Bronx, N.Y. – The Lehman College baseball ended an 11-game losing streak after sweeping a CUNYAC twin-bill from visiting John Jay College, by scores of 18-4 and 16-13, at South Field on Sunday. The Lightning go to a 2-11 overall record and 2-0 in CUNYAC action, while the Bloodhounds fall to 2-22 mark and 0-2 in conference play.
In the opener, John Jay took the lead in the top of the first, however Lehman scored three times in the bottom half of the inning then added three more in the second and never trailed after that. The Lightning offense was boosted by five team home runs; as designated hitter
Elias Femin had two, while outfielders
Kevin Arias, Javaun and infielder
Nomar Rijo each added one round trippers. Femin drove in four RBI as he went three-for-four and crossed the plate three times, while Rijo had three RBI going one-for-three with two runs scored for the Lightning as
Randy Polanco pitched a 6.1 innings with eight strikeouts for first victory of the season.
In the nightcap, infielder
Erik Then led the offense for Lehman as he homered and drove in a total of five RBI. Infielders
Ranssel Pinedo and
Justin Nunez had three RBI each, while Rijo and outfielder
Glennd Jarrin drove in two RBI each as
Tran Hennessy pitched 4.2 innings in relief with four strikeouts to earn the victory on the mound for the Lightning.
Lehman returns action on Thursday (April 6
th) when it travels to College of Mount Saint Vincent for a non-conference encounter with first pitch set for 4 pm ET.