Two Iona pitchers combined to hurl a five-hit shutout in an 8-0 victory over Canisius in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball action Friday afternoon at Demske Sports Complex in Buffalo, N.Y.
With the win, the Gaels improved to 13-23 on the season and 7-10 in MAAC play. The Golden Griffins fell to 7-23 and 5-11 in league action.
Andrelys Payamps picked up the win on the hill for Iona after he allowed three hits to go with nine strikeouts and five walks in 6.2 innings. Justin Trinidad pitched the final 2.1 innings for the Gaels, surrendering just two hits and one walk while fanning three.
The Gaels took the lead in the bottom of the first with a two-run homer from Jordan Overton. Iona erupted for four runs in the third, as a pair of two-run home runs from James Kemp and Jayson Gonzalez extended the visiting team's lead to 6-0.
In the top-half of the eighth, Overton added an insurance run with a ground-rule double and Sean Stephenson connected on a solo homer in the ninth to bring the final score to 8-0.
GAME NOTES
• This marked the fifth time this season where the Griffs have been shut out.
• Canisius left 12 runners on base compared to the Gaels' 10.
• Hy extended his streak of reaching base safely to 14 straight with a double in the ninth.
• Redshirt senior Josh Niles was hit by a pitch in the game, the eighth time this season he has been awarded first after being hit by an opposing pitcher.
• This is the first time Iona has won a series in Buffalo since the 2006 season.
UP NEXT
The series against Iona will conclude Satruday at 4 p.m. at the Demske Sport Complex, following the conclusion of a Canisius lacrosse doubleheader.
