Game 1 Boxscore
Game 2 Boxscore
Throggs Neck, N.Y. – College of Mount Saint Vincent senior Mike Trainor (Patterson, N.Y.) earned his third win of the season and became the program's all-time leader in the category on Thursday in game two of a doubleheader sweep of Yeshiva. The Dolphins routed the Maccabees in game one by a score of 13-1 and then held off the Macs in game two, collecting a 6-3 victory.
Trainor worked his first complete game of the season in the game two victory, moving him to 3-2 on the season and giving him his program best 14th triumph. He worked 7.0 innings allowing just one earned run on four hits. He struck out seven and did not walk a batter in the outing.
The Dolphins gave Trainor some early run support, pushing across a run in the first and two more in the third. James Labartino (Holbrook, N.Y.) opened the scoring on a passed ball and the Dolphins plated two runs in the third after taking advantage of a pair of Yeshiva errors.
Mount Saint Vincent would go on to score three important insurance runs over its final two at-bats which proved to be the difference in the game. Josh Sharpe (Ronkonkoma, N.Y.) scored on a wild pitch in the fifth and the Dolphins added two more in the sixth in the same fashion.
Trainor held Yeshiva down until the Maccabees were brought to life by three Mount Saint Vincent miscues in the top of the seventh. With two outs and a run in, the Dolphins committed three straight errors, leading to two more Yeshiva runs. At 6-3 and the tying run at the plate, Trainor recorded his seventh strikeout of the game to stop the rally and send the Mount to its fifth straight win.
Six different Dolphins recorded hits in game two with Sharpe, Labartino and Mike Esposito (Brooklyn, N.Y.) each picking up a double. Sharpe led the team with two runs scored in the game.
The Dolphins eased to the game one victory on Thursday after scoring seven runs in their first two at-bats. Labartino highlighted a three run second inning for the Mount with a two-run home run to right field.
In all, Mount Saint Vincent had three players with at least three hits in the game. Sharpe went 3-for-4 with two doubles and three runs scored, while Mike Pope (Massapequa, N.Y.) went 3-for-5, including his second home run of the season. He scored once and drove in five runs.
Labartino finished the game 4-for-4 with four runs scored and five RBI for Mount Saint Vincent. With his output on Thursday he stands just seven hits shy of the program's all-time record. Joe Blackford set the mark during the 2010 season with 146 career safeties.
Anthony Mongelli (Queens, N.Y.) opened the day with a strong outing on the hill, picking up his second complete game of the season. He improved to 2-3 after working 9.0 innings and allowing just one run on five hits. He struck out 16 batters in the contest, including six of the first eight batters he faced.
The sweep on Thursday gets Mount Saint Vincent to within a game of .500 overall on the season at 12-13. The Mount improves its Skyline Conference record to 8-4 heading into a non-conference weekend road trip. The Dolphins will open the weekend with a doubleheader at #20 Cortland on Saturday afternoon. First pitch with the Red Dragons is set for 1:00 p.m.
