Spartans Fall to Regionally Ranked Domincian College
The St. Thomas Aquinas baseball team lost a hard fought battle to cross town rival Dominican College falling 8-7. The Spartans got on the board early taking a 3-0 lead in the first inning behind a RBI double by Matt Smith. Smith scored Joe Antenucci and Nick Barbalato who lead off the inning with back to back walks. Kevin Connors added an RBI single to left to score Smith. Smith went 2-for-4 with two RBI while Connors was 3-for-4 with a RBI.
Smith scored again in the third inning off a RBI groundout by Dan McDermott to keep STAC ahead 4-1. Dominican scored one run in the third and two in the fourth to tie the score 4-4. The Chargers took a two run lead in the fifth and added an extra run in the sixth giving them a 7-4 advantage before the Spartans charged back with three runs in the top of the seventh.
Dominican scored the game winning run in the seventh and held the Spartans to one hit in the final two innings to secure the win. STAC will be back in action as they travel to Queens College on Saturday.
