More than 4,000 students, teachers and chaperones from more than 30 schools across Staten Island turned Staten Island University Hospital Community Park into an interactive learning, cheering and overall fun “Education In Baseball” Day on Thursday in St. George.
In turn those fans propelled the FerryHawks roared to a 6-3 victory against the Long Island Ducks. This record setting crowd of smiling faces brought an energy like no other. From the first inning through the ninth, students learned how their classroom lessons in math, science and other topics, relate to baseball.
On-field demos were conducted by the Staten Island Zoo, Greentbelt Conservancy, NYC Urban Park Rangers, New York Public Library and the Freshkills Alliance.
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New Jersey native and Atlantic League-leading pitcher, starter Christian Capuano (3-0) took the mound looking to continue his early-season dominance and preserve his sub-1.00 ERA. He did not disappoint.
The Ducks got on the board first thanks to a Daniel Murphy RBI. However, the FerryHawks wasted no time as Tottenville High School alum Kevin Krause singled to left to bring in a run and tie it all up in the bottom half of the first.
Long Island managed to get another run across in the third, but their efforts were once again nullified when Crisitan Santana tied the game up in the fourth with a solo homer. The cat-and-mouse game continued into the fifth as both the Ducks and FerryHawks plated a run to move the score to 3-3.
In the sixth, the FerryHawks bats lifted them to a commanding lead as a Santana single, Mikey Edelman double, and Luis Castro single all drove in a run apiece, making it 6-3 FerryHawks.
Following this breakout inning, FerryHawks manager Homer Bush passed the ball over to his bullpen and the unit was light outs.
Capuano received a no decision but continued to shine with a final line of five innings, five hits, three runs (two earned), and five…
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