(Valhalla, NY) - The only thing more impressive than the fact that the Westchester Community College baseball team scored 10 runs during a single inning on Wednesday afternoon was that the 10-run first inning rally was not the most number of runs the Vikings have scored during a single inning this season. In fact, it was not even the second most. For the third time this season, Westchester CC reached double-digits during a single at-bat, this time all but putting away the game with their incredible bottom of the first inning en route to a 14-1 win over visiting Queensborough Community College on Wednesday afternoon at Vikings Field. With the win, Westchester is now 11-3.

During an opening frame that took more than 35 minutes to complete, Westchester sent 14 players to the plate, two of which scored twice. The key blow was a bases loaded double by sophomore Steve Messerschmitt (Carmel, NY/Carmel HS) that scored Steve Guzman (Bronx, NY/John F. Kennedy HS) and CJ Spence (Mount Vernon, NY/Mount Vernon HS) to make it 2-0 in favor of Westchester, and set the tone for the rest of the inning. That would not be the last time WCC would hear from Messerschmitt.

Later in the inning, up 6-0, a Tyler Parshley (Carmel, NY/Carmel HS) bases loaded double scored Sean Vanegas (Bronx, NY/Mount St. Michael) and Chris Cipriano (Irvington, NY/Dobbs Ferry HS) to make it 8-0. Next came Messerschmitt again, who singled home Guzman and Parshley for the 10-0 edge.

Three innings later, up 10-1, a Jhojandy Hernandez (Bronx, NY/Salesian) RBI single made it 11-1, and then the Vikings scored three runs on Queensborough errors for the 14-1 final.

Westchester previously scored  16 runs during the sixth inning of a 19-6 win over Kingsborough Community College on March 13, and 12 runs during the bottom of the fifth inning of a 17-3 win over Holyoke Community College on March 17.

Messerschmitt had another big day as he went 2 for 3 with four RBI's and a run scored, and is now hitting .390 with 19 RBI's for the season after hitting only .237 with a total of 10 RBI's during the 2018 campaign. Also for WCC, Guzman had three walks and scored three runs.

Westchester scored the 14 runs on only seven hits, but benefited from eight walks, two Tiger errors, and two Viking batters were hit by a pitch.

Westchester CC sophomore Luis Gomez (Bronx, NY/St. Raymond's) was outstanding on the mound, pitching four strong innings, allowing a single unearned run, while striking out five and walking only one to improve to 2-0 for the 2019 season.

Westchester Community College returns to action on Thursday, March 28 when the Vikings travel to Sussex County Community College for a 3:30 p.m. single game.