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Brian Hart Hit His First Career Home Run
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Winner Marist MAR 9-12
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Richmond RICH 11-8-1
Winner
Marist MAR
9-12
10
Final
5
Richmond RICH
11-8-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Marist MAR 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 10 12 0
Richmond RICH 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 12 1

W: Candelario, Erubiel (1-2) L: McGuigan (0-2) S: McNamara, Conor (2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Pete Fagan

Baseball Completes Sweep of Richmond with Sunday Victory

Red Foxes Go Deep Four Times

RICHMOND, Virginia - Marist baseball (9-12) won the third game of the series at Richmond (11-8-1) to complete the sweep. Brian Hart, Frankie GregoireĀ and Robbie Armitage all homered to lift the Red Foxes to the 10-5 victory.
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SUMMARY
  • Robbie Armitage continued his excellence at the plate with a 2-RBI single in the first inning. Randy Taveras and Anthony Lazar scored.
  • The Spiders scored four runs in the third to take the lead.
  • Freshman Brian Hart smashedĀ a solo homer in the fourth to cut Richmond's advantage to 4-3.
  • Frankie Gregoire hit an RBI-single to tie the game in the top of the fifth. Reece Armitage scored.
  • Robbie Armitage then blastedĀ a two-run homer to score Gregoire and give Marist their first lead of the day at 6-4.
  • Gregoire hit a three-run homer in the top of the ninth to extend Marist's lead to 9-5. Taveras and Lazar were driven home once again.
  • The very next batter, Robbie Armitage, smackedĀ his second long ball of the day to push the Red Foxes into double-digit scoring.
KEY STATS
  • Freshman Erubiel Candelario earned the win in 3.1 innings of relief with four strikeouts.
  • Conor McNamara recorded his second save of the season with four strikeouts and just one hit in 2.2 innings.
  • Robbie ArmitageĀ homered for the third-straight game. After not going long his freshman season, he has four homers just from this series. The sophomore recorded five RBI onĀ three hits today.
  • Frankie Gregoire had home runs in consecutive games as well, and now has four on the season. The all-time program leader is up to 28 for his career. Gregoire tallied four RBI on two hits.
  • Brian Hart's long ball was the first of his career.
NOTES
  • The Red Foxes smashed eight homers in the three-game series with Richmond, and are up to 13 for the season.
  • Robbie Armitage leads the team with a batting average of .367. He has an on-base percentage of .395 and a slugging percentage of 608. This past week, the sophomore had a slash line of .444/.444/1.222 in four games with nine RBI.
  • Anthony Lazar had a strong week as well, with eight hits and four doubles.
UP NEXT
Marist baseball returns to the northeast for a midweek matchup with UMass Lowell (4-16) on Wednesday, March 27 before opening MAAC play next weekend at Fairfield (7-12, 2-1 MAAC).
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