John Jay Rallies for 5-4 Win

Recap, photo courtesy of Purchase College

Purchase, NY (Apr. 5, 2018) – Thursday afternoon Purchase College hosted CUNY John Jay for a non-conference baseball game against the Bloodhounds. The Panthers would drop the game in heart-break fashion after giving up a walk-off homerun in the bottom of the ninth inning.

Purchase opened the scoring in the top of the first as Patrick Wallace (SO/Manorville, NY) smashed a RBI single to center field to score Gregory Walsh (JR/Bethpage, NY).

The Bloodhounds responded in the bottom half as Garcia scored on a balk.

In the top of the third, the Panthers scored a run to lead 2-1. Brian Cunningham (JR/Westbury, NY) singled to left field, pushing Matthew Nilsen (FR/Bellmore, NY) across the plate.

Purchase added another three runs in the fifth inning on a Walsh single, Dylan Flynn (FR/Smithtown, NY) double and Nick Lasala (SO/Massapequa Park, NY) single, respectively.

In the bottom of the fifth, William De La Cruz registered an RBI single and with two outs, CJ Meyer came through with a two-out two-run single to center field to cut the deficit to 5-4. 

Sean Napier escaped a two-out jam with a man on third in the seventh as Osborne made a nice catch down the right field line to keep the score at 5-4. 

In the bottom of the ninth, junior Dylan Locke led off with a walk. Ryan Osborne then crushed a fastball over the left field fence to give John Jay a 6-5 walk-off win. The homer was Osborne's second of the season.