Mosquera goes deep as Adelphi spoils baseball's Saturday

GARDEN CITY, New York – The American International College baseball team fell in a pair of games at Adelphi University in Northeast-10 Conference play on Saturday, March 26.

FAST FACTS:
Game 1:
FINAL SCORE: Adelphi 4, AIC 0
RECORDS: AIC moves to 6-11 (0-2 NE10) while Adelphi moves to 10-4 (2-0)
Win: Nicolas Luc (3-1) Loss: Mason St. Pierre (2-2)

Game 2:
FINAL SCORE: Adelphi 10, AIC 3
RECORDS: AIC moves to 6-12 (0-3 NE10) while Adelphi moves to 11-4 (3-0)
Win: Jacob Dannenberg (1-0) Loss: Adrian Quinonez (0-3)
LOCATION: Bonomo Memorial Field Garden City, New York

KEY STATS:
Game 1:
AIC:
Mason St. Pierre: Loss (2-2), 6.0 innings pitched, complete game, 13 hits, four earned runs, four strikeouts, 99 pitches
Chad Lavelle: 2-for-3, one stolen base
Alejandro Mosquera: 1-for-3

Adelphi:
Nicolas Luc: Win (3-1), 7.0 innings pitched, complete game, three hits, no runs, seven strikeouts, 88 pitches
Alex Rende: 3-for-3, two RBI, one run, one triple
Cooper Johnson: 2-for-3, one RBI
Michael Draskin: 1-for-3, one RBI
Mat Alifano: 2-for-3, one run

Game 2:
AIC:
Adrian Quinonez: Loss (0-3), 1.2 innings pitches, five hits, eight earned runs, 42 pitches
Joe Oliver: No decision, 4.1 innings pitched in relief, three hits, two runs, one earned run, four strikeouts, 60 pitches
Alejandro Mosquera: 2-for-3, three RBI, one run, one home run, one double
Michael Cruz: 1-for-3
Cam Fitzgerald: 1-for-3

Adelphi:
Jacob Dannenberg: 3.0 innings pitched, three hits, one earned run, 32 pitches
Jack Ryan: 1-for-1, three RBI, two runs, one home run
Matt Alifano: 1-for-3, two RBI, one run, one double
Anthony Cipri: 1-for-3, two RBI
Jose Matos: 3-for-3, one RBI, two runs, one home run

HOW IT HAPPENED:
Game 1:

• In the bottom of the second inning, the Panthers took a 1-0 lead when Rende doubled to left center with Feliz on second.
• Junior Chad Lavelle had one of his two hits in the top of the third when he knocked the ball to center on the first pitch he saw. Classmate Alejandro Mosquera tallied a hit in the next inning with a single to left center.
• The Panthers added a run in the bottom of the fifth with a hit off the bat of Draskin which allowed Alifano to score. In their next at-bat, Adelphi added a pair of runs to secure the 4-0 win.

Game 2:

• The first inning and a half of play went by quickly as the first nine batters of the game went down in order.
• The Panthers changed that in the bottom of the second as they scored eight runs on five hits to take the lead. They added another in the bottom of the third.
• In the top of the fifth Mosquera dug into the box as the leadoff hitter and went deep to left center to put AIC on the board.
• Adelphi's Matos went deep in the bottom of the fifth to extend his team's lead.
• Mosquera stepped back into the box in the top of the sixth. With senior Brandon Gaul on first and Lavelle on second Mosquera doubled down the third baseline and the two runners scored.

NEXT UP:

• The Yellow Jackets will round out their series at Adelphi on Sunday, March 27 with a single game at noon.