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Robbie Armitage went Perfect Against the GW Pitching Staff
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Winner Marist MARIST 2-2
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George Washington GW 2-2
Winner
Marist MARIST
2-2
12
Final
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George Washington GW
2-2
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Marist MARIST 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 4 12 9 1
George Washington GW 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 13 3

W: Kmietek, Zane (2-0) L: Wheeler, Andrew (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Pete Fagan

Baseball Tops George Washington in Series Opener

Robbie Armitage and Brian Hart Combine to Go 6-for-7 with Six RBIs

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Marist baseball defeated George Washington in the tenth inning on Friday evening. The Red Foxes outlasted the Colonials for a winning tally of 12-8.

Robbie Armitage (2-for-2, 5 RBIs) and Brian Hart (4-for-5, RBI) led Marist as seven different players earned RBIs. Zane Kmietek picked up the win after tossing 2.0 innings with a strikeout and no earned runs.
 
SUMMARY
  • In his first at bat of the series, Robbie Armitage blasted a homer through left-center field to drive in Gene Napolitano and Tyler Kapuscinski. The junior highlighted a strong first inning where Alex Pansini went 1-2-3 on the rubber.
  • The Colonials got on the board in the second with a two-out RBI-single by Ervin Bogan.
  • George Washington had a big third inning to take a 4-3 lead, and then followed it up with a strong fourth to jump ahead 6-3.
  • Robbie Armitage continued his quality game in the fifth with a sacrifice fly to once again score Kapuscinski.
  • The Red Foxes tied the game in the seventh. Brian Hart scored on a sac-bunt from Gene Napolitano, and then Robbie Armitage doubled to drive in Tyler Kapuscinski for the third time in the game.
  • Hart came up big in the eighth with an RBI-double, driving in Colin Mackle to put Marist in the lead 7-6.
  • George Washington's Noah Levin responded in the bottom of the inning with a two-run single to put the Colonials back in the lead.
  • Niko Amory walked in a run in the ninth to erase the Colonials' lead and send the game to extra innings.
  • In the tenth, Hart doubled, stole third and then reached home on a wild pitch to put the Red Foxes up 9-8.
  • The Red Foxes proceeded to walk in three more runs to build the 12-8 lead that would stand as the final score. Skyler Pichardo went 1-2-3 on the mound to close out the game.
STATS
  • Robbie Armitage led the hitters with two hits, five RBIs, a homer, a double and two runs scored.
  • Brian Hart was strong once again with four hits, an RBI, a double, a stolen base and two runs scored.
  • In just 1.2 innings, Will Van Beusekom struck out all five batters he faced.
  • Zane Kmietek earned the win in 2.0 innings of work with a strikeout, three hits and no earned runs.
  • The Red Foxes were walked 14 times, their most walks in a game since the 27-6 win over Saint Peter's on April 29, 2017.
  • In comparison, the Colonials only picked up five walks.
UP NEXT
Marist continues the series at George Washington on Saturday at 1 p.m.
 
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