1978 St. John's Redmen baseball team

1978 St. John's Redmen baseball
Northeast Regional champions
College World Series, T–7th
Conference	Independent
Record	40–18
Head coach	Joe Russo (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Ed Mathes Bill Permakoff
Pitching coach	Howie Gershberg
Captains	Tom Cipolla Ed D'Alessio
Home stadium	Redman Field
Seasons ← 1977 1979 →

The 1978 St. John's Redmen baseball team represented the St. John's University in the 1978 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Redmen played their home games at Redman Field. The team was coached by Joe Russo in his 5th year at St. John's.

The Redmen won the Northeast Regional to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the North Carolina Tar Heels. ^[1]

Roster

1978 St. John's Redmen baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town 14 LHP Patrick Ambrose R/L 5 ft 10 in(1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Staten Island, NY 18 RHP Steve Babyak R/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Jr N. Massapequa, NY Michael Beatrice / — — Sr 20 RHP Steve Bingham R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Wantagh, NY OF John Blair / — — Newburgh, NY Anthony Bonomo / — — So Brooklyn, NY 21 C Sebby Borriello R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr OF Frank Caporaso R/R — — So 3 INF Tom Cipolla (C) R/R 5 ft 11 in(1.8 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Sr Sayville, NY William Crinnon / — — James Curran / — — Sr 32 INF Ed D'Alessio (C) R/R 5 ft 10 in(1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Sr Brooklyn, NY John Gallaro / — — 5 OF David Goldberg L/L 5 ft 11 in(1.8 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Brooklyn, NY Anton Grim / — — INF Robert Grim R/R — — 7 INF T Hayes R/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Commack, NY 29 RHP Richard Hille R/R 6 ft 4 in(1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Richmond Hill, NY RHP Mike Hoffman R/R — — C Mike Kerrigan R/R — — 27 RHP Ronald Kiene R/R 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Brooklyn, NY 17 INF Karl Komyathy R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Hauppauge, NY 23 RHP Gregory LaCasse R/R 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So W. Hempstead, NY 4 OF Doug Latrenta L/L 5 ft 10 in(1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Smithtown, NY 16 INF James Loeffler R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Jr Ozone Park, NY INF Robert Malvagna R/R — — Jr INF Tom Marasa R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) So Flushing, NY C James Marciano R/R — — OF Paul Maruffi R/R 5 ft 9 in(1.75 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Brooklyn, NY INF Kevin McCabe R/R — — So 22 RHP Vincent Merolla R/R 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Brooklyn, NY 31 C Cliff Morello R/R 5 ft 10 in(1.78 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Plainview, NY 8 OF Ron Naclerio L/L 5 ft 10 in(1.78 m) 165 lb (75 kg) So Bayside, NY 19 INF James O'Connor L/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr Bayside, NY 34 RHP Chris Rich R/R 6 ft 7 in(2.01 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Levittown, NY 1 INF Steve Scafa S/R 5 ft 9 in(1.75 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Fr Brooklyn, NY RHP Jon Schmidt R/R — — LHP James Sepanski L/L 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Middle Village, NY William Smith / — — 37 C Ed Strollo R/R 5 ft 10 in(1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Astoria, N.Y. 37 INF Donald Troyan L/L 6 ft 7 in(2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Aquebogue, NY	Head coach Joe Russo Assistant coach(es) Ed Mathes, Bill Permakoff Pitching coach(es) Howie Gershberg Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

