WEST POINT, New York - Marist baseball (18-20, 7-5 MAAC) won their annual game with Army (24-17, 11-6 Patriot League) for the second straight year by an 11-5 decision.
Niko Amory led the Red Foxes with a leadoff homer in the top of the third to spark a seven-run inning.
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- Niko Amory started off a huge third inning with a solo homer, and the Marist lineup proceeded to bat around as Amory came back for a two-run double.
- Robbie Armitage, Reece Armitage, Gene Napolitano and Matt Rubayo all added RBIs as the Red Foxes took a 7-0 lead.
- The Black Knights answered in the fifth with an RBI-single from Carter Macias to get on the board.
- Reece Armitage smacked a two-RBI double to right field in the sixth to extend the Marist lead to 9-1. Frankie Gregoire and Randy Taveras scored.
- Army's Cam Cerruto solo-homered to left field in the bottom of the inning.
- Brian Hart singled through the right side to drive in Amory in the seventh, and Marist led 10-2.
- Army scored two runs in the seventh and added another in the eighth for a late surge, but still trailed 10-5.
- Frankie Gregoire singled to left field in the ninth to drive in Randy Taveras and score another Marist run.
- Ryan Cardona closed out the game with a strong ninth inning and Marist went home with the win.
- Niko Amory had his best outing of the season, going 3-for-3 with a home run, three RBIs, a double, a walk and two runs scored.
- Reece Armitage had another strong game, going 3-for-5 with three RBIs, two doubles, a walk and a run scored.
- Seven Red Foxes recorded at least one RBI, and eight tallied at least one hit.
- Justin Pacheco pitched well in his first career start, scattering four hits over 4.0 innings while punching out four and allowing just one run.
- Zane Kmietek earned the win in 2.0 innings of relief, letting up two hits and one run while fanning three batters.
Marist returns home for a three-game series with conference-foe Niagara (9-25, 4-8 MAAC) on April 27-28. The series-opening doubleheader begins on Saturday at noon.Â
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