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Jersey City, NJ - Manhattan swept its second doubleheader in as many Saturdays at Saint Peter's by scores of 16-8 and 3-2 at Jaroschak Field.
By clinching their third-straight series victory, the Jaspers are now 19-28 and 10-10 in the MAAC while the Peacocks fall to 9-38 and 4-16 in the league.
Game 1 Recap:
All nine regulars hit safely as Manhattan rapped out 21 hits en route to posting a dominating 16-8 victory over Saint Peter's.
Junior Jose Carrera (Miami, FL / St. Brendan) led six multi-hit performers for the Jaspers, going 5-for-7 with four runs, two stolen bases and a double.
Sophomore LHP Tom Cosgrove (Staten Island, NY / Farrell) earned his second-straight victory, striking out six while yielding three runs, two earned, on seven hits over 6.0 innings.
With the score tied at 3-3, Manhattan took control of the game with a six-run fourth inning that saw the Jaspers send 11 batters to the plate.
Sophomore Michael Pfenninger (Flemington, NJ / Hunterdon Central) also had a big game, going 3-for-6 with a triple and a career-high six RBI while freshman Fabian Pena (Miami, FL / Calusa Prep) was 3-for-4 with two doubles, one triple, three runs, three RBI and two walks.
Game 2 Recap:
Carrera's walk in the eighth with the bases loaded lifted Manhattan to a 3-2 extra-inning victory over Saint Peter's.
Junior RHP Shawn Kanwisher (Washington Township, NJ / St. Joseph Regional) earned his MAAC-leading seventh win of the season after leaving the bases loaded in the bottom part of the frame.
Saint Peter's grabbed the early 2-0 lead with runs in the second and fourth innings but the damage could have been worse as junior RHP Joey Rocchietti (Green Brook, NJ / Watchung Hills) stranded runners in scoring position in four of his six innings of work.
The Jaspers tied the game up at 2-2 in the top of the seventh when Carrera smoked a one-out hit before senior Christian Santisteban (Miami, FL / Gulliver Prep) crushed the first pitch he saw over the center field fence.
After evading a threat in the bottom part of the frame, junior Jason Patnick (Hopewell, NJ / IMG Academy (FL)) stroked a one-out double before Anthony Rocchietti (Fr., Green Brook, NJ / Watchung Hills) and Chris Reynolds (Sr., Wall, NJ / St. Rose) each drew walks to load up the bases for Carrera, who followed suit with a walk of his own.
Santisteban finished up 2-for-5 with his second home run of the afternoon and the fifth of the year ot pace a nine-hit attack after going 3-for-5 with his 60th career double, three runs and three RBI in the opener.
Joey Rocchietti struck out six and allowed just one earned run over 6.0 innings before yielding to Kanwisher, who worked 2.0 innings of one-hit ball.
The teams will conclude their series tomorrow at 12:00 pm.