1978 St. John's Redmen baseball game log
Regular season
March (6–3) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 1 March 23 at Georgia Foley Field • Athens, Georgia 4–5 0–1 2 March 23 at Georgia Foley Field • Athens, Georgia 13–11 1–1 3 March 24 at Furman Furman Baseball Field • Greenville, South Carolina 5–3 2–1 4 March 27 at Wake Forest Ernie Shore Field • Winston-Salem, North Carolina 3–2 3–1 5 March 28 at North Carolina Tar Heels Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina 15–5 4–1 6 March 30 at Old Dominion Unknown • Norfolk, Virginia 0–1 4–2 7 March 30 at Old Dominion Unknown • Norfolk, Virginia 3–6 4–3 8 March 31 at VCU Unknown • Richmond, Virginia 11–0 5–3 9 March 31 at VCU Unknown • Richmond, Virginia 9–2 6–3
April (20–8) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 10 April 1 at Richmond Malcolm U. Pitt Field • Richmond, Virginia 16–3 7–3 11 April 1 at Richmond Malcolm U. Pitt Field • Richmond 3–2 8–3 12 April 3 at Hofstra University Field • Hempstead, New York 19–2 9–3 13 April 4 at Pace Unknown • New York, New York 15–7 10–3 14 April 5 at Seton Hall Owen T. Carroll Field • South Orange, New Jersey 7–1 11–3 15 April 6 Brooklyn Redman Field • New York, New York 5–1 12–3 16 April 8 Siena Redman Field • New York, New York 27–8 13–3 17 April 8 Siena Redman Field • New York, New York 15–7 14–3 18 April 9 at Southern Connecticut State Unknown • New Haven, Connecticut 10–8 15–3 19 April 10 Adelphi Redman Field • New York, New York 1–3 15–4 20 April 11 Wagner Redman Field • New York, New York 4–5 15–5 21 April 12 Rutgers Redman Field • New York, New York 6–8 15–6 22 April 13 at Fairleigh Dickinson Unknown • Teaneck, New Jersey 15–2 16–6 23 April 14 New Haven Redman Field • New York, New York 5–4 17–6 24 April 15 Catholic Redman Field • New York, New York 3–1 18–6 25 April 15 Catholic Redman Field • New York, New York 8–11 18–7 26 April 16 Seton Hall Redman Field • New York, New York 0–7 18–8 27 April 17 Buffalo Redman Field • New York, New York 9–0 19–8 28 April 18 at Columbia Robertson Field at Satow Stadium • New York, New York 0–10 19–9 29 April 21 at Adelphi Unknown • Garden City, New York 4–8 19–10 30 April 22 LIU Brooklyn Redman Field • New York, New York 6–0 20–10 31 April 23 at Temple Erny Field • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 10–8 21–10 32 April 24 Army Redman Field • New York, New York 6–1 22–10 33 April 25 Bridgeport Redman Field • New York, New York 15–2 23–10 34 April 26 Iona Redman Field • New York, New York 11–0 24–10 35 April 27 Fairleigh Dickinson Redman Field • New York, New York 13–10 25–10 36 April 29 at Penn State Beaver Field • University Park, Pennsylvania 5–6 25–11 37 April 29 at Penn State Beaver Field • University Park, Pennsylvania 10–9 26–11
May (5–3) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 38 May 1 at Connecticut J. O. Christian Field • Storrs, Connecticut 5–7 26–12 39 May 2 West Chester Redman Field • New York, New York 11–4 27–12 40 May 3 CCNY Redman Field • New York, New York 7–2 28–12 41 May 4 Fordham Redman Field • New York, New York 1–3 28–13 42 May 7 at C.W. Post LIU Baseball Stadium • New York, New York 2–3 28–14 43 May 13 Queens Redman Field • New York, New York 2–1 29–14 44 May 13 Queens Redman Field • New York, New York 7–2 30–14 45 May 15 Princeton Redman Field • New York, New York 4–2 31–14
Postseason
ECAC Tournament (4–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 46 May vs Richmond Bill Clarke Field• Princeton, NJ 7–2 32–14 47 May vs Cornell Bill Clarke Field• Princeton, NJ 4–5 32–15 48 May vs Richmond Bill Clarke Field• Princeton, NJ 2–1 33–15 49 May vs Cornell Bill Clarke Field• Princeton, NJ 2–0 34–15 50 May vs Cornell Bill Clarke Field• Princeton, NJ 10–1 35–15
Northeast Regional (5–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 51 May vs Holy Cross Mackenzie Stadium • Holyoke, Massachusetts 3–5 35–16 52 May vs Harvard Mackenzie Stadium • Holyoke, Massachusetts 8–0 36–16 53 May vs Holy Cross Mackenzie Stadium • Holyoke, Massachusetts 14–12 37–16 54 May vs Delaware Mackenzie Stadium • Holyoke, Massachusetts 7–4 38–16 55 May 28 vs Temple Mackenzie Stadium • Holyoke, Massachusetts 8–5 39–16 56 May 28 vs Temple Mackenzie Stadium • Holyoke, Massachusetts 15–6 40–16
College World Series (0–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 57 June 2 vs Arizona State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 2–13 40–17 58 June 3 vs North Carolina Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 5–9 40–18

References

1. "College Baseball: St. John's Ousted". The New York Times . June 5, 1978. Retrieved September 30, 2020.