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Northeast Conference

April 29, 2002

FDU Baseball Falls to St. Francis (NY), 6-4
Four Knights collect two hits each.  

Box Score

Teaneck, N.J. – St. Francis (NY) rallied for two runs in the seventh and one in the eighth to defeat the Fairleigh Dickinson University baseball team 6-4 in a Northeast Conference game on Monday afternoon.  The Knights fell to 6-29 overall and 4-17 in NEC action, while the Terriers improved to 18-17 overall and 14-7 in NEC play.

                The Knights led 4-3 heading into the top of the seventh, but the Terriers took advantage of an error to score twice.  With one out, left fielder Mike Molinini (Staten Island, N.Y.) doubled off the center field fence.  Designated hitter Anthony Esposito (Brooklyn, N.Y.) followed with a single to right that got by right fielder Nick Trincellita (Hoboken, N.J.) allowing Molinini to score and Esposito to advance to third.  Two batters later Steve Iannuccili (Staten Island, N.Y.) knocked in Molinini for what turned out to be the game winner with a single to right field.  The Terriers added another in the eighth on a sacrifice fly by Jesse Boles (Maplewood, N.J.)

                St. Francis got on the board first with a run in the top of the third inning.  Molinini singled up the middle with two outs, driving in Greg Colonna (Staten Island, N.Y.) who reached on a fielder’s choice.

                The Knights answered with three runs in the bottom of the frame.  With one out Tom McLaughlin (Glendora, N.J.) singled to center field and Lenny Armenti (Bloomfield, N.J.) followed with a single to right, moving McLaughlin to third.  After Jesse Thomas (Ventnor, N.J.) struck out, the Knights pulled off a double steal to plate the first run. First baseman Pat Geroni (Pt. Pleasant, N.J.) singled to left, advancing Armenti to third.  Matt Nugent (Staten Island, N.Y.) then doubled to knock in Armenti and Trincellita singled home Geroni to give the Knights a 3-1 lead.

                Terriers’ catcher Ron Scrimenti (Middle Village, N.Y.) led the fourth off with a home run down the left field line to cut the lead to 3-2.  The Terriers knotted the game at 3-3 as they took advantage of an infield error, before the Knights regained the lead at 4-3, on an RBI by Armenti in the bottom of the inning.

                Molinini went 3-for-4 on the day for the Terriers with one run batted in and Anthony Giudice (Brooklyn, N.Y.) went 3-for-5.  Right-hander Ray Peterson (Staten Island, N.Y.) got the win in relief for St. Francis, going 4.2 innings, fanning two and allowing no runs on two hits.

                Four Knights collected two hits in the game. McLaughlin went 2-for-4, while Trincellita and Travis Alderman (Flanders, N.J.) each went 2-for-5.  A.J. DiMichele (Centereach, N.Y.) was 2-for-2 with a pair of singles.

                The Knights return to action on Tuesday, April 30, when they host C.W. Post in a non-conference game at 3:30 p.m.

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