KINGS POINT, N.Y. (March 26, 2023) – The USMMA baseball team swept its Skyline Conference-opening doubleheader at home against Yeshiva on Sunday at Bartoszek Field, taking the first game by a score of, 28-0, before winning the second, 22-0, in a mercy-shortened seven innings. With the victories, the Mariners improve to 9-5 (2-0 Skyline), while the Maccabees fall to 0-15 (0-5 Skyline) with the pair of defeats.
 
Game Links

• Game 1 Box Score
• Game 2 Box Score 
• WATCH: Postgame Interview With Sophomore Jack Millen
• WATCH: Postgame Interview With Senior Joey Zanetti

Game 1
The Mariners wasted little time getting on the scoreboard, as they plated 10 runs in the bottom of the first inning.
 
Their first hit of the afternoon came off the bat off the number two hitter, sophomore Jack Millen (Shelby, N.C.), who became the second Mariner this season to reach the 100-career hit plateau with his poke to right field.
 
Merchant Marine had a trio of two-RBI hits in the opening frame by freshman Ernest Darling (Highland, Ill.) with a double that scored two, and sophomore Danny Heck (Massillon, Ohio) and senior Jared Chambers (Houston, Texas) both with singles that plated two each.
 
In the bottom of the second, the Mariners scored six more times, highlighted by an inside-the-park grand slam by senior Joey Zanetti (Richmond, Va.).
 
For good measure, Zanetti led off the bottom of the third by speeding around the bases once again for another inside-the-park homer that made it 17-0 at the time. USMMA added four more in the third and led 21-0 after three.
 
The Mariners tacked an additional three runs in the fifth and four more in the sixth to close out the scoring.
 
Zanetti finished 5-for-7 with seven RBIs and five runs scored, while Darling and fellow plebe Charles Cahalan (Overland Park, Kan.) both produced four-RBI efforts. Four other Mariners finished with two RBIs – Chambers, Heck and sophomores Garrett Clapsaddle (Murphy, N.C.) and Travis Leatherwood (Catonsville, Md.). Millen and junior Brice Garner (Fort Collins, Colo.) also brought in one run apiece.
 
Merchant Marine was quick on the base paths, as the Mariners finished with nine stolen bases in the contest.
 
As impressive as the bats were, junior Tyler Reistetter (Dickinson, Texas) shined on the mound, pitching a complete-game three-hit shutout to improve to 2-1 on the season. He fanned 13 Maccabee batters.
 
Game 2
The second game of the twin-bill was much of the same for USMMA, as they finished with 22 runs (for a total of 50 on the day).
 
Chambers knocked in a team-high four with a two-run inside-the-park homer in the third and a two-RBI double in the sixth.
 
Darling added three more RBIs in the nightcap, including two on a triple in the sixth, while Zanetti, Chambers and sophomore Derek Vanasse (Camarillo, Calif.) all scored three times each. Other extra-base hits came off the bats of Leatherwood and Clapsaddle, who both had triples.
 
Once again the Mariners swiped a ton of bases, as they were credited with 14 steals in the contest.
 
On the mound, sophomore Michael Monkevich (Gaithersburg, Md.) earned the victory after tossing three innings, allowing just three hits with one strikeout. Merchant Marine got three hitless innings of relief from sophomore Jacob Syversen (Land O' Lakes, Fla.), freshman Ryan Felton (Granbury, Texas) and junior Jay Piotrowski (Montgomery, Texas), while freshman Caden Pierce (Marietta, Ga.) finished the Macs off in the top of the seventh.
 
Up next, the Mariners travel to arch-rival Coast Guard this coming Tuesday, March 28, for an afternoon-tilt with the Bears beginning at 3:30 p.m. up at USCGA's Nitchman Field. Live links for the game can be found on the USMMA Baseball Schedule Page.