball Stadium.

Bunnicelli scattered six hits over seven innings and recorded his first win of the season (1-2).

Thomas Airey and Anthony Hernandez combined for six of the Bears' 12 hits, each going 3-for-4 at the plate. Lucas Collet and Louis Lombardi also had multi-hit games, each knocking a pair of hits. Kevin Reyes drove in two runs, while Airey and Lombardi had a RBI each.

The victory marked the Bears' (2-12, 1-8 Skyline) first win against the Rams (8-3, 8-1 Skyline) since March 30, 2018, while the loss was Farmingdale State's first in conference play since March 23, 2019, when they fell 5-2 to the United States Merchant Marine Academy.

How It Happened

A trio of one-out singles in the top of the second brought in Collet for the game's opening run. Kevin Reyes' two-RBI double in the third gave the Bears a 3-0 advantage.

The Rams' lone run of the contest came in the home half of the fifth as Philip Gerard scored on a double by Thomas Secaira. However, the damage was minimal as Bunnicelli recorded his fifth strikeout to leaving a pair of runners stranded in scoring position.

The Bears restored their three-run lead in the eighth as Lombardi's double found the right-centerfield gap to send Reyes home, taking the 4-1 lead.

Joe Acampora took the hill in the bottom of the eighth and got the game's final six outs to pick up his first career save and preserve the SJC win.

Up Next

The Bears open a four-game set against Mount Saint Mary College with a doubleheader on Saturday, April 17 in Patchogue. First pitch is scheduled for noon with live stats and video available on SJCBears.com.