Johnnies Swept by #3 UCLA to Open their Season
Sean Okula, Staff Writer
February 20, 2019
Filed under Sports
St. John’s Baseball took a trip to Los Angeles this weekend. They left seeing stars. No. 3 UCLA swept the Red Storm at Jackie Robinson Stadium over the weekend. St. John’s mustered three runs in the season-opening set, scoring just once after the sixth inning on Friday. The numbers don’t lea...
St. John’s Baseball Slides Past Swedish National Team
Brendan Murray, Staff Writer
October 17, 2018
Filed under Sports
The chill in the October air couldn’t cool down the hot Red Storm bats against the Swedish National team Friday night, when the baseball team beat the Swedes 26-0. The Red Storm, playing in their first exhibition of the season, were able to make quick work of the Swedish opposition with Nick Monda...
Don’t Panik, Joe’s Home
Troy Mauriello and Carmine Carcieri
September 7, 2016
Filed under Baseball, Sports, Sports Scroll
Despite playing nearly 3,000 miles away from home, San Francisco Giants second baseman Joe Panik has never lost touch with his roots. The former St. John’s baseball star has achieved great success in only two plus MLB seasons, winning a World Series in 2014 and being named an All-Star reserve in ...
Erratic offense dooms SJU
Katherine Acquavella, Staff Writer
April 27, 2016
Filed under Baseball, Sports, Sports Scroll
The St. John’s baseball team (20-16- 1, 5-4) went 1-2 in a BIG EAST weekend series against Xavier University (16-26, 2-3). In game one, the Red Storm rallied for two runs in the eighth inning to register a 4-2 win. Xavier used six home runs to defeat St. John’s, 11-8, in game two. St. John’s...
Tommy John in the pro game and college game
Stephen Zitolo, Sports Editor
April 29, 2015
There are three words that no pitcher at any level of baseball wants to hear: Tommy John surgery. Over the last decade, the surgery on a pitcher’s torn ulnar collateral ligament has become an epidemic throughout the baseball world. According to MLB Network’s injury expert Will Carroll, there has...
St. John’s Wins Big East Series Against Villanova
April 29, 2015
St. John’s continued their roll through the Big East against Villanova and improved to 8-3 in the conference, maintaining their tie with Creighton for first place. The Red Storm won the first two games of the weekend’s series before the Wildcats held off a ninth inning comeback to stave off the sweep. As...
Sidearmer Hackimer has been lights out for the Johnnies
Brandon Mauk, Digital Sports Manager
April 29, 2015
St. John’s baseball follows a simple formula: score plenty of runs and bring in the bullpen to lock down the win. They have the first part working almost every game, as they average 5.34 runs per game. They also have one of the most reliable bullpens in the country led by Thomas Hackimer. Hackimer...
St. John’s splits with Creighton, remain tied atop Big East
Brandon Mauk, Digital Sports Manager
April 21, 2015
St. John’s needed a shutdown start after falling behind 1-0 in the biggest series of the season, as well as the biggest game of the season, on the road against Creighton on Saturday. Ryan McCormick provided that shutdown and more. McCormick pitched 7.1 innings and allowed just one unearned run,...
Baseball wins series over Pirates, takes control of Big East
Brandon Mauk, Digital Sports Manager
April 15, 2015
St. John’s baseball was favored in the preseason to win the Big East, and they took a positive step in the biggest series of the year to date. The Red Storm (18-12, 5-1) and Seton Hall (17-12, 4-2) came into last weekend’s conference matchup tied for first in the Big East, and the Johnnie...
Alumnus Appears in Blockbuster Film
Jon Perez, Sports Editor
May 1, 2013
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Culture, Featured A&E
Not since the days of Field of Dreams and For the Love of the game have baseball enthusiasts had a story that they could watch and feel a sense of fulfillment and accomplishment. These same enthusiasts feel their sense of entitlement when Billy Chapel completes his no-hitter or when Ray Kinsella plays...
Columbia keeps Johnnies at bay
April 10, 2013
Matthew Wolfson Assistant Sports Editor The St. John’s men’s baseball team has hit a rough patch, losing to Columbia yesterday 5-3, turning a couple of bad games into a losing streak. The Columbia pitching shut down the Red Storm batters, letting up zero earned runs between the six hurlers....
Confessions of a frustrated Sox fan
Mike Cunniff, Editor-in-Chief
April 18, 2012
Filed under Off campus, Opinion, Sports
As a sports fan, I usually love the month of April.Between the NHL and NBA playoffs starting, the NFL schedule being released and baseball season starting, it’s a unique crossroads of the major sports. But this April is a little different. See, I’m from Massachusetts. We’re accustomed to...
