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Box Score 2 May 7, 2017 – Valhalla, NY
UPDATED - May 8th, 2017
Baseball was supposed to make the trip to Ulster on Sunday, but inclement weather in the area forced the double header to be moved to WCC. As the teams played through the rain drops, WCC came out on top of game one, winning 13-6.
The Vikings got on the board early and often as they scored two runs in the first and three in the second. Scottie Giordano (Croton Harmon HS/Croton, NY) was back at in again at the plate as he hit a bases clearing triple in the 2nd inning to give Westchester a 5-1 lead.
Nick Cona (Walter Panas HS/Cortlandt Manor, NY) got the start for the Vikings and pitched strong for the first five innings giving up just one run. But the rains came in the 6th and Cona struggled a bit with the slick conditions as he gave up three more runs to the Senators. Overall, in six innings of work he scattered five hits and struck out six.
WCC held on though, later extending the lead to seven runs. For the game, Steve Guzman (JFK HS/Bronx, NY) went 2 for 4 with 2 doubles and 2 RBIs. Brian Corporan (HS for Environmental Studies/Bronx, NY) was also 2-4 with a triple and 2 RBIs while Giordano also tripled while going 3 for 4 at the dish with a game high 4 RBIs.
The teams played on into game 2. This time it was Ulster who got on the board first with two runs in the 2nd inning. WCC got them back in the top of the 4th, plating two to even the score. In the top of the 5th, Steve Guzman's RBI triple, followed by Felix Camacho's (St. Raymond's HS/Bronx, NY) RBI double, plated a pair to go ahead 4-2.
WCC wasn't able to hold the lead though as Ulster scored two in the bottom of the 7th to tie it at 4. The game was suspended due to darkness and the teams will picked it back up in the top of the 8th inning on Monday before their scheduled 9 inning game. As the game resumed, the Vikings promptly loaded the bases with one out when Giordano laced an RBI double that scored two. After a run scored on a wild pitch, Steve Guzman's double also plated a pair to give WCC a five run lead. Westchester gave up a run in the bottom of the 8th and was in a jam with runners on, but it was Giordano who came in to close the door for the save as the team held on to win 9-5. Luis Gomez was the pitcher of record, picking up his 9th win of the year, which ties him for the school record.
In the last game of the series Guzman opened the scoring with a sac fly which scored Corporan, who tripled ahead of him. The Senators evened the score at 1-1 in the top of the 3rd. The game would remain tied until Paul Franzese (Somers HS/Somers, NY) led off the bottom of the 7th with a triple. He would later score on a wild pitch to give the Vikings the lead. The team then scored 7 runs in the 8th to seal the win. Nicholas Antenucci (Stepinac HS/Yonkers, NY) got the start and was stellar for seven innings posting just one earned run, while limiting UCC to six hits, striking out five.
Giordano was 2 for 4 with 2 RBI's, while Corporan had the same line including 2 triple.
The team finishes with a regular season record of 34-11 and 16-4 within Region XV. They move to the tournament as the #1 seed which will be held at SUNY Sullivan from May 12-14.
