NEW YORK CITY – The Holy Cross baseball team dropped a nonconference doubleheader to Columbia 8-4 in game one and 13-10 in game two on Saturday afternoon at Robertson Field at Satow Stadium.

The Patriot League tournament champion Crusaders fell to 31-25 with the losses while the Ivy League tournament champion Lions extended their winning streak to nine straight games and move to 29-17 overall. Both teams await their NCAA Regional opponent during the 2025 NCAA College Baseball Selection Show on Monday, May 26 broadcast by ESPN2 at noon.

During game one, senior shortstop Jimmy King doubled in the top of the fourth which was the 117th two-bagger on the season for the Crusaders. The 2025 team passed the old single-season mark of 116 established by the 1958 squad.

Game one starting pitcher, junior Danny Macchiarola posted four strikeouts in the contest and needs five more strikeouts to become only the third player in program history with 200+ career punchouts (Owen Carroll, 387 – 1922-25; Nate Koneski, 229 – 2009-12) and nine more to become the second player in program history to reach 100 strikeouts during a single-season (Owen Carroll, 118 – 1923).

In game two, freshman Simon Landry pinch hit and walloped his first collegiate home run in the sixth inning. Trailing 13-5 in the top of the ninth, Holy Cross scored five runs, but could not get any closer.

GAME ONE: COLUMBIA 8, HOLY CROSS 4

STARTING ON THE MOUND:

• Thomas Santana (ND), 2.0 innings pitched, two hits allowed, zero earned runs, zero walks, one strikeout.
• Danny Macchiarola (ND), 2.0 innings pitched, three hits allowed, zero earned runs, zero walks, four strikeouts.

OUT OF THE BULLPEN:

• Will Harrigan (W, 2-0), 1.0 innings pitched, three hits allowed, two earned runs, one walk, three strikeouts.
• Alex Sotiropoulos: (S, 3), 2.0 innings pitched, zero hits allowed, zero earned runs, zero walks, one strikeout.
• Freshman Pedro Leon: (L, 2-3), 2.0 innings pitched, five hits allowed, four earned runs, one walk, one strikeout

STEPPING TO THE PLATE:

• Senior Chris Baillargeon: 3-for-5, double, two RBI.
• Sophomore Colin Brown: 2-for-4, double, run scored.
• Jimmy King: 1-for-4, double, RBI, run scored.
• Senior Sean Scanlon: 1-for-4, RBI
• Anton Lazits: 4-for-5, home run, RBI, two runs scored, stolen base.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Baillargeon ripped a two out double, but couldn't come around to score in the first.
• Macchiarola worked around some traffic on the bases in the bottom of the first and struck out three batters for all three outs.
• Holy Cross opened the scoring in the top of the fourth. King doubled to score sophomore Gianni Royer for the 1-0 edge. The next batter, Scanlon singled up the middle to plate King making it 2-0. An infield single by sophomore Colin Brown loaded the bases with two away, but Columbia chose the force play at third base for the final out.
• A two-run homer by the Lions in the bottom of the fifth deadlocked the game 2-2.
• Junior CJ Egrie gunned down a runner at the plate to keep the game tied 2-2 in the sixth.
• Holy Cross regained the lead in the seventh as Baillargeon roped his third hit of the contest, a two RBI single to give them a 4-2 edge. Holy Cross reloaded the bases, but couldn't get any more insurance runs across the plate.
• Columbia took their first lead of the game in the bottom of the seventh hitting three home runs to knock in four making it 6-4.
• Two more unearned insurance runs in the eighth added to the host lead.

 
GAME TWO: COLUMBIA 13, HOLY CROSS 10

STARTING ON THE MOUND:

• Junior Jaden Wywoda: (ND), 2.0 innings pitched, two hits allowed, one earned run, one walk, two strikeouts.
• Jagger Edwards: (ND), 2.0 innings pitched, two hits allowed, one run – zero earned zero walks, one strikeout.

OUT OF THE BULLPEN:

• Tomas Lopez: (W, 2-0), 1.0 innings pitched, zero hits allowed, zero earned runs, one walk, one strikeout.
• Andrew Argenziano: (S, 1), 0.1 innings pitched, zero hits allowed, zero earned runs, zero walks, one strikeout.
• Sophomore Thomas Skrobe: (L, 1-2), 0.1 innings pitched, two hits allowed, three earned runs, two walks, zero strikeouts.

STEPPING TO THE PLATE:

• Gianni Royer: 2-for-2, run scored.
• Senior Brendan Jones 2-for-3, double, RBI, walk.
• Senior Connor Peek: 2-for-5, double, two RBI, run scored.
• Simon Landry: 1-for-2, home run, two RBI, two runs scored, walk.
• Sophomore John LaFleur: 1-for-1, double, RBI, run scored, walk
• Chris Baillargeon: 1-for-3, run scored.
• Griffin Palfrey: 3-for-6, two doubles, triple, RBI, two runs scored.
• Anthony Temesvary: 2-for-5, double, triple, three RBI, run scored.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• A triple and a single with two down in the first for Columbia gave them the early edge 1-0.
• A double play ball from Holy Cross tied the game at 1-1 in the second.
• The hosts scored six times in the third inning starting with an RBI double and ending with an RBI single through the left side for the 7-1 advantage.
• Two more runs in the fourth expanded the margin for the Lions to 9-1.
• Landry smacked a pinch hit two-run homer to bring the Crusaders closer at 9-3 in the bottom of the sixth.
• RBI doubles off the swing of Jones and LaFleur trimmed the deficit to 9-5 in the top of the seventh.
• A solo shot from the Lions doubled up the score 10-5 in the seventh. They produced three runs in the eighth frame as well.
• Scanlon and sophomore Alex Sandell pulled the team closer in the ninth adding three runs to trim the deficit to 13-8. With two down, senior Connor Peek singled to center drive in Landry and Sandell to make it a 13-10 game. Columbia made a pitching change and got a 3-2 count strikeout to complete the twinbill sweep.

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