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Christian Petry puts the ball in play against Elmira.
KEVIN COLTON
13
SUNY Old Westbury SUNYOW 6-3
16
Winner Hobart HOBART 7-3
SUNY Old Westbury SUNYOW
6-3
13
Final
16
Hobart HOBART
7-3
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
SUNY Old Westbury SUNYOW 0 0 5 1 3 0 0 4 0 13 12 4
Hobart HOBART 0 1 2 3 6 1 0 3 X 16 12 3

W: Hill, Johnny (1-0) L: Jonathan Kortright (0-1) S: Franceschi, Nicholas (1)

Game Recap: Hobart Baseball | | Ken DeBolt

Hobart baseball outlasts Old Westbury

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.—The Hobart baseball team began spring break with a classic pitchers' duel. Today, the Statesmen ended their stay at the Ripken Experience with a day for the hitters.
 
Hobart and Old Westbury combined for 29 runs, 24 hits, and 14 stolen bases as the Statesmen outlasted the Panthers 16-13.
 
BASICS
  • Hobart won its third straight and six of its last seven to improve to 7-3 on the season.
  • Old Westbury slipped to 6-3.
  • Junior Johnny Hill (1-0) pitched the eighth inning and got the win.
  • Senior Nicholas Franceschi pitched a 1-2-3 ninth, striking out the final two batters to earn his first save of the season.
 
RUNNING WILD
  • Hobart was on base in every inning and pushed across runs in six of eight innings.
  • For the second time on spring break, the Statesmen set a record for stolen bases in a game in the Brad Cook era.
  • Hobart, led by junior Christian Petry's game-high three swipes, finished with 12 stolen bases.
  • The Statesmen had eight steals in Saturday's Game 1 win over Colby-Sawyer.
  • Petry reached base on five of his six plate appearances, finishing with two singles, a triple, a walk and a hit-by-pitch. He drove in three runs and scored three runs.
  • First-year Jack Farnen also had a multi-hit game, singling twice, stealing a base and scoring a run.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED (abridged edition)
  • Hobart loaded the bases with no one out in the second inning and opened the scoring on first-year Jay Voica's sacrifice fly. The Panters worked out of the jam, allowing just the one run.
  • In the top of the third, Old Westbury took the lead with five runs. Mike Petrucelly delivered the big blow, launching a two-run homer over the rightfield wall.
  • The Statesmen entered the bottom of the fourth trailing by three but went station to station to tie the game.
  • The Panthers went back in front with three runs of their own in the fifth, but in the bottom of the inning, Hobart again rallied, this time reclaiming the lead.
  • The Statesmen broke through for six runs, including a RBI double by senior Nate Johnson, a two-run triple by Petry, a RBI triple by sophomore Connor Schmiedlin and a RBI single by junior Will Jones in four consecutive at-bats.
  • Hobart carried a 13-8 lead into the eighth inning, but Old Westbury had one more rally in its bag of tricks. RJ Azarieh's two-run double made it a one-run game and then he scored on a wild pitch to tie the game.
  • Sophomore Connor O'Neil led off the bottom of the eight with a single through the right side. He stole second and third and came home on a wild pitch.
  • Hobart pushed across two insurance runs with two outs.
  • With Petry on second and Johnson on third, the speedy duo executed a perfect double steal.
  • Petry later came home on a fielding error.
 
PLAYER PERSPECTIVE
 
 
 
GIVE ME LIBERTY
  • Hobart will begin Liberty League play with a three-game series against RIT this weekend. The Statesmen are scheduled to visit the Tigers for a single game on Friday, March 21 followed by a doubleheader at McDonough Park on Saturday.
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