Brooklyn, New York – BMCC Baseball was defeated 23-1 in a CUNYAC road matchup against NJCAA Division III No. 11 nationally ranked Kingsborough Community College on Thursday morning at Kingsborough Athletics Field. The Wave improved their winning streak to 14, with the victory improving to 17-3 (8-0 CUNYAC) with the win, while the loss dropped the Panthers to 2-6 (2-4 CUNYAC). 
 
Freshman Adonis Suarez (Queens, New York) put up his first multi-hit game of the season with a team-high two hits with one double. Sophomores Abdel Raheem Dolah (Brooklyn, New York) and Maxwell Jimenez (Dominican Republic) joined freshmen Peter Rodriguez Reyes (Bronx, New York) and Luis Ramirez (Brooklyn, New York) with one hit each. 
 
Freshman Nicholas Mattera (Moorpark, California) and Jimenez tied for a team-best with four putouts, while Jimenez threw out a career-high two runners.
 
Kingsborough Community College pitcher Jonathon Fonseca stifled the Panther offense picking up his second win of the season, pitching five innings of scoreless baseball, allowing just three hits, and striking out seven while walking one.

Fonseca retired the Panthers in order in the top of the first before the Wave got their offensive going with two runs in the bottom of the inning. Aldo Thomas led off with a single and stole second, then Bryan Lopez drew a walk on four consecutive pitches to have two aboard for Kingsborough. Jimenez would throw out Thomas at third, but Lopez would steal second, advance to third, and come across when Nicholas Piazza grounded into a fielders choice to make it 1-0. Piazza would move to second on an error by freshman Jeffrey Roldan (New York, New York), then steal this before coming home on a Justin Ramsey RBI single to make it 2-0. The Panthers got out a jam when Jimenez threw out his second batter on the afternoon, and Fonseca popped out to end the inning.
 
Fonseca struck out three of the four Panthers batters he faced in the top of the second, allowing one hit on a Jimenez single. The Wave would bat around the order posting six runs in the bottom of the inning Thomas Laino got things started in the bottom of the second for Kingsborough C.C. with a leadoff walk, then found himself 90 feet away from home plate when he advanced on a passed ball and wild pitch. Laino would cross home plate for the third Wave run after Robert Lay hit into a fielders choice, then Lopez connected for a two-run single, and Fonseca walked in to make it 6-0. Laino would uncork a two-run double to cap off the scoring in the inning, extending the Wave advantage to 8-0.
 
Suarez led off the top of the third with a double to right field before Fonseca retired the next three batters, holding the Panthers scoreless going into the bottom of the inning. The Wave exploded for another nine runs and batted around their order for the second straight inning to extend their lead to 17-0. After Roldan got a quick groundout, Thomas singled to right field, then stole second, advanced to third on a wild pitch, and crossed home in the same manner to make it 9-0. Fonseca and Laino connected on back-to-back home runs on a three-run shot and a solo blast to stretch the lead to 14-0 before Thomas recorded a sacrifice fly RBI, and Lopez ripped a two-run triple to make it 17-0 after three.

After the Panthers went down 1-2-3 in the top of the fourth, the Wave added three more runs in the bottom of the inning on an error from sophomore Frank Reyes (Brooklyn, New York) and a two-run double from Benjamin Luciano to make it 20-0 then added one more run in the bottom of the fifth on a Piazza sacrifice fly RBI and two more in the bottom of the sixth on a Thomas RBI triple and Lopez sacrifice fly RBI to make it 23-0. 
 
In the top of the seventh, the Panthers were finally able to get some runners aboard as Rodriguez-Reyes reached on an error while Suarez and Ramirez both smacked singles to load up the bases. Reyes would be beamed by a pitch allowing Rodriguez-Reyes to score BMCC's only run before Kingsborough ended the game, getting freshman Peter Marino (New York, New York) to ground into a double play sealing the 23-1 win.

Roldan made his first start of the season and picked up the loss allowing eight runs on three hits over one and two-thirds inning with four walks and a strikeout. Rodriguez-Reyes and Raheem-Dolah pitched in relief, with Rodriguez-Reyes allowing four runs on two hits and Raheem-Dolah allowing three runs on two hits. Ramirez pitched the bulk of the relief effort to close out the morning for the Panthers, allowing eight runs on six hits while allowing five walks and striking out two batters.

The Panthers will look for a split in their four-game set against NJCAA Division III No. 11 ranked Kingsborough Community College in a home CUNYAC doubleheader tomorrow, Friday, April 7, at noon and 3 p.m. at Kingsborough Athletics Field. For more information, please visit the BMCC Baseball Schedule Page.
 
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