Flushing, N.Y.  (April 6, 2013) - The Queens College baseball team took one of two against the Dominican College Chargers in a non-conference twinbill. In game one, the Knights won a thriller in extras 3-2 and suffered a 9-1 loss in game two. The split put QC at 8-15 overall on the season.

Game One

Up until game one, the Knights last two games against Concordia ended in walk-off fashion for either team. Today's first game was no different, as the Knights won the game in walk-off fashion for the third time this season.

Both Dominican College and QC got on the scoreboard in the third inning. The Chargers scored a run in the top half of the third on two hits off of Knights game one starter John Dondero. Queens answered with a Danny Muller infield single and stolen base, which allowed Frank Duffy to score from third to give the Knights a 2-1 lead.

With the bases loaded and two outs in the top of the sixth, Steven Varela relieved Dondero, who would stay in the game and play centerfield, batting ninth in the order. Varela procceded to allow an RBI single by Dylan Ebel, which tied the game at two.  The game would stay knotted up at two until the bottom of the eighth.

Dominican College took out their starter, Brett Schneider and put in relief pitcher Jesse McIlwaine to start the bottom of the eighth. McIlwaine gave up back-to-back singles to Muller and Dondero to lead off the inning. A wild pitch sent both runners up a base, and with no outs there were QC baserunners at second and third and nobody out. After Joe Salinitri struck out, Nick LoBello stepped up to the dish and lined a game-winning single to left, plating Dondero for the winning run.

While on the hill, Dondero went five and two-thirds innings, allowing two runs (two earned) on seven hits. He struck out two and walked five on the afternoon.  Varela earned his second win of the season, to move to 2-0.

Game Two

In the “nightcap”, the Knights struggled against Dominican College. QC starter Patrick O'Reilly started game two and walked three batters, which all came around to score in the top of the first. O'Reilly was saddled with his third loss of the season.

Offensively, the Knights got the lone run on an Anthony Mazzella sacrifice fly, which scored Danny Muller in the first.

The Knights will host Caldwell tomorrow afternoon at 1 PM at Ray Metski Field.