Box Score
BRONX, N.Y. – The Lehman College baseball team earned its first victory of the season by knocking off New Jersey City University, 8-2, in the home opener on the South Field, on Wednesday evening. James Cisco gets his first career win as the head coach of the Lightning.

Lehman (1-4) was led by senior pitcher Stephen Smith (Yonkers, N.Y./Saunders), who earned a complete game victory. He went nine innings, giving up just two earned runs, four hits, and struck out nine Gothic Knights hitters.

The Lightning trailed 1-0 early, but were able to tie the game in the bottom of the second, thanks to senior outfielder Danny Rodriguez (New York, N.Y./Pennsbury) hitting a sacrifice fly to drive in senior first baseman Carlos Alcantara (Yonkers, N.Y./Saunders). In the home half of the third inning, it was Alcantara who hit a sacrifice fly, scoring freshman outfielder Miguel Rodriguez (Santiago, D.R./H.S. of World Cultures) to put Lehman in front, 2-1.

The Lightning and the Gothic Knights (3-4) held the opposing lineups scoreless through the next two and a half innings. In the bottom of the sixth, the Lightning gained three insurance runs, highlighted by a two-run ground-rule double off the bat of Miguel Rodriguez, to extend the home team's lead to 5-1.

One inning later, Danny Rodriguez capped off Lehman's scoring by hitting a two-run home run, to give Lehman an 8-2 lead, and that would be the final score.

For the game, Danny Rodriguez led all hitters with three runs batted in. Miguel Rodriguez drove in two runs, hit two doubles, scored as many runs, and had one stolen base. Freshman outfielder Carlo Francisco (Yonkers, N.Y./Yonkers) and sophomore second baseman Thomas Montilli (Bronx, N.Y./Cardinal Spellman) each scored a run and produced a hit, while sophomore outfielder Socrates Arevalo (Bronx, N.Y./South Bronx) and sophomore catcher Matthew Prevosti (Staten Island, N.Y./CSI H.S.) tallied a single each. Alcantara tallied a run batted in and drew a walk.

Lehman will return to the South Field on Friday, for a doubleheader against St. Joseph's College of Brooklyn. The first pitch of the opening game will be thrown at 3:00 p.m.