The Red Storm continue to climb the college baseball ranks, and adding two wins this weekend will surely help. The ninth ranked Johnnies started it off by beating the Iona Gaels on Friday by a score of 4-3.
The victory was led by a tremendous pitching effort from freshman Sean Mooney, who pitched eight shut-out innings and allowed only three hits. At first, it looked like they wouldn’t be able to reward Mooney. The Red Storm stranded five runners on base in the first four innings, allowing Iona to take a 1-0 lead. However, the dangerous St. John’s lineup finally started to get going.