Breakers Explode for 14 Runs Over Final Two Innings vs. Bucks; Colsante Ties Southampton Single-Game RBI Record
The Southampton Breakers erased an early four-run deficit with an offensive outburst, scoring 14 runs over the sixth and seventh innings to defeat the Shelter Island Bucks 19-7 in a Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League contest Thursday.
Shelter Island came out swinging in the opening inning. David Swift (Bates) drove in Jackson McBride (Bates) with an RBI single before Lucas Ametrano (Holy Cross) broke the game open with a bases-clearing triple, scoring Sam Bradford (UMass Dartmouth), Swift and Miguel Reich (Dickinson) for a 4-0 lead. Joe Gaspari (Hartford) followed with an RBI single to plate Pearson Dodds, giving the Bucks a commanding 5-0 advantage.
Southampton began chipping away in the second. Aidan Colsante (Harvard) delivered an RBI double and Luke Ciminiello (Stony Brook) followed with an RBI single to bring home Colsante and cut the deficit to 5-2.
The Bucks added an insurance run in the fifth when Ethan Harris (St. Lawrence) doubled home Reich, extending the lead to 6-2.
Southampton than erupted for seven runs in the sixth inning, beginning with Zach Khozozian (Harvard) drawing a bases-loaded walk to force in Nick Slogik (Rowan College at Gloucester). Colsante followed with a two-run single to make it 6-5. Owen Beatrice (St. John’s) then lined a two-run double into the gap, bringing home Colsante and Khozozian to give Southampton its first lead at 7-6. A wild pitch allowed Ciminiello to score before Slogik added an RBI fielder’s choice to cap the seven-run inning and put the Breakers in front 9-6.
Shelter Island answered with an RBI single by McBride in the bottom of the sixth to trim the deficit to 9-7, but Southampton put the game away with a 10-run seventh.
The inning featured RBI plays from Ciminiello, Beatrice, Michael Caron (Assumption), Slogik, Chase Jones (West Chester) and Sean Sailer (Villanova) before Colsante delivered the knockout blow—a towering grand slam that drove in four unearned runs and stretched the lead to 19-7. The blast triggered the 10-run mercy rule and ended the game.
With his grand slam, Colsante finished an incredible 3-for-4 with two doubles, a home run, four runs scored and seven RBI, tying the Southampton franchise single-game record for RBI. The mark was originally set by Mitchell McGeein (Eastern Michigan) in 2014.
Beatrice added two hits and three RBI, while Sailer scored three times and collected two hits. Chase Jones finished 2-for-4 with two runs scored, and Ciminiello drove in two runs as Southampton pounded out 12 hits.
Shelter Island collected 10 hits in the loss, led by McBride’s two-hit performance. Lucas Ametrano drove in three runs with his first-inning triple, while Swift, Harris and Gaspari each added an RBI.
Isaac Scavarda (3-1, Hillsdale) earned the victory, allowing six runs on eight hits over five innings before Trey Stricker (West Chester) closed out the game. Brennan Shapiro (Babson) pitched well early for the Bucks but settled for a no-decision after allowing five runs over 5 ⅓ innings.
HCBL Players With Seven or more RBI in a Game
8 – Lucas Pierce (Rhode Island College/Sag Harbor), vs. North Fork, June 25, 2024
7 – Peter Greskoff (Brown/Riverhead), vs. Long Island (Mustangs), June 27, 2009
7 – Mitchell McGeein (Eastern Michigan/Southampton), vs. Shelter Island, July 7, 2014
7 – Jarred Greene (UC Santa Barbara/Riverhead), vs. North Fork, July 5, 2019
7 – Mason Wolf (Monmouth/Westhampton), vs. North Fork, July 8, 2022
7 – Jack Halloran (Emory/Westhampton), vs. Riverhead, July 10, 2022
7 – Ryan Kiendle (St. John’s/South Shore), vs. Sag Harbor, July 19, 2025
7 – Aidan Colsante (Harvard/Southampton), vs. Shelter Island, July 9, 2026