The College of Staten Island men's baseball team did more than just win in their home opener, they practically rearranged the record books with a one-sided, 25-0, win over visiting Yeshiva University in a non-conference contest played under the lights at the CSI Baseball Complex this evening. The win was the second straight for the Dolphins, who improved to 4-3 overall, while the Maccabees fell to 0-3.

CSI wasted no time, scoring six runs on five hits in the bottom of the first inning, more than enough for starting pitcher Pat Gale, who made his own mark in the books with damage at the plate and the mound for the Dolphins. Before Yeshiva cracked the hit column, CSI added nine runs in the third inning, and after a single run in the fourth inning to make it 16-0, CSI scored another nine markers in the seventh and eighth innings, respectively, to blow the game open.

Eleven Dolphins cracked the hit column for CSI, with six Dolphins posting multi-hit games. CSI collected a total of 28 hits, posting 20 earned runs and aided by five Yeshiva errors. CSI pitchers allowed one lone hit while walking a pair.

Records fell in the game, making the contest one of the most prolific CSI wins in their 989-game history.

As a team, CSI's 28 hits and eight doubles both tied a school record, matching the mark set in 2001 against Polytechnic University. The 25 runs posted were fourth most in season history and the most since the 26-run effort in that game vs. Polytechnic in 2001. CSI's 55 at-bats were the third highest in team history behind the 57 against Polytechnic in 2001, and a school-record 58 vs. Hunter College in 1988.

Individually, winning pitcher Pat Gale led the record book assault. The junior joined CSI senior Devon DiCasoli by tying a school record seven at-bats (tying 11 others), and Gale's six hits match a school-record set by Jason Anarumo in 1994, while DiCasoli joined nine other Dolphins who have posted a five-hit game. Gale also tied a school-record with seven other CSI players with five runs scored.

Gale was also phenomenal on the mound, fanning 17 batters in just six innings of work, facing only 20 batters overall. The 17 K's are second only to Nick Secchini's 18, a mark set in 2003 in 12 innings of work. Gale's 17 strikeouts are the more ever in a 6-inning performance since Kevin Crombie's six-inning, 14 K, performance against Glassboro State (now Richard Stockton College) in 1992.

Despite the lop-sided score, CSI left a dubious 14 runners on-base.

CSI returns to action on Saturday, when they host NYU-Polytechnic for a non-conference doubleheader at 12 Noon at the CSI Baseball Complex. They entertain Yeshiva again on Sunday at noon.