May 10, 2009

Final Stats

Siena concluded its baseball season with a Mothers' Day massacre of MAAC rival Iona Sunday in New Rochelle. Anthony Giansantio had four hits and Dan Paolini, Kevin Quaranto, Eric Mruzcek and Gary DerHagopian each had three of the Saints 23 hits in an 18-1 runaway.

Sophomore Zach Hartman started and delivered his best outing of the season, allowing just one unearned run and six hits over six innings. He was relieved by senior Matt Moberg who tossed two shutout innings. Sophomore Dan Lazzaroni closed the door with a scoreless ninth.

Giansanti, Paolini, Cahill and Quaranto each homered for the Saints. It was Giansanti's 14th homer of the season - just one shy of the school's single season mark. Paolini's blast was his 11th of the year and the freshman phenom finished his rookie campaign with a school-record 84 hits and a .430 batting average.

Quaranto drove in five runs and Paolini scored four times.

The Saints scored in each of their first five at bats, breaking the game open with five runs in the first, one in the second, two in the third, five in the fourth and two in the fifth. Iona scored its only run in the bottom of the sixth.

The victory capped off a weekend sweep for Siena - a strong way to close the season for a team that struggled to find its stride most of the year. The Saints return six of their nine starters, including Paolini, and hope to have a healthy pitching corps next spring.