| Adam Brant records his first
no-hitter against Mt. St. Mary on Saturday. Purchase athletics photo by Mitchell Skoller |
Newburgh, NY - First-year pitcher, Adam Brant, has
forever etched his name in the record book after a fantastic
performance on the mound, pitching a complete no-hitter in game two
of a conference doubleheader against Mount St. Mary College
Saturday afternoon.
After winning the opener 9-4, the Panthers were able to clinch a
1-0 defeat over the Knights in the finale. The ace pitcher
took home his first no-hitter in collegiate standings and remains
undefeated with a 3-0 record.
Brant (FR/Hyde Park, NY) had five strikeouts to go with three
walks as he joins Mitchell Paz (SO/Bridgeport, CT) as
the only Purchase Panthers to hold an opponent hitless. Paz
had his earlier this season.
Flawless pitching and defense lead the Panthers to win the
game. They went 3-20 at the plate as they faced off Mount
pitcher, Ryan Gerhart, who took home his first loss of the
season.
The only run of the game came in the fourth off a Ronald
Echavarria (SR/Bronx, NY) RBI fly-out that brought
Daniel Stroud (SR/Nyack, NY) in to score. To start
off the inning, Stroud walked and then advanced into scoring
position off a single by Justin Sherman (SR/New
Rochelle, NY).
In game one, Purchase jumped out to an early lead on a run-scoring
single from Sherman who then advanced into scoring position off a
single by Echavarria and a balk. An RBI groundout by
Michael Skoller (JR/East Meadow, NY) would advance
Echarvarria to third and bring Sherman home to make it 2-0 with two
outs. Josh Spielberg (SR/Oceanside, NY) singled to
bring in the final run of the inning.
Two errors by the Knights brought in two runs for the Panthers in
the second. Mount St. Mary clawed back into the game with
single runs in the second, third and fifth. They trailed the
Panthers 5-3 going into the top of the eighth.
An RBI single from Purchase's Frank Fiumara* (SR/Port
Chester, NY) and a bases-clearing double by Sherman would rack in
another four runs for the Panthers in the eighth.
The Knights managed just one run in the eighth on their way to a
9-4 defeat.
Top hitters for Purchase included Sherman, Spielberg and Fiumara
who each went 2 for 4. Stroud went 2 for 5 and combined with
Michael Sarni (SR/Shelton,CT) to account for five of
Purchase's nine runs.
On the mound for the Panthers, Mitch Paz (3-2) went five innings
with five strikeouts. He gave up seven hits and walked
three. Miller Lulow* (SR/New York, NY) capped off
the game, allowing one run to score over the four inning
stretch.
The Panthers, now 8-0 in the Skyline Conference, return to action
Sunday with a conference doubleheader against The College of Mount
St. Vincent starting at noon.