After the Knights took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on a homerun by Frank Giglio, the Cardinals tied the game in the bottom of the inning then took the lead (2-1) in the third. John Bosch led off the fourth with a double and scored the tying run when Dan O'Shea singled him in. The fifth inning saw the Knights score 3 runs off a lead off double from Matt Eggert, an RBI single by Bobby Molinaro, a single and stolen base by Sean McGuire and a 2 RBI single from Tommy Reilly.
The 5-2 lead was enough for Knights pitcher Joe Lankford (6 innings pitched 3 earned runs), who allowed only 1 more run, then handed the game over to "acting closer" Matt Eggert (1 inning pitched 3 strike outs).
The next game for the Knights is on Wednesday May 15 against Division 1 rival the LI Blacksox (0-2-2 playing all their games so far against the LI Storm). Right now the Knights are in second palce in Division 1, but with only 3 Division 1 teams having played any games so far, every game is important.
Knights Knotes:
* Jeff Gorsky returned after getting married and enjoying what seemed like a 2 month honeymoon in Disney. Congratulations!
* Anthony Chairamonte injured his knee playing basketball. Knights management is eagerly awaiting the doctor's report, but is optimistic about the results.
* Matt Eggert has played his last game as a Knight for the season. Matt leaves for Illinois to play independent ball in the Frontier League. Good Luck!
Linescore:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | ||
| NY Knights | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 2 | |
| LI Cardinals | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2 | |
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WP - Joe Lankford (2-0) LP - Don Nogiewich S - Matt Eggert | |||||||||||
Knights Boxscore:
SB: McGuire, Sean (2); Reilly, Tommy (2);
2B: Bosch, John (4); Giglio, Frank (3); Eggert, Matt 2 (2);
HR: Giglio, Frank (1);
RBI: Reilly, Tommy 2 (7); Giglio, Frank 2 (3); O'Shea, Dan (5); Molinaro, Bobby (3);
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | AVG |
| McGuire, Sean | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 |
| Reilly, Tommy | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .438 |
| Conway, Pat | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .450 |
| Bosch, John | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .263 |
| Gruttadauria, Bobby | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 |
| Giglio, Frank | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .556 |
| O'Shea, Dan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Eggert, Matt | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .438 |
| Cave, Richie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .150 |
| Rolan, Hector | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 |
| Molinaro, Bobby | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Gorsky, Jeff | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
| Lankford, Joe | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 1.62 |
| Eggert, Matt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0.00 |