Brooklyn, New York – The BMCC Baseball team fell to Kingsborough Community College 17-5 in CUNYAC play on Tuesday afternoon at Kingsborough Athletics Field. The loss dropped the Panthers to 2-10 (2-6 CUNYAC), while the Wave moved to 12-12 (9-1 CUNYAC).

Freshman Christian Sidriyen (Higuey, D.R.) led the Panthers offense with his team-leading third multi-RBI game of the season and team-high tied third multi-hit game, including his team-best second home run of the season. Sidriyen also had a steal in the game. Sophomore Peter Marino (New York, New York) and freshmen Michael Marra (Staten Island, NY), Jariel Irizarry (New York, NY), and Peter Rodriguez Reyes (Bronx, New York) all extended their hitting streak to two games.

Freshmen Jose Miguel De Jesus Lebron (Santo Domingo, D.R.) and Irizarry drove in a run while classmate Nassaiah Flores (Bronx, NY) led BMCC on defense, tying a career-best with six putouts.
 
Sophomore Adonis Suarez (Queens, New York) took the loss going five innings, allowing 13 runs on 12 hits with four strikeouts and six walks. Classmate Conall Moore (New York, New York) allowed four runs (all earned) on three hits with five walks and two strikeouts.

Filippo Venditti picked up the victory for the Wave, allowing four runs (three earned) on five hits with five strikeouts and two walks.
 
Kingsborough grabbed three runs in the top of the first inning as Venditti and Nasir Useini both recorded RBI singles. Andrew Ardito picked up an RBI of his own on a ground out to second, making it 3-0 going into the bottom of the inning. After the Panthers were retired in order in the bottom of the first, Kingsborough would add two more runs in the top of the second on Yoskar Guzman's two-run double to left field to make it 5-0.
 
 The Panthers got off to a strong start in the bottom of the second. Marra grabbed a lead-off single off of a six-pitch at-bat, and Flores drew a walk on four consecutive pitches to put two aboard with no outs. Venditti would balk, advancing  Marra and Flores to second and third, but Venditti would strike out the last three batters to keep BMCC off the scoreboard and keep the score 5-0. The Wave would put the game out of reach in the top of the third with four runs on a Jeter Martinez two-run single, a Danny McLaughlin RBI single, and a sacrifice fly RBI by Guzman to make it 9-0.
 
The Panthers got on the board in the bottom of the third as Rodriguez-Reyes unloaded a lead-off double to center field, then scored when Marino reached on an error to make it 9-1. BMCC went down in order, keeping it 9-1 going into the top of the fourth. After Kingsborough got two runs in the top of the inning BMCC had their best inning of the day in the bottom of the fourth with three runs to cut the deficit to 11-4. Flores got hit by a pitch to lead off the inning, then Sidriyen fought off a five-pitch at-bat to connect for an RBI single to make it 11-2. Irizarry uncorked an RBI double into center field to make it 11-3, and then DeJesus Lebron picked up an RBI when he grounded out to shortstop. Freshman Wiljer Casana (Miami, Florida) had a golden opportunity to keep the inning alive and extend his hitting streak to eight games but lined out to second base to keep the score 11-4. 
 
The Wave tacked on six more runs, with two in the top of the fifth and another four in the top of the sixth, to run away with a 17-5 win over the Panthers.
 
The two squads will meet again in three days for the Panther's second CUNYAC road doubleheader on Saturday, April 13, at noon and 3 p.m. at Kingsborough Athletics Field in Brooklyn, New York. For more information, please visit the BMCC Baseball Schedule Page.
 

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