Box Score May 13, 2017 – Loch Sheldrake, NY
UPADTED MAY 14
The Vikings baseball team earned a spot in the NJCAA Region XV Finals yesterday with a 10-8 win over Sullivan. The team is now 2-0 in the double elimination tournament and will play for the championship on Monday at host school SUNY Sullivan. The game is scheduled for a 12 noon first pitch.
WCC got on the board first with a run in the bottom of the first. The lead was short lived though as Sullivan put up two runs in the top of the 3rd take the lead. In the bottom of the inning, Scottie Giordano (Croton Harmon HS/Croton, NY) hit a solo shot to even the score.
The offensive battle continued though as the Generals plated two runs in the top of the 4th only to see the Vikings respond with six runs in the bottom of the inning. It was a lead that they would not relinquish, though Sullivan would continue to threaten all throughout the game. In the top of the 8th, SCC would post two runs to bring the score to 9-8 and after an insurance run by Westchester in the bottom of the inning, the Generals had the tying runs on base before the Vikings closed it out.
Giordano was one of the offensive stars for WCC going 2 for 5 with 2 RBI's. Paul Franzese (Somers HS/Somers, NY) went 2 for 3 with an RBI while Felix Camacho (St. Raymond's HS/Bronx, NY) also had 2 hits and a run batted in.
Luis Gomez (St. Raymond's HS/Bronx, NY) took over on the mound in the 4th inning and weathered Sullivan's offensive barrage, pitching the remaining six innings to pick up his 10th win of the season. The victory for Gomez is a new school record.
The tournament is scheduled to resume Sunday, Monday at 12 noon. After the WCC win, Sullivan then defeated Dutchess in game 5 which moves them into the finals. Since the tournament is double elimination, if the Vikings were to lose in the first championship game, both teams would be 2-1 and would play an "if necessary" championship final after the first game. Stay tuned to gowccvikings.com for the latest on the tournament schedule.
