Baseball Staten Island Suffers First Loss of Season by Staff Post June 24, 2016 The Staten Island Yankees suffered their first loss of the season Wednesday Night against West Virginia. West Virginia has now improved to 6-0, while the Yankees are 5-1. The Yankees were only down 5-4 going into the top of the 9th inning, however West Virginia would score two key insurance runs off Michael Schaub to increase their lead to 7-4. West Virginia got on board first, in the top of the 2nd after a triple by Jordan George and a sacrifice fly by Hunter Owen. The Staten Island Yankees would tie the game in the bottom of the 3rd on a double by Jose Rosario that would bring home Ricardo Ferreira from first. West Virginia would take back the lead in the 4th and keep that lead for the rest of the game. They scored 2 runs in the 5th to make it a 4-1 ball game. In the bottom of the 6th, with the Yankees trailing 5-1, they would make things interesting after scoring 3 runs. That inning was started by a Ferreira single, Jose Rosario double, and singles by Kane Sweeney and Dom Thompson-Williams. However, that would be all the runs the Yankees would be able to get to the plate for the remainder of the game as they fell 7-4. The Yankees hit the ball well as they had 11 hits on the night. Ferreira, Rosario, Sweeney, and Bridges all contributed two hits a piece. Sweeney has been on a tear this season batting an incredible .364. For West Virginia, first basemen Albert Baur led the way with 3 hits and 3 RBI. Outfielder Hunter Owen also added 3 hits and 2 RBI. Jonathan Padilla received the loss in this game, going only 4.2 innings, allowing 4 runs. His ERA is a dismal, 7.71 this year. Claudio Custodio had a good game out of relief, pitching 2.1 innings and allowing only 1 earned run. The Yankees will look to get back on the winning end Thursday Night as they take on West Virginia for the 2nd game of this 3 game set. Adonis Rosa will take the hill and will try to get his first win of the year. Post Views: 1,170 The following two tabs change content below.BioLatest Posts Staff Post Latest posts by Staff Post (see all) In The Zone Announces Initial Podcast Lineup - November 13, 2020 The Essential Resources You Need to Start Your Own Gym in 2020 - February 6, 2020 Wilder vs Fury II – How the second fight will be different to the first? - February 5, 2020 Early turnovers, defensive struggles plague the Scarlet Knights - January 26, 2020 Related Topicsstaten island yankees Click to comment You must be logged in to post a comment Login Leave a Reply Cancel replyYou must be logged in to post a comment. Newsletter Subscription Can't Miss Posts! Women in Sports: NHL Network Host, Jackie Redmond by Nicholas Durst | posted on March 4, 2019 Lochte, Dressel and Ledecky all Chasing Gold at 2021 Tokyo Olympics by Anthony Paradiso | posted on April 18, 2021 You Know I’m Right, Episode 109: The Athletic’s Marc Carig (Audio/Video) by Nicholas Durst | posted on April 19, 2021 Michael Jordan Could Change the Future of Nascar for the Better by Inesh Chari | posted on March 30, 2021 You Know I’m Right, Episode 106: Newsday’s Neil Best (Audio/Video) by Nicholas Durst | posted on April 12, 2021 More in Baseball You Know I’m Right, Episode 112: New York Jets’ Insider Brian Costello (Audio/Video) On the 112th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... You Know I’m Right, Episode 109: The Athletic’s Marc Carig (Audio/Video) On the 109th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... You Know I’m Right, Episode 108: WFAN’s Sweeny Murti (Audio/Video) On the 108th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... You Know I’m Right, Episode 107: New York Post’s Columnist Mike Vaccaro (Audio/Video) On the 107th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... Las Vegas 51s Start Four Game Homestand vs. Sacramento River Cats BlueClaws Get Extra Inning Win on Wilson Garcia Homer