Game 1 Boxscore 

Game 2 Boxscore

Staten Island, N.Y. – The College of Mount Saint Vincent Baseball team split a non-conference

doubleheader on Saturday with the College of Staten Island, winning the first game 6-2 and then falling

Joe Blackford drove in two runs in the Mount's game one win over Staten Island.

in game two by a score of 11-4. Senior Joe Blackford (Stewartsville, N.J.) recorded a pair of hits in each game and drove in a pair in the game one win.

 

Mount Saint Vincent broke up a scoreless game with a run in the third inning of game one and then opened the game up in the fourth with three more tallies. T.J. Labile (Rockaway, N.Y.) drove in the first run with a groundout to second. Blackford drove in a run with a double in the fourth, before John McManus (Queens, N.Y.) drilled a two run home run to give the Mount a 4-0 lead.

 

After Staten Island plated a pair of runs in the fifth inning, the Dolphins closed out the scoring in the bottom half of the frame when Mike Ruckdaschel (East Meadow, N.Y.) drew a bases load walk and Blackford singled to secure the Mount's second straight win.

 

Blackford and Kevin Coogan (Bronx, N.Y.) each finished with a pair of hits with McManus joining Blackford with a two RBI. Six different Dolphin players scored a run in game one.

 

Junior Mike Trainor (Patterson, N.Y.) picked up the win after his complete game effort. He worked 7.0 innings and allowed just two runs on five hits. He fanned four Staten Island hitters and walked three.

 

In game two Staten Island jumped on Mount Saint Vincent starter Mike McManus (Queens, N.Y.) early, plating eight runs over the first two innings. McManus worked just two frames in the tilt, allowing six earned runs on seven hits.

 

After Staten Island plated four in the top of the first, the Mount got a run back in the home half of the inning when Mike Pope (Massapequa, N.Y.) drove a double to left field to cut the Dolphins deficit to just three. Staten Island, though, would respond with four more runs in the second to jump in front 8-1 and cruise to the split.

 

Three Mount Saint Vincent players combined for six of the eight hits in the game, with Ruckdaschel, Blackford and Coogan each finishing with two hits. Gerald Amerosi (Staten Island, N.Y.) drove in two runs for the Mount in game two.

 

The split moves Mount Saint Vincent to 5-9 overall on the season. The Dolphins will open Skyline Conference play on Sunday afternoon when they travel to Purchase. The set with the Panthers is slated for 12:00 p.m.