Baseball Routs Iona on Senior Day

JERSEY CITY, NJ – In the final game of the regular season, the Saint Peter's baseball team defeated Iona College in a 12-7 victory.
 
Game Notes

• Iona scored five runs in the opening inning to take a 5-0 lead over Saint Peter's.
• The Peacocks responded with a three hit, four run-inning in the home half of the inning.
• The four-run rally was sparked by a leadoff double from Andrew Connor.
• Edwin Feliciano followed up with a single up the middle and then an error by the center fielder allowed Connor to score the Peacocks first run.
• Two batters later, with two on, Jared Paladino hit his second home run of the season to deep left field, putting the Peacocks behind 5-4.
• Saint Peter's defense forced a 1-2-3 inning in the second, but didn't score in the bottom half of the frame, leaving the score locked at 5-4.
• The Gaels added two runs in the third to extend their lead over the Peacocks to 7-4.
• Again, Saint Peter's found an answer in the bottom of the inning.
• Feliciano led off with a single and then Ferony with a walk, to set up Paladino for an RBI single that scored Feliciano.
• Jared Quintero brought Ferony home for the second run when he singled up the middle.
• The Peacocks would end the inning with two runs on three hits, trailing 7-6.
• In the fourth, Saint Peter's scored the game-tying run by way of an RBI single from Hunter Mason that propelled Nicholas Sciubba home.
• With the contest tied at 7-7, Saint Peter's defense kept Iona off the board again in the fifth.
• The bottom of the fifth witnessed a lead change, as the Peacocks added three runs in the inning.
• With the bases loaded, all three runs were scored when Feliciano hit a base clearing double to right field, bringing in Sciubba, Trent Koerner, and Jesse Matos.
• Saint Peter's would take a 10-7 lead into the sixth.
• The Peacocks would continue to keep the Gaels without any runs through innings six, seven, and eight.
• Insurance runs were added by Saint Peter's in the eighth with RBIs by Feliciano and Mason to extend the lead to 12-7.
• The game came to an end with a 1-2-3 top of the ninth, securing the 12-7 win for Saint Peter's.

 
Inside the Numbers

• Feliciano led Saint Peter's with five RBIs and a run scored on 4-for-5 hitting on the day.
• Paladino followed with four RBIs and a run on a 2-for-4 day.
• Mason concluded the afternoon with two RBIs and a run in a 2-for-5 performance.
• On the mound, Nicholas Gennarelli (1-2) pitched 4.0 innings in relief, earning his first win of the season behind three strikeouts and no runs allowed.
• Anthony Ramos picked up his first save of the season after going 2.2 innings of scoreless baseball with two strikeouts.
• Saint Peter's outhit Iona, 12-7 in the game.
• The Peacocks conclude the season with a 5-46 overall record and 3-21 MAAC mark.