3/13/24
 
BROOKLYN, NY – In the shadows of the Brooklyn Cyclone, Lackawanna College baseball rode the Waves from Kingsborough CC to a 20-7 win in seven innings on Wednesday afternoon.
 
The Falcons (3-10) pounded out 21 hits, seven of which went for extra bases, and piled up 15 runs over the first four innings, never allowing Kingsborough (0-7) to settle in. Seven Falcons had multiple hits on the day. Nick Matson (Redshirt First Year; Nanticoke, PA) was 3-for-3 with four runs scored and two walks, while Louis Kegerreis (Redshirt First Year; Murrysville, PA) was 2-for-4 with three runs scored and a pair of RBI, and David Baltrusaitis (Sophomore; Tunkhannock, PA) was 2-for-4 with two runs and four RBI, three coming on a three-run homer in the second inning. Landon Brandt (First Year; Wapakoneta, OH) picked up his first win of the season, allowing two runs on five hits in three innings of work, while striking out three.
 
Matson led the game off with a single, and two walks loaded the bases with one out. Jacob Simpson (Sophomore; Scranton, PA) singled to drive in a pair and open the scoring, and Brayden D'Amico (Sophomore; Bethlehem, PA) followed that up with an RBI single of his own to make it 3-0, Falcons, heading into the bottom frame.
 
The Waves put two on the board in the bottom half, using a two-out single, followed by a bases-loaded walk, to make it 3-2. Brandt got out of trouble with a strikeout, the third of the inning, to give the Falcons another chance in the top of the second.
 
Back-to-back one-out hits put runners on second and third, but a strikeout threatened to end the Falcons rally early. In stepped Baltrusaitis, who cranked a three-run blast to make it 6-2. D'Amico later brought another run home with two on, singling home a run to lengthen the Falcons' lead to 7-2.
 
In the third, another run scored after Kegerreis ripped a triple with one-out to score Matson. The Falcons brought Kegerreis home when Aydan McNelly (Sophomore; Limerick, PA) doubled to make it 9-2.
 
A one-out single in the top of the fourth blew the game wide-open, as Michael Rickert (Sophomore; Moosic, PA) scored D'Amico. Later, Kegerreis singled with the bases loaded to score another, a hit batter forced another run home, and McNelly hit a two-run single to make it 14-2. A sac fly scored another run, making it 15-2 after 3.5 innings.
 
Kingsborough got a run on a bases loaded walk, then a wild pitch scored another, but the Falcons still led comfortably at 15-4 after four innings.
 
In the top of the sixth, Lackawanna put more runs on the board, highlighted by a triple from Brooks Henderson IV (First Year; Feasterville, PA) that made it 17-4.
 
In the top of the seventh, the Falcons put more runs on the board. Cody Newhart (First Year; Sandpoint, ID) hit a two-run double, and Vincent Proietto (Sophomore; Drexel Hill, PA) rounded out the Lackawanna scoring with an RBI single with two outs to score Newhart, making it 20-4, Falcons, into the bottom of the seventh.
 
In the bottom frame, Kingsborough tried to make one last run. A one-out single, followed by an error and another single, loaded the bases. A strikeout put two away, but a double unloaded the bases to make it 20-7. The Falcons, however, got the inning over on the next batter, getting a fly out to right field to end the game and give Lackawanna a much-needed win.
  
Lackawanna College is right back to action on Thursday, March 14^th, with a game down the road at Misericordia University JV. First pitch is set for 3:00pm ET at Tambur Field in Dallas, PA.