Baseball Sweeps Columbia-Greene; Win Streak at Four!

CONTACT: Adam Sopris, a.sopris@hvcc.edu, 518-629-7898 or 518-416-2137
FOR RELEASE: Immediate, Sunday, April 24, 2022

The Hudson Valley Community College baseball team completed the weekend with a 4-0 record after they defeated Columbia-Greene Community College 4-3 and 12-2 in the respective games today at Joe Bruno Stadium on the campus of Hudson Valley Community College.

GAME ONE: Hudson Valley 4, Columbia-Greene 3

In the opening game, the Vikings kicked the first inning off with three doubles by Jaden Ross, Mike Talavera and Josh Foglia to put the Vikings up 2-0 early on the Twins. Foglia later connected for another RBI double in the third inning, scoring Ross, who reached base with a leadoff single in the inning.

In the fourth inning, Noah Fasso earned an RBI on a single to leftfield, scoring Jacob Hall in the process and the Vikings extended their lead to 4-0. 

In the fifth inning, the Twins made a run, scoring all three of their runs in the inning and pulled within one run, but the Vikings pitching and defense held on to secure the win. 

GAME TWO: Hudson Valley 12, Columbia-Greene 2 (5 innings)

In the final game of the day, the Vikings jumped out to an early lead on the Twins as they scored twice in the opening inning as a result of three walks and a couple of errors by Columbia-Greene and the Vikings never looked back as they continued to put more runs on the board in the second inning, which they batted around in, which was highlighted by a bases-clearing triple by Paul Fernandez. 

The Vikings rolled to their fourth straight win and will look to continue the streak this week and make a push into the Region 3 playoffs. 

UP NEXT: 

The baseball team looks to keep the streak going as they return to action on Tuesday, April 26 when they travel to take on Jefferson in Watertown as part of a rescheduled series from earlier in the season. The game one first pitch is set for 2 p.m.