Setters Open Season at 4-0; Best Start Since 2007
PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y.- James Pjura (Shelton, CT/Shelton) (Shelton, CT/Shelton) went 4-for-5 on the day with three RBI's as the Setters erased an early deficit to defeat the Mavericks of Mercy College 11-4. The Setters are off to their best start since 2007 at 4-0, while the Mavericks fall to 0-3 overall.
Mercy got on the board in the opening inning as the Mavericks sent eight batters to the plate in the inning and pushed across four runs. The Setters answered in the top of the second as they cut the score to 4-1.
Pace rallied in the third as the Setters capitalized on a Mercy error to score their first run of the inning. Pjura ripped a two-run double to score Joe Solemeno (Holbrook, NY/Sachem East) and Joe Lombardi (Briarcliff, NY/Briarcliff) (Briarcliff, NY/Briarcliff). Later in the inning, Michael Liguori (Rockville Centre, NY/Chaminade) (Rockville, Centre, NY/Chaminade) singled in Pjura with the go-ahead run as the Setters led 5-4 after three innings.
The Setters added to their lead in the fourth as Kyle Turnier (Waterford, CT/Waterford) (Waterford. CT/Waterford) doubled and Lombardi was hit by a pitch. Patrick Chaputian (Sea Cliff, NY/North Shore) (Sea Cliff, NY/North Shore) singled to drive in Turnier, while Pjura singled to score Lombardi as Pace took a 6-4 lead. Pace added three runs in the fifth and one more in the sixth as the Pace bullpen closed the door on the Mavericks.
Jonathan Silva (Staten Island, NY/Tottenville) (Staten Island, NY/Tottenville) started and went the first four innings, allowing four runs on five hits. Neil Pezzullo (Harwich, MA/Harwich) (Harwich, MA/Harwich) picked up his second win of the year (2-0), as he tossed two shutout innings in relief, while he struck out three. Jonathan Hornung (Calverton, NY/Riverhead) (Calverton, NY/Riverhead) tossed one scoreless inning, allowing one hit and struck out one. Brian Sundberg (Westbury, NY/W.T. Clarke) came on for the final two innings, allowing a hit, while striking out three.
The Setters return to action for their on Tuesday, March 6 when Pace will play Saint Thomas Aquinas College at Provident Bank Park in Pomona, NY at 3 pm.
