Briarcliff Alum Lombardi Contributes to Pace Baseball: Daily Sports Digest, March 19, 2012

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Pace Falls to Bentley

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Winter Park FLA- The Pace University Baseball team lost to the Falcons of Bentley University this afternoon at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida with a final score of 6-4 in the second to last game of the spring break baseball trip.

The Setters got off to a good start with two runs on two hits in the first inning. Chris Gili (Waccabuc, NY/Eastport-South Manor) started the rally with a single to right field. 

Kyle Turnier(Waterford, CT/Waterford) then walked advancing Gili to second base. James Pjura (Shelton, CT/Shelton) grounded out to the first baseman advancing Gili and Turnier into scoring position. Gili would score on a wild pitch and Turnier would score on a Joe Lombardi (Briarcliff, NY/Briarcliff) single to first base to give the Setters a 2-0 lead.

Michael Tamburino (Baldwin, NY/Holy Trinity) made the start on the mound for the Setters. He would give up an early run in the third inning and Bentley would tack on two more runs in the fourth with a two run homerun from Bentley's Bryant Johnson to make the score 3-2 Bentley going into the fifth inning.

The Falcons would strike again in the sixth when catcher Greg Baggett singled and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt. Center Fielder Sean Keady and second baseman Logan Gillis followed with two singles to make the score 5-2 heading into the late innings.

Pace would rally back in the seventh inning with a Steve Sterlacci (Bohemia, NY/Connectquot) single. Sterlacci would advance to third on a single by Chris Roemer (Ardsley, NY/Ardsley) and scored on a fielder's choice by Gili.

The Setters continued their rally in the eighth inning with 2 runners on base, pinch hitter Brandon Martineson (Warwick, NY/Warwick) hit a line drive single to left field scoring Pjura making the score 6-4.

Tamburino takes the loss for the Setters, making his record 1-2 on the year. He allowed five runs on nine hits in 6 innings of work with two strikeouts. Freshman Tim Deegan (Levittoqn, NY/Kellenberg Memorial) would replace Tamburino in the seventh inning and threw a solid three innings of relief allowing one run on two hits with four strikeouts.

At the plate Chris Roemer continued his hot hitting with a 3-for-5 performance and Joe Lombardi was 2-for-4 with an RBI.

Setters Explode for Nine Runs in the Sixth En-Route to 10-4 Win over C.W. Post

WINTER PARK, Fla.-The Setters picked up their second win over C.W. Post on their Florida road trip as they exploded for nine runs in the sixth inning en-route to a 10-4 win over the Pioneers. Pace improves to 6-5 on the season, while the Pioneers fall to 6-7 overall.

Pace took an early lead with a run in the first inning, but the Pioneers rallied in the third inning to knot the score at one.

The Setters broke the game open in the sixth as Chris Roemer (Ardsley, NY/Ardsley) scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch. Joe Lombardi (BRIARCLIFF, NY/) drove in a pair of runs with a single, while later in the inning Bobby Horn (Stamford, CT/Westhill) drew a bases loaded walk to force in a run. 

Kyle Turnier (Waterford, CT/Waterford) had an RBI single, while James Pjura (Shelton, CT/Shelton) capped the rally with a sacrifice fly to score Roemer for his second run of the inning. C.W. Post rallied with three runs in the eighth but the Setters held on for their sixth win of the season.

For Pace, Roemer went 2-for-3 with three runs scored and an RBI, while Pjura was 2-for-2 with a run scored and an RBI. On the mound, Jonathan Chudy (Goshen, NY/Goshen) tossed three innings, allowing one run on three hits, while striking out three. Robert Perez (Bronx, NY/Trinity Pawling) pitched 1 2/3 shutout innings and gave up only two hits. 

Edward Byrne (Yonkers, NY/Archbishop Stepinac) tossed 3 1/3 innings, allowing three runs and three hits and struck out four as he evens his record to 1-1 on the season. Tom McIntosh (Stamford, CT/Stamford) came on for the final inning and retired all three batters he faced. 

Marrone at Purchase

Michael Marrone ( '08) is senior on this year's baseball team at Purchase College.

See this page on Purchase's website detailing its historic 4-3 win at rival Manhattanville March 15.

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