FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (April 24, 2019)  – Graduate student Tommy Baronner, sophomore Thomas Paulich and freshman Ryan Finegan each recorded a double, but it was not enough as the Stevens Institute of Technology baseball team fell to Farmingdale State College in non-conference action Wednesday afternoon. 

Freshman Hunter Counton (0-2) was dealt the loss after giving up three runs in the opening two innings. Matthew Constantine (7-1) led the Rams on the mound with five strikeouts over 4.2 innings pitched. The Ducks dropped to 14-18 on the year while Farmingdale improved to 27-7 overall.

Michael Amandola brought in the first run of the game when he reached on a fielder's choice with the bases loaded. Ryan DePalma followed with an RBI single before scoring on a wild pitch to close out the first inning. 

The Rams added three more runs in the bottom of the fourth as Tyler Schrimpf and Steven Burke both recorded RBI singles and Vincent Napolitano hit a sac-fly to center field. Farmingdale added one run in in each of the next three innings to extend their lead. 

Stevens ended the shutout in the top of the ninth with Finegan's two-run double that brought in Baronner and sophomore Nathan Zuckerman.

"We had some nice individual performances today, but the team result was less than desirable," commented head coach Kristaps Aldins. "We need to turn our focus now to a big conference series versus Houghton."

Sophomore Gannon Kenney-McGowan led the Ducks on defense as the first baseman collected a career-high 11 putouts. 

Up Next

• The Ducks travel to Houghton College for an Empire 8 Conference doubleheader on Friday, April 26 at 3 and 5:30 P.M.

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