HACKETTSTOWN, N.J. —  The St. Joseph's University Brooklyn baseball team (3-19) suffered a pair of non-conference road losses to Centenary University (12-14), 4-3 and 11-5, on Friday afternoon.

Game 1: Centenary 4, St. Joseph's 3

The Cyclones drew first blood in the second with a two-out double for a 1-0 lead but the Bears responded in their next at bat after Justin Biordi (Howard Beach, N.Y./Scholars' Academy) and Michael Gardener (Farmingdale, N.Y./Farmingdale) led off the innings with singles and Anthony Hernandez (Selden, N.Y./Newfield) brought Biordi home on a sac fly.

The Bears tacked on two more runs in the fourth for their first lead after Lucas Collet (Toulouse, France/Lyc'ee Bellevue) scored on a wild pitch and Chris Leary (Floral Park, N.Y./Floral Park Memorial) singled and later scored on an Abner Victor (San Pedro De Macorís, Dominican Republic/John Adams) single. Centenary scored one in the bottom half to trim the Bears' lead to 3-2, which the navy-and-gray carried into the seventh. 

After a leadoff hit batter, a Cyclone one-out triple knotted the game at 3-all and two intentional walks loaded the bases to try and set up a double play to force extras, but the hosts took the opener with a walk-off walk.

Matt McHugh went six innings in a no-decision, allowing two earned runs on six hits, striking out one. Victor recorded the lone multi-hit game, finishing 2-for-3 with a RBI.

Game 2: Centenary 11, St. Joseph's 5

The Cyclones took the early lead again with a pair in the first with the Bears responding with two in the second on a Doug Paider (Glendale, N.Y./Monsignor McClancy) grounder and an Omar Salcedo (New York, N.Y./LaSalle Academy) double.

St. Joseph's took a 3-2 lead on an Alex Goldberg (Centereach, N.Y./Centereach) two-out single in the third, before the hosts broke away with eight unanswered, scoring two in the third and hanging six in the fourth.

Kevin Reyes (Bronx, N.Y./AECI) led off the fifth with a double and later scored on a Collet single. Collet capped off the Bears scoring in the seventh on a delayed double steal.

Reyes, Collet, Goldberg, and Leary all knocked two hits in game two. Reyes scored twice, while Collet and Goldberg scored once. Sean Henris (Commack, N.Y./Commack) was stuck with the loss after two innings in relief, both of his runs scoring unearned with four hits. Jake McDonald tossed a scoreless frame in the sixth, striking out two. 

Next Up

The Bears host sibling rivals St. Joseph's (Long Island) tomorrow at Kingsborough CC. First pitch for the Skyline doubleheader is set for noon with live stats and video available at SJCBears.com/live.