First Game Box Score

Second Game Box Score

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (April 26, 2008) –- Amassing 37 hits and 37 runs on the day, St. Lawrence rolled to a double-header sweep of Vassar with 13-5 and 24-7 victories in a Liberty League match-up at Prentiss Field on Saturday.

The Brewers fall to 8-19, 3-15 in the league and host SUNY New Paltz in a non-league game on Wednesday. The Saints improve to 17-13, 10-7 in the league after going 3-1 this weekend.

Game One

Vassar started out the first game with a bang as freshman leadoff hitter David Ringold (Seattle, WA/Ballard) knocked a round-tripper over the left-field fence, the inaugural home run in refurbished Prentiss Field. However, Saint starter Troy Lassial (Ogdensburg, NY/Ogdensburg Free Academy) buckled down after Ringold's blast, allowing just one more run in his six-inning appearance.

The Saints took the lead for good in the bottom of the second inning with three runs on three hits, all extra-base hits. Matt Carrigg (Endwell, NY/Maine-Endwell) knocked out an RBI triple and Tim Harris (Marcellus, NY/Marcellus) doubled up the middle, scoring on Andrew Ford's (Fabius, NY/Fabius) double to left field.

Vassar faced a manageable four-run deficit heading into the bottom of the sixth inning, but seven Saint runs put the seven-inning game out of reach. The Saints batted around, bringing 13 runners to the plate.

Ford led the Saint bats, going 4-for-5 and falling a home run short of hitting for the cycle. Harris had three hits on the day, including a double, while Carrigg and Ryan Duff (Concord, MA/Cushing Academy) added two hits apiece. Joe Shehata (Orangeburg, NY/Pearl River) had three RBI.

Lassial picked up the win (3-3), scattering eight hits to allow two earned runs. He struck out four and walked one.

Brian Sciubba (1-4) (Wantagh, NY/General Douglas MacArthur) took the loss, allowing eight earned runs on 10 hits.

The Brewers matched the Saints with 13 hits on the day, but were unable to lace their hits together. Charlie Gray (Upper Montclair) led the Brewer offense with two doubles, after hitting two doubles in Friday's nightcap. Joe Castilla (Weston, Fl/Archbishop McCarthy), Mike Murn (Huntington, NY/Harborfields), Clancy Philbrick (Stonington, CT/The Williams School), and Adam Murphy (Brooklyn, NY/Midwood) all added two hits apiece.

Game Two

The Brewers again struck first, picking up two runs in the top of the first. Castilla led off with a walk and advanced to third on a Saint error that also brought Zack Miller (San Francisco, CA/Lick-Wilmerding) to second. Murn's one-out two RBI single scored Castilla and Miller to give Vassar the early lead.

It was a short-lived lead, however, as the Saints struck for five in the bottom of the inning. St. Lawrence led off with four consecutive hits en route to notching seven hits in the inning. Duff had the big shot with a two RBI double, and Shehata chipped in with a double of his own.

Vassar knocked in two runs in both the fourth and fifth innings to cut the Saint lead to four, but St. Lawrence responded with three runs in the bottom of the sixth. The Saints put the game out of reach for good with a 10-run seventh inning. St. Lawrence brought 14 to the plate in the inning. In his two appearances in the inning, Christian Spicer (Watertown, NY/IHC) picked up three RBI with a double and a triple.

Spicer led the hot St. Lawrence offense, going 4-for-7 with seven RBI and three runs scored. He had three extra-base hits on the day, with two doubles and a triple. Duff chipped in with four hits, including a double and a triple, four RBI and three runs scored. Shehata added three hits and two RBI while five other Saints had multiple-hit days as St. Lawrence recorded 24 hits as a team.

Mike Root (4-2) (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool) pitched four and a third to pick up the win, allowing six hits and three earned runs. He walked six and struck out six. Matt Skelly (Malone, NY/Franklin Academy) and Zach Slater (Syracuse, NY/Westhill) combined to hold the Brewers scoreless with just one hit in the final four and two thirds.

Murn led the Brewers with a 2-for-4 two RBI effort at the plate. Mike Plude (Shelton, CT/Notre Dame Catholic) added two hits, including a double.

Alex Tanskey (1-4) (Bedford, NY/Fox Lane) picked up the loss, allowing 10 earned runs on 11 hits in three and a third innings.