The Christian Brothers Academy baseball team picked up an impressive victory last Tuesday against visiting Westhill, doing plenty at the plate in the third and fourth innings of an 11-4 victory over the Warriors.
Already up 1-0, the Brothers chased Westhill starter John Geer with five runs in the bottom of the third, adding five more runs in the fourth as Bryce Moore had a home runs and three RBIs.
Calvin Krueger added two doubles, also driving in three runs as Jason Boule got a double and two RBIs. Joe Perla and Kent Wilson each got one RBI supporting pitcher Mike McCully, who struck out seven in four innings before David Gross took over in relief.
As a follow-up, CBA put together a 19-0, five-inning demolition of Jordan-Elbridge that featured home runs from Jacob Swanson and Jake Maser as part of a 16-hit effort.
Swanson finished with four RBIs, while Maser drove in two runs. Perla, Joey Marsallo, Jack Lester, M.P. Geiss, Luke Frontale, Leo Genecco, Carmen Spinoso and Tommy Marzullo all contributed an RBI.
On Saturday, CBA won again, beating St. Joseph’s (Buffalo) 7-1. The Marauders, who lost to Baldwinsville earlier in the day, were up 1-0 before the Brothers tied it in the fourth inning and then batted around in the bottom of the sixth, netting six decisive runs.
Geiss tossed three scoreless innings of relief after McCully started, the pair only giving up four hits. Leo Genecco’s double and three RBIs keyed the comeback as Moore, Boule and Frontale each drove in one run and Frontale scored twice.
Having gone up and down, Fayetteville-Manlius experienced more turbulence in a series against Cicero-North Syracuse, unable to win any of the three games against the team it stunned last year in the Section III Class AA playoffs.
Little went right for the Hornets in last Monday’s 13-1 defeat to the Northstars, who already had a 3-0 advantage when it chased F-M starter Tom Coleman in the bottom of the fourth by scoring four runs.
Eventually, the Hornets would get on the board in the fifth inning, but get just two hits, one single apiece by John Egnaczyk and Seth Reisman, off C-NS starter Mason White. Ari Spinoza would pitch in relief of Coleman.
F-M couldn’t turn it around against C-NS a day later, taking a 7-2 defeat, most of the damage done by three-run rallies by the Northstars in the second and third innings.
That chased Christian Maloney, who pitched until Sean Arthur replaced him, going 4 1/3 innings. Both of F-M’s runs off C-NS pitcher Joe DeGroot came in the bottom of the sixth as Maloney earned an RBI, with Arthur and Reisman scoring those runs.
Those struggles continued Wednesday with an 8-1 defeat to Liverpool, as F-M watched the Warriors chase Parker with three runs in the second inning and five runs in the third.
Meanwhile, all the Hornets could get against Liverpool pitcher Jake Wheeler was a sixth-inning run scored by Reisman, even though it had eight hits, two each by Parker and Egnaczyk.
Then F-M met C-NS again Thursday, and it was closer, but still a 5-3 defeat as all of the Northstars’ runs were scored in the bottom of the third off Blanford, the key blows a two-run single by D’ante Zapanta and a two-run double by Joe Mallaro.
With a run in the fourth and two runs in the sixth, the Hornets closed the gap, but didn’t catch up. Arthur and Coleman had one RBI apiece as Blanford, Egnaczyk and Reisman scored the runs.
Back on April 27, F-M defeated Fulton 9-6, building a 5-0 lead through three innings and then adding three more runs in the late innings after the Red Raiders cut the lead to 5-4.
Egnaczyk gained three hits and two RBIs, with Reisman, Coleman, Arthur, Sean O’Connor, Max Parker, Mitch Seabury and Joe Gaeta each earning a pair of hits. Seabury scored a pair of runs.
That same day, CBA rallied to beat Solvay 11-6, unable to hold the 4-0 lead it built in the second inning, but then erasing a 6-4 deficit when it scored seven runs in the top of the seventh to pull it out.
Bryce Moore finished with three hits and three RBIs. Jack Lester doubled twice, scoring two runs as Perla got a double and two RBIs. Sean Miller, Jason Boule, Kent Wilson and Leo Genecco had one RBI apiece.
