West Harrison, NY (Mar. 16, 2013) – Mitchell Paz made
Purchase history on Saturday at Silver Lake Park, tossing a
five-inning, complete game no-hitter against John Jay.
Paz' no-no highlighted an afternoon of amazing offense for the
Panthers, who swept both ends of the non-conference doubleheader in
shutouts. Purchase won game one 13-0 and capped the day with a 20-0
mercy-rule win, as Paz (SO/Bridgeport, CT), a first-year transfer,
tossed a no-hitter.
In the opener, Miller Lulow (SR/New York, NY) pitched a
complete-game shutout. The righty allowed only three hits, struck
out four, and walked none. He was backed up offensively by a lineup
that banged out 20 hits. Nineteen players took swings Saturday and
almost all of them connected.
Ronald Echevarria (SR/Bronx, NY) was 3 for 4 with a homerun, a
double, two RBI and two runs; Michael Skoller (JR/East Meadow, NY)
was 3 for 5 with a double, an RBI and run; Justin Sherman (SR/New
Rochelle, NY) was 2 for 5, two RBI and a run; Colin Morris
(SR/Bridgeport, CT) was 3 for 4 with an RBI and a run; Frank
Fiumara (SR/Port Chester, NY) was 2 for 2 with a double, two RBI
and two runs; Daniel Stroud (SR/Nyack, NY) was 2 for 3 with an RBI
and a run; and Josh Spielberg (SR/Oceanside, NY) was 2 for 4 with
two RBI and a run.
Game two belonged to Paz, who pitched around snow, holding John Jay
down throughout. The Panthers kept hitting while Paz got to
pitching. The lineup accounted for 16 hits and once again used 19
players in another nice, collective effort.
Spielberg went 2 for 2 with two doubles, two RBI and two runs; John
Jonas (JR/Goshen, NY) went 3 for 5 with a double, three RBI and two
runs; Stroud went 2 for 3 with three RBI and a run; Sherman
collected two more hits, including a double and a triple and drove
in two and scored once; Skoller added two hits and an RBI and run;
and Michael Sarni (SR/Shelton, CT) went 2-for-4 with a triple and
two RBI and two runs.
“What a day,” said Purchase head coach Bill Guerrero.
“Paz was marvelous and the lineup was outstanding. Everyone
made a contribution. These are the kind of victories that can get a
team rolling. I'm very pleased, and now we need to go back out
there tomorrow and keep it up.”
The Panthers will now host Oneonta Sunday at Silver Lake.