Hempstead, NY (April 21, 2004)- Josh Stewart capped Hofstra rally with a game-ending double to center field as the Pride posted a 14-13, 11 inning, win over Manhattan today at University Field. The Jaspers led 10-8 in the ninth and 13-10 in the tenth before falling. Manhattan drops to 11-18-1 on the season.
Matt Cucurullo posted a season-high four RBI in the loss.
Hofstra (11-21) got on the board first, plating two runs in the bottom of the third, before Manhattan took the lead with a four run fifth.
Phil Kuhner singled home Sylvester Gutierrez with the Jaspers' first run of the inning, before he scored on an RBI by
John Maser. Cucurullo then drove home two to make the score 4-2 in favor of Manhattan.
The Pride evened the score at 4-4 in their half of the fifth, but the Jaspers responded with four more runs in the next half inning to take an 8-4 lead after five and a half innings. Gutierrez drove home the first run of the inning with a double to left, before scoring on a single by
Nick Derba. Cucurullo then drove home two more runs with a single to right center.
Hofstra scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth and two more in the bottom of the eighth to tie the score at 8-8 before Manhattan plated two in the top of the ninth to take a 10-8 lead on RBI from
John Fitzpatrick and Kuhner.
George Athanasopoulos knotted the score at 10-10 in the bottom of the ninth with a two-run homer to left cented with one out to send the game to extra frames.
In the top of the tenth,
Josh Greco connected on a two-run blast to left to give the Jaspers a 12-10 lead before Fitzpatrick extended the lead to 13-10 scoring on the back end of a double steal.
The Pride would answer with three runs in the bottom of the innings to tie the score at 13-13, sending the game to the 11th and setting the stage for Stewart.
Kuhner (0-2) took the loss for Manhattan, while Brendan Smar (1-3) allowed just one hit in the 11th to receive the win.
Manhattan set season-high in hits, runs, and RBI as seven players posted multi-hit games and seven posted at least one RBI.
