Fagan Delivers Walk-Off Knock in 7-6 Win Over Assumption
Box Score
LANTANA, Fla. (Mar. 8, 2014) - The LIU Post baseball team improved to 2-0 Saturday after coming away with a 7-6 walk-off win versus Assumption at the Santaluces Sports Complex in Lantana, Fla.
Freshman
Kyle Fagan (Wantagh, N.Y.) delivered a two-run single with one out in the bottom of the ninth, as fellow freshman pitcher
Brian Tinney (Farmingdale, N.Y.) earned his first collegiate win in relief.
Trailing 6-2 heading into the last of the fifth, the Pioneers pushed a run across in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings to get within one at 6-5. In the top half of the ninth, Tinney struck out two, setting the table for a memorable finish.
Junior
Joey Arena (Yorktown, N.Y.) and freshman
Thomas Asbaty (Randolph, N.J.) led the frame off with infield singles, putting runners on first and second. Senior
John Susino (West Hempstead, N.Y.) came in as a pinch runner for Arena, before senior outfielder
Vinny Iacono (Nesconset, N.Y.) moved the runners to second and third via a sacrifice bunt. With two runners in scoring position, Fagan delivered the walk-off knock, a seeing-eye single through the right side, plating Susino and Asbaty for the game-tying and winning runs.
The Pioneers return to action Sunday (Mar. 9), when they take on 17th-ranked Wilmington at the Santaluces Sports Complex at 9:30 a.m. Live stats will be available
here.