BRONX, N.Y. — Despite holding a commanding lead both early on and late in their Wednesday night non-conference game, the St. Joseph's University, N.Y. (Brooklyn) suffered a 16-15 defeat to Lehman College.

Chris Leary (Floral Park, N.Y./Floral Park Memorial) and Carmine Carbone (Middle Village, N.Y./Monsignor McClancy) each had three hits while the Bears trio of Lucas Collet (Toulouse, France/Lyc'ee Bellevue), Louis Lombardi (Brooklyn, N.Y./St. Edmund Prep), and Alex Goldberg (Centereach, N.Y./Centereach) had a pair of base knocks each.

Nicholas Mirabella (Whitestone, N.Y./St. Francis Prep) made his first collegiate start on the mound, tossing three innings and striking out four Lehman bats. He settled for the no-decision.

How it Happened

In the first inning with two outs, TJ Moussette (Centereach,N.Y./Newfield) singled deep into center field, bringing in two runs to start the scoring. A double steal followed, with Moussette successfully stealing second base and Sean Schneeberg (Columbia, Tenn./Del Oro) scoring. Moussette and Goldberg later scored in the inning, while Leary crossed the plate in the second, giving SJBK a 6-0 lead after two innings.

Lehman managed to score a run in the third inning, reducing the deficit to 6-1. The Lightning turned the tables with two massive six-run stanzas in the fourth and fifth innings to change the score from down 6-1 to leading 13-6.

After two scoreless innings, the Bears' offense came to life again in the eighth inning. Trailing 13-7, consecutive RBI doubles from Michael Gardener (Farmingdale, N.Y./Farmingdale) and Schneeberg, along with a Lombardi single, narrowed the deficit to 13-10. With the bases loaded later in the inning, Mike Medina Jr. (Selden, N.Y./Newfield) hit a double that split the left-center field gap, bringing in all three runners and tying the game at 13-13. Lombardi then singled, bringing in two more runs in the top of the ninth, giving the navy and gray a 15-13 lead.

However, in the bottom of the ninth, the hosts scored two runs, leveling the game at 15-15. With the Bears loading the bases through an intentional walk, a sacrifice fly allowed Lehman to score the game-winning run, securing their victory.

For the Bears

• Two of Leary's three hits were doubles. He and Schneeberg scored a game-high three runs.
• Collet and Goldberg wach went 2-for-4 and combined to score three runs. Lombardi, who also had two hits, also scored a run.
• Gardener doubled, drove home a pair of runs, and scored as many runs.
• Medina and Lombardi each had three RBI . Gardener and Moussette drove in a pair.
• Justin Conaty (Brooklyn, N.Y./James Madison) and Sean Henris (Commack, N.Y./Commack) combined for three strikeouts in 1.2 innings of relief.
• Carbone tossed two-thirds of an inning and was dealt the loss.

Up Next

The Bears visit Farmingdale State College for a Skyline Conference twin-bill on Saturday, April 29 at noon. Live stats and video will be available on sjbkathletics.com/live.