PALISADES PARK, N.J. – On Friday, the Maritime Baseball team swept the Yeshiva Maccabees from the Palisades Park Baseball Field in New Jersey. The Privateers took game one by the score of 11-1 before recording an 8-3 victory in the second game.
 
On the day, sophomore Aaron Schiavoni (Sag Harbor, N.Y./Pierson) led the team with six hits, and four RBIs, while seven other Privateers all had multi-hit afternoons. Sophomore Joe DiLeo (Naples, Fla./St. John Neumann)went 4-for-5, while classmate Stephen Semler (Kirkland, Wash./Lake Washington) with 5-for-8, and Chris Deddo (Staten Island, N.Y./Tottenville) went 5-for-9 on the day as both he and DiLeo led the team with three runs scored apiece.
 
Seniors Paul Woodburn (Huntingtown, Md./Huntingtown) and Justin Baierlein (Richmond Hill, N.Y./High School for CTEA), junior Brian McLaughlin (Massapequa, N.Y./St. John the Baptist), and sophomoreConnor Alwan (Annapolis, Md./Broadneck) all picked up two hits on the afternoon. Baierlein was second to Schiavoni with two RBIs on the day. Senior Kevin Monahan (Seaford, N.Y./MacArthur) reached base three times with a base hit and two walks.
 
On the mound, freshman Sean McQuail (Middle Village, N.Y./Cathedral Prep) got his first career start and impressed as he struck out nine Maccabee batters while yielding just one run over six innings. FreshmanNick Fortunato (Coram, N.Y./Longwood) came on and closed out the game with a hitless seventh inning.
 
In game two, freshman Anthony Vieto (Manhasset, N.Y./Manhasset) got his first career start on the mound and yielded one run over his four innings of work on just two hits while striking out three. Fortunato came on again and yielded one earned run, followed by sophomore Anthony D'Ancona (Bronx, N.Y./Cardinal Spellman) sealing the victory with a one-hit seventh inning.
 
Maritime was off to the races in the top of the first inning in game one as Monahan connected on a single to right field, two errors on the play allowed the senior to run all the way home as the Privateers were one batter into the game and ahead by a 1-0 score.
 
Deddo then singled to centerfield and scored on a Woodburn base knock. Woodburn then came around as McLaughlin picked up a double to the left-centerfield gap. After Vieto walked, Schiavoni drove in the pair with a double to left to put the Privateers up by five runs. After DiLeo singled to put runners on the corners, freshman Jimmy Guerriero (Floral Park, N.Y./Floral Park) recorded an RBI on a fielder's choice to make the score 6-0.
 
The Privateers got back to work in the second inning as Deddo singled, followed by a base knock by Semler. Woodburn knocked into a double play, but Deddo scored on the play to put the Privateers up by seven. Later in the inning, Schiavoni picked up his third RBI of the game as he drove in Vieto, who had singled earlier in the inning.
 
McQuail struck out the side in the bottom of the second as he continued to mow down the Maccabees. In the bottom of the third, McQuail made it eight in a row to send the game to the top of the fourth inning.
 
In the fourth, Woodburn drove a long drive into the outfield and raced all the way to third for a leadoff triple. Three batters later, it was Schiavoni again to bring home the runner on a single to left field. DiLeo brought home Schiavoni with a double to left centerfield as the lead increased to ten.
 
McQuail yielded his first run of the game in the bottom of the sixth, as Yeshiva needed a bunt single to score their first run of the afternoon.
 
Maritime regained its 10-run advantage as freshman Doug Frawley (Warwick, N.Y./Warwick Valley)collected his first career RBI on a groundout to score Baierlein who had walked and moved to third on a pair of wild pitches.
 
Fortunato made his first appearance of the day in the bottom of the seventh during game one and struck out two of the three batters he faced. With the Privateers ahead by 10 runs through the seventh inning, the Skyline Conference mercy rule took effect and ended the ballgame.
 
The Maccabees scored first in their half of the first inning, as Vieto adjusted to the pitcher's mound after primarily playing right field for the Privateers during his rookie season. Vieto walked a batter with the bases loaded to make the score 1-0, but Vieto picked off the runner to end the frame.
 
It didn't take Maritime long to answer as DiLeo tripled into the right centerfield gap, then scored on a wild pitch to make the score 1-1. The game remained tied at one until the top of the fourth inning, when the Privateers came back up to bat.
 
DiLeo doubled to right centerfield once again, then moved up to third on a passed ball. Baierlein reached on a throwing error by the Maccabee defense allowing DiLeo to touch the plate and break the deadlock. Alwan singled then stole second and later came in to score as junior Chris Stewart (Bethpage, N.Y./Chaminade) drove a ball past the infield and into right field.
 
In the bottom of the fifth, Fortunato came on in relief of Vieto and surrendered a pair of runs as the pesky Maccabees plated a pair of runs to even the contest at three runs apiece.
 
With the game tied, Maritime rallied as it was once again DiLeo to start things up with a one out walk. He then moved up to third on a failed pickoff attempt by the Yeshiva defense. Baierlein followed with a triple to put Maritime ahead 4-3. Baierlein scored as Alwan delivered a run-scoring singled. Stewart was hit by a pitch to put a pair of runners on with Deddo coming up.
 
Deddo collected an RBI single to left, followed by Semler driving in a run with a single to left field as the Privateers moved ahead by a 7-3 score. With a new pitcher on the mound, the runners moved ahead by two bases on back-to-back wild pitches, with Deddo scoring in the process.
 
Fortunato retired the side in the bottom of the sixth without allowing a hit, while the Privateers went down in order in the top of the seventh. D'Ancona came on to close out the game and allowed just a bunt single as the Privateers emerged victorious by an 8-3 final score.
 
Maritime (17-9, 6-2 Skyline) will look to keep their bats hot on Saturday, when the Privateers play host to the Purchase Panthers for an 11 a.m. doubleheader from the Reinhart Baseball Field on the Maritime College campus.
 
Yeshiva (0-22, 0-12 Skyline) will next play on Sunday as the team plays in their final Skyline Conference home doubleheader against the Mount St. Vincent Dolphins from the Palisades Park Baseball Field in New Jersey beginning at 10 a.m.