GREENSBORO, North Carolina - Marist baseball (6-11) led wire-to-wire over North Carolina A&T (10-9) to win 7-1 and take the series. Frankie Gregoire hit his 26th career home run to become the all-time leader in Marist history, while Alex Pansini was efficient on the mound for the entire nine innings.
 

SUMMARY

• Robbie Armitage started off the scoring for the Red Foxes with an RBI-single in the second inning to drive home Matt Rubayo.
• Gregoire knocked the ball out of the park in the third for a two-run homer, sending home Tyler Kapuscinski as well. 
• Alex Pansini put on a masterful pitching display, retiring the side in order in the third, fourth and sixth innings.
• Neither teams scored again until the Aggies' AJ Hunt tallied a run in the eighth.
• Reece Armitage hit a sacrifice-bunt to score Gene Napolitano in the ninth.
• Anthony Lazar reached home on an error to propel Marist to a 7-1 lead.
• The Aggies had two players reach base in the bottom of the ninth, but the Red Foxes completed a double-play to end the game with the win.

KEY STATS

• Frankie Gregoire surpassed Keith Brachold's program record of 25 career-homers that was set in 2005. It was his second of the season.
• Pansini tossed the first complete game of his career. The sophomore struck out a career-high eight batters, scattered six hits and allowed just one run in 9.0 innings.
• Robbie Armitage, Tyler Kapuscinski and Gregoire each tallied two hits at the plate.
• Gregoire collected four RBI, and now sits ninth all-time at Marist with 128 in his career.

SEASON STATS

• Robbie Armitage leads the team with a batting average of .344, having recorded 21 hits and nine RBI.
• Gene Napolitano's 14 RBI are a team-high.
• Pansini has an ERA of 3.21 over 28.0 innings with 21 strikeouts. He has held opposing batters to an average of .236.

UP NEXT

The Red Foxes return to the northeast for a game with St. John's (7-9) on March 19 at 3 p.m.