St. John's University Athletics
Wednesday, March 23
Queens, N.Y. (Jack Kaiser Stadium)
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St. John’s Outlasts Wagner, 6-4
3/23/2022 4:39:00 PM | Baseball
Sonny Fauci powers the Red Storm to fifth-straight win
QUEENS, N.Y. – The St. John's baseball team jumped out to an early lead and never looked back on Wednesday afternoon, winning its fifth straight game with a 6-4 victory over Wagner at Jack Kaiser Stadium.
Making his first appearance in 368 days, starter Sonny Fauci retired all nine batters he faced, six by way of the strikeout. He threw 41 pitches, 25 of which were strikes.
Freshman southpaw Joe Mascio followed with 3.0 scoreless frames, allowing just four runners to reach base over that stretch.
Vincent Bianchi struck out three of the six batters he faced, and Chuck Sanzio earned his fourth save of the season, recording the final out with the tying run on first base.
Jayson Kramer tallied a season-high three hits, including an RBI double in the bottom of the eighth to drive in a late insurance run.
Tate Ballestero and Kevin Michaels each recorded their fifth consecutive multi-hit outing, as Ballestero went 3-for-5 with an RBI while Michaels turned in a 2-for-4 effort with a double and two RBIs.
David Glancy and Austin Machado both singled and drove in a run in the St. John's victory. Freshmen Jackson Tuckerand Max Shabestari also tallied base knocks, as Tucker reached base for the 15th straight game.
St. John's struck quickly in the bottom of the first, as Jermaine White drew a leadoff walk and advanced to second before scoring on a Michaels double down the left field line. Michaels promptly scored on a Machado base knock in the next at-bat.
After another 1-2-3 in the top of the second, the Red Storm added two more in the home half. Kramer sparked the offense with a one-out single before advancing to second on a wild pitch and scoring on a Ballestero single to center. Glancy, who had walked earlier in the frame and moved to third on Ballestero's base knock, then scored on a Michaels single to right, the shortstop's second run-scoring hit of the afternoon.
Wagner left runners on first and second in the top of the fifth, but did not threaten in earnest until the top of the sixth, when it put runners on second and third with two outs but could not push one across.
The Seahawks finally got on the board in the top of the eighth, scoring three runs despite not registering a base hit in the frame.
With its lead down to one, St. John's responded with two insurance runs in the home half. Paul Orbon, who entered the game as a pinch runner after a Nick Cirelli walk, advanced to second on a wild pitch before scoring on a Kramer two-bagger to right center. Two batters later, Kramer came home on a Glancy base knock to center.
Wagner scored one run in the top of the ninth, but could not get any closer, as Sanzio recorded the final out to shut the door for his fourth save of the year and his third in the team's last four games.
St. John's will return to action at Jack Kaiser Stadium on Friday afternoon at 3 p.m. when it begins a three-game set against Quinnipiac on ESPN3.
Making his first appearance in 368 days, starter Sonny Fauci retired all nine batters he faced, six by way of the strikeout. He threw 41 pitches, 25 of which were strikes.
Freshman southpaw Joe Mascio followed with 3.0 scoreless frames, allowing just four runners to reach base over that stretch.
Vincent Bianchi struck out three of the six batters he faced, and Chuck Sanzio earned his fourth save of the season, recording the final out with the tying run on first base.
Jayson Kramer tallied a season-high three hits, including an RBI double in the bottom of the eighth to drive in a late insurance run.
Tate Ballestero and Kevin Michaels each recorded their fifth consecutive multi-hit outing, as Ballestero went 3-for-5 with an RBI while Michaels turned in a 2-for-4 effort with a double and two RBIs.
David Glancy and Austin Machado both singled and drove in a run in the St. John's victory. Freshmen Jackson Tuckerand Max Shabestari also tallied base knocks, as Tucker reached base for the 15th straight game.
St. John's struck quickly in the bottom of the first, as Jermaine White drew a leadoff walk and advanced to second before scoring on a Michaels double down the left field line. Michaels promptly scored on a Machado base knock in the next at-bat.
After another 1-2-3 in the top of the second, the Red Storm added two more in the home half. Kramer sparked the offense with a one-out single before advancing to second on a wild pitch and scoring on a Ballestero single to center. Glancy, who had walked earlier in the frame and moved to third on Ballestero's base knock, then scored on a Michaels single to right, the shortstop's second run-scoring hit of the afternoon.
Wagner left runners on first and second in the top of the fifth, but did not threaten in earnest until the top of the sixth, when it put runners on second and third with two outs but could not push one across.
The Seahawks finally got on the board in the top of the eighth, scoring three runs despite not registering a base hit in the frame.
With its lead down to one, St. John's responded with two insurance runs in the home half. Paul Orbon, who entered the game as a pinch runner after a Nick Cirelli walk, advanced to second on a wild pitch before scoring on a Kramer two-bagger to right center. Two batters later, Kramer came home on a Glancy base knock to center.
Wagner scored one run in the top of the ninth, but could not get any closer, as Sanzio recorded the final out to shut the door for his fourth save of the year and his third in the team's last four games.
St. John's will return to action at Jack Kaiser Stadium on Friday afternoon at 3 p.m. when it begins a three-game set against Quinnipiac on ESPN3.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Fauci, Sonny (1-0)
L: LaPOINTE, John (0-1)
S: Sanzio, Chuck (4)
Batting:
RBI: MARTINEZ, Henry 1
Base Running:
RUNS: KOBAYASHI, Maimu 1 ; MARTINEZ, Henry 1 ; FAICCHIO, Dante 1 ; CAZARES, Dimaggio 1
HBP: KOBAYASHI, Maimu 1 ; SELBY, Griffin 1
Batting:
2B: Michaels, Kevin 1 ; Kramer, Jayson 1
RBI: Glancy, David 1 ; Ballestero, Tate 1 ; Michaels, Kevin 2 ; Machado, Austin 1 ; Kramer, Jayson 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Glancy, David 1 ; Ballestero, Tate 1 ; Michaels, Kevin 1 ; Orbon, Paul 1 ; Kramer, Jayson 2
SB: Tucker, Jackson 1
HBP: Shabestari, Max 1
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