Box Score
HOBOKEN, N.J. (April 26, 2013) – The Stevens Institute of Technology baseball team improved to 19-16 this season with a 16-4 rout of John Jay College on Friday night in Hoboken. Stevens recorded 17 hits in the victory that goes down as a road contest although the game was played at Dobbelaar Field.
Neither team posted a run until the Ducks did so in the third inning and would go on to score in five of the next six innings, including five runs in the sixth and sixth runs in the eighth to account for a majority of the Ducks' offense.
Three members of the team compiled three hits under the lights and combined for eight runs batted in. Senior
Michael Donovan (Frisco, Texas) led the way with a 3-for-5 effort that included two doubles, three RBI and two runs scored. Fellow senior
Tyler Courter (Glenwood, N.J.) also drove in three runs and scored twice with two doubles as part of a 3-for-6 night at the dish.
Junior
Dan Allen (Egg Harbor Township, N.J.) was the third Duck with three hits in four trips to the plate. Allen also scored twice, picked up two RBI and stole a base in the win.
Freshman
Jonathan Toro (Sanford, Fla.) swiped four bags and scored twice in three official at bats, while classmate
John Sideris (Whitestone, N.Y.) was a perfect 2-for-2 at the plate with two runs scored off the bench. Another freshman,
Nicholas Sieber (Shrewsbury, Mass.) smacked a solo homerun in his lone hit of the ballgame.
Sophomore
Gregg Nickels (Simpsonville, S.C.) brought two runs home on a double off the bench, while junior
Curt Lowenstein (Egg Harbor Township, N.J.) stole two bases with a base hit in four trips to the plate.
On the mound, freshman
Robert Robbins (Tallahassee, Fla.) lifted his record to 4-0 this season in six innings pitched. Robbins struck out seven hitters and scattered three hits with three earned runs in the outing. Freshman
Easton Obojkovits (Holmes, N.Y.) and senior
Craig Leopold (Edison, N.J.) combined to throw the final three innings in the game with three strikeouts.
Stevens is back on the diamond Saturday night at 6 p.m. for a doubleheader against Utica College. The two teams will square off on Sunday at 12 p.m. for Duck Country and Senior Day to wrap up Empire 8 Conference play for the Ducks.