April 26, 2003
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - LeMoyne College swept a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) doubleheader with the Fairfield University baseball team at Dick Rockwell Field on Saturday afternoon. The Dolphins took the first game 4-2, and came back to win the nightcap, 8-4.
In the first game, LeMoyne (21-10, 15-0 MAAC) jumped out to a 2-0 lead after Mike Pecchia homered off Fairfield (6-25-1, 4-12 MAAC) starting pitcher Tom Maisano (Farmingdale, N.Y./Chaminade). In the next inning Sam Parkins hit another home run to make it 3-0.
But junior Nick Hudyma (New Britain, Conn./New Britain) belted a two-run home run to center field to cut the margin to 3-2. LeMoyne added another run in the bottom of the third inning to make it 4-2.
Hudyma went 1-for-4 on the afternoon with two runs batted in and a run scored, while sophomore Greg Batista (Syosset, N.Y./Syosset) went 2-for-4 for the stags in the first game. Maisano would take his third loss of the season scattering nine hits and four runs while striking out six Dolphins on the afternoon.
In the nightcap, LeMoyne scored three times in the first inning, twice in the second, and once in the third to jump out to a 6-1 lead. They would add single runs in the fourth and fifth innings before the Stags posted three in the top of the sixth inning.
Batista smacked his first of two home runs in the second game in the top of the first inning, the Long Island native who lead the Stags at the plate in game two going 2-for-3 with three runs batted in and two runs scored.
In the sixth inning, freshman John Scaife (Ansonia, Conn./Ansonia) would homer to right field to leadoff the inning. Batista would add a two-run shot with junior Andy Lynn (Montville, N.J./Delbarton) aboard.
Fairfield finishes its three-game series with LeMoyne on Sunday afternoon, with a 12:30 p.m. first pitch.
