BASEBALL TEAM POSTS TWO VICTORIES DURING HECTIC WEEK
May 2, 2011
The baseball team just wrapped up its seventh game in as many days on Monday.
The grueling stretch was highlighted by back-to-back victories over St. Anthony and Golda Och (formerly Solomon Schechter), which gave coach Justin Ross' club a 5-4 mark at the time.
In the game against St. Anthony, an 11-8 victory in Jersey City, the Gray Bees received a pair of hits, three runs and three steals from Gustavo Perez. SBP came back two days later and bested Golda Och, 10-6, in a play-in game for the Greater Newark Tournament.
Anthony Maisonave led the assault with a 3-for-4 outing with three runs scored. Eli Rivera and Eli Vazquez each went 2-for-3 with three and two RBI, respectively.
The Grays Bees bowed out of the GNT with an 11-1 setback to Belleville, before dropping a regular season game to Blair on Monday, which left Ross' club with a 5-8 record.
Maisonave keyed the seven-game stretch, going 11-for-19 with 7 RBI and 5 runs. Meanwhile, Vazquez, a freshman, has been leading the Gray Bees on the mound, picking up three of the team's four victories, while losing just once.
Baseball team wins a pair of games on the road
April 16, 2011
The baseball team has reeled off two straight victories after a season-opening setback.
Coach Justin Ross' club traveled to Irvington on Thursday and picked up its first victory of the young season with a 24-2 victory.
Austin Koiquah struck out seven and allowed only two hits on the mound, while adding a pair of hits and three RBI at the plate for the Gray Bees. Jaffeth Arias was 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles and three RBI and Gustavo Perez had two hits and two RBI in the initial victory.
The Gray Bees came back on Saturday and were equally impressive during a 15-4 victory on the road against Orange.
Joe Sgroi hit a three-run home run and Koiquah added a solo homer to pace the attack. Koiquah went as 3-for-4 with three RBI, while Eli Vasquez pitched a five-inning, five-hitter with seven strike outs for St. Benedict's (2-1).
