Maritime got the second
no-hitter of the season on Saturday. Maritime athletics photo |
THROGGS NECK, N.Y. (April 5, 2014) – For the second time this season the Maritime baseball team spun a no-hitter on the mound as senior Trevor Cannella (Sea Cliff, N.Y./North Shore) held the St. Joseph's Golden Eagles hitless through seven innings in the second game of the doubleheader as the Privateers won by a 4-0 score. In the first game, the Privateers fell by a 6-2 score.
Sarna throws perfect game
Cannella set the side down in order in the first inning with a
pair of groundouts, and a strikeout. In the second inning, there
were two more groundouts and a fly out. A walk to lead off the
third frame broke up the perfect game attempt, but the defense
helped out in the inning on a bunt and a pair of line outs,
including one to junior leftfielder Pat Kirk (Brooklyn,
N.Y./St. Edmund Prep), who made a highlight reel grab going
to his left.
In the fourth, a pair of fly balls set the first two batters
aside, a lineout to senior Nick Galli (Staten Island, N.Y./St.
Joseph By the Sea) in right field with another highlight reel
grab kept the no-hitter intact. Two fly balls to the outfield and a
groundout retired the Golden Eagles in the fifth inning. A
strikeout, fly out and popup sent the game to the seventh inning
with Cannella in search of the no-no.
A groundout to the second baseman on an 0-2 pitch set the first
batter aside. A muffed throw allowed another runner to reach base
with one out. The next batter was called out on interference as the
batter was called for running out of the baseline as the throw by
Cannella struck the runner in the back. With one out to get it was
a case of déjà vu from the perfect game tossed
Nick Sarna (Massapequa, N.Y./St. Anthony's) earlier in
the season, as a ground ball snuck through the right side of the
infield, Galli charged from right field and threw the runner out as
he made the final assist on the team's second no-hitter of the
season.
Offensively in the game, the Privateers scored a pair in the third
inning as Kirk led off the frame with a walk and moved up to second
on a groundout. Junior Matthew Sollin (Rockville Centre,
N.Y./South Side) walked to put runners on the corner but was
erased on a fielder's choice as Galli reached. Freshman Brian
McLaughlin (Massapequa, N.Y./St. John the Baptist) reached on
a throwing error as both Galli and Kirk scored to put the
Privateers ahead 2-0.
In the bottom of the fourth, Maritime added two more runs as
sophomore Paul Woodburn (Huntingtown, Md./Huntingtown)
singled and was moved up to second base on a bunt. Two batters
later, senior Tom Bauer (Wantagh, N.Y./MacArthur) walked
and both he and Woodburn moved up to second and third on a wild
pitch. Sollin then walked to load the bases followed by Galli
collecting a two-run single up the middle to give Maritime a 4-0
advantage, which Cannella helped make stick through the remainder
of the game.
Cannella earned the win to improve to 2-2 on the season after
tossing the seven hitless innings on 84 pitches with one walk and
two strikeouts. Taking the loss was starter Jonathan Beekman (0-1)
after allowing all four runs on five hits and five walks, Matt
Mills closed out the game allowing just one hit over the final 2
1/3 innings.
In the opener, the Privateers sent senior right-hander Kurt
Niemeyer (Nanuet, N.Y./Nanuet Senior) to the hill in search
of his first win of the season. The Golden Eagles plated their
first run of the afternoon in the top of the second inning after a
hit batsman put the leadoff runner on base. A pair of groundouts
moved the runner up to third, before a double brought the first run
of the game home.
St. Joseph's scored twice more in the top of the third inning on a
two-run double to give the Golden Eagles a 3-0 advantage. The
Privateers loaded the bases in the bottom of the third inning as
Sollin reached on a fielder's choice, and Galli followed with a
single, two batters later junior Albert Doerbecker (Point
Lookout, N.Y./Long Beach) also singled to fill the bases.
However, Maritime was unable to score heading to the fourth
inning.
Neither side was able to score in the fourth or fifth innings, but
in the bottom of the sixth inning Maritime tacked on a run after
Doerbecker led off the frame with a single. An error moved the run
ahead to second base, followed by a bunt to move the runner to
third. Sophomore Bruce Tyler (Miller Place, N.Y./Miller
Place) drove in Doerbecker with a single down the left field
line to trim the lead to 3-1.
In the top of the eighth, St. Joseph's added three more runs as
Niemeyer was chased from the game in the process, as junior
James Very (Pittsburgh, Pa./Mt. Lebanon) came on the
retire the final two batters. In the bottom of the eighth, junior
Joe Longo (Port Jefferson Station, N.Y./St. John the
Baptist) led off the frame with a walk and stole second base.
A wild pitch moved Longo to third, then later in the inning scored
on an error to end the scoring at 6-2.
Niemeyer took the loss to fall to 0-5 as he threw 114 pitches and
allowed six runs on five hits and five walks, while striking out
six. Very finished off the game as he allowed just one hit and one
walk and struck out one batter on 25 pitches.
Maritime (7-13, 4-3 Skyline) will take on Mount St. Vincent
in a league doubleheader tomorrow afternoon at 12 p.m. at Skylands
Park in Frankford Township, New Jersey. St. Joseph's (7-11, 3-2
Skyline) will host Purchase for a conference doubleheader at 12
p.m. in Patchogue, N.Y.