BROOKVILLE, NY – The Manhattan Jaspers baseball team (19-29, 9-18 MAAC) took down the Sharks of LIU (25-19, 24-6 NEC) by a score of 11-1 in seven innings from the LIU Baseball Stadium on Tuesday afternoon.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Jaspers opened their second Long Island trip of the year by jumping out in front first, courtesy of Ryan Lordier getting things started with a leadoff single, which eventually saw Andreaus Lewis extend his on-base streak to 31 games, with a base knock to drive home the shortstop.
- In the next inning, Manhattan continued to stack the runs, with Ryan Lordier posting another two RBI's and driving home Hayden Jung-Goldberg and Jackson Babione for the two additional runs.
- After the Sharks posted their first run of the game, the Jaspers responded with a Babione single to drive home Justin Best from second and re-extend the lead to three.
- The sixth inning featured Trevor Hansen continuing his breakout campaign with his 33rd home run to lead off the inning.
- Later, the Jaspers shortstop, Ryan Lordier, posted yet another base hit to bring home Jung-Goldberg, before Jackson Brinker scored on a Sharks wild pitch, and widened the margin to as much as six.
- In the seventh inning, Lewis posted a leadoff home run to open the inning, before Trevor Hansen supplied his 34th career home run, two batters later, and gave Manhattan a nine-run advantage.
- Towards the end of the inning, Lordier posted his third base knock and drove Jung-Goldberg across the plate for the team's 11th run.
STATS AND NOTES
- Catcher Andreaus Lewis extended his on-base streak to 31 consecutive games with a 2-for-4 afternoon, crossing the plate once on his 10th round tripper of the season. Lewis becomes the 13th Jasper since 2004 to post 10 or more home runs.
- Infielder Trevor Hansen moved into the top three all-time in program history in home runs with 33 and 34 in a 3-for-4 afternoon, crossed the plate twice, posted three RBIs, and one strikeout.
- Infielder Ryan Lordier captured four hits in five at-bats, with four RBI's, stole two bases, caught once, and crossed the plate once, while striking out once.
- Starting pitcher Trey Packen supplied the Green and White with a quality start of four innings, four hits surrendered, one earned run, two walks, three strikeouts in 56 total pitches.
- Relief pitcher Landon Kuntzelman secured his first victory of the season with a three-inning outing, while punching out a game-high four batters in 36 total tosses.
QUOTES FROM THE JASPERS
Head Coach Steven Rosen: "That was another great team win. Despite some ups and downs this season, we have some great wins throughout the body of work that the guys deserve to take a ton of pride in. Great to see guys like Hayden Jung, Jackson Babione, and Jackson Brinker doing so many things well every time they get out there. Pumped for Trevor Hansen with another two home run performance as he continues to have a breakout year, and Dre Lewis, who ran into his 10th. Packen was great in his start, and Kuntz was tremendous behind him."
NEXT UP:
The Jaspers begin their final series of the season on Thursday, May 14, when the Green and White trek to New Rochelle to face the Gaels of Iona University for a 3 p.m. first pitch inside City Park.
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