NCAA Division II East Regional: Goldey-Beacom grabs wins versus Queens (NY) & Le Moyne

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The Goldey-Beacom College baseball team will be playing tomorrow for a chance to go to the East Regional final after defeating the Queens College (NY) Knights 14-2 and then beating the Le Moyne College Dolphins 7-5. The Lightning will play Le Moyne on Sunday at 1 PM ET to earn their spot in the East Regional Finals to take on Southern New Hampshire.

Baseball make the NCAA East Regional 2 final into a doubleheader with a triumph over Le Moyne!

Darin Miller with 2H and 3 RBI, Braden Kolmansberger with 2H and Dante DiSabatino with 1H and 2 RBI. Karl Schmidt takes the win, pitching 4.1 innings ⚡️#GBCLightning pic.twitter.com/u1j96gxfT0

— GBC Athletics (@GBCLightning) May 21, 2023

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Game One Leaders ( Versus Queens )

RBIs: Kyle Walker would lead the team in RBIs, with three in the win.

Runs: Darin Miller also led the team in runs with four in the game.

Hits:   Miller would lead the team in hits, with four in the win.

Stolen Bases: Johnny Kampes would lead the team in stolen bases with three.

Home Runs: Miller and Walker each hit a home in the game.

Baseball record a triumph over Queens (NY) to make it through to the NCAA East Regional 2 championship game!

Darin Miller 4-for-5 (1 HR) 2 RBI, Dante DiSabatino and Christian Petrillo with 3H 2 RBI, and Anthony DiMartino records the win pitching a complete game⚡️#GBCLightning pic.twitter.com/7LYqjOw4Uz

— GBC Athletics (@GBCLightning) May 20, 2023

Game One Recap (Versus Queens ):

Goldey-Beacom would strike first in the game versus Queens as the team scored three runs on three hits in the top of the second inning to take a 3-0 lead.

The scoring highlights in the inning would come when sophomore outfielder Matt Benner pushed home a run when he walked with the bases loaded, and then sophomore outfielder Christian Petrillo would hit a two-run single through the left side a play later.

Two innings later, the Lightning bats remained hot as they added five runs on four hits to take the score to 8-0.

Senior catcher Johnny Kampes would get the scoring started off in the inning by slapping an RBI single to right field to push the score to 4-0.

Then, junior third baseman Kyle Walker and junior outfielder Demetrius Johnson would each push in a run to take Goldey’s advantage to 6-0.

Junior infielder Dante DiSabatino close out the scoring party in the fourth inning by hitting a two-run ground-rule double to right field to extend his team’s edge to 8-0.

In the sixth inning, Dante DiSabatino would push in a run with an RBI single, and also sophomore infielder Braden Kolmansberger would get a baserunner home with a fielder’s choice to take the score to 10-0.

Kyle Walker would get another run home in the seventh inning when he flew out to right field to expand the Lightning’s lead to 11-0.

Fast forward to the top of the ninth inning, where Kyle Walker would hit a home run, and then two batters later, junior infielder Darin Miller would knock a two-run dinger out of the park to give Goldey-Beacom a 14-0 edge.

The Knights would score two runs in the bottom of the ninth, but GBC would still take home a 14-2 win.

Pitching recap:

Senior pitcher Anthony DiMartino had a solid outing, as he went nine innings, gave up ten hits, two runs, two earned runs, one walk, struck two batters out, and earned the win.

Let’s get into game two!

Click below for the game two recap!