POUGHKEEPSIE, New York - The Marist baseball team fell short in their conference opener against Fairfield on Friday by a final score of 13-10 in 11 innings.

Fairfield 13, Marist 10.
W: Nick Grabek (1-0), L: Nick Cantone (1-2)

Summary

• In the top of the first, a Stags' home run gave them an early 4-0 lead.
• A Brian Hart single, followed by two straight walks, squeaked a run across for Marist in the home half of the second.
• In the bottom of the third, Robbie Armitage doubled down the left field line to make it a 5-3 deficit. Following an error, an RBI single from Donnie Stone, and an RBI single from Peter Dudunakis, Marist took a 6-5 lead heading into the fourth inning.
• Fairfield's second home run of the day gave the Stags an 8-6 lead in the top of fourth.
• Pinch-hitter Ethan Farino executed a bunt perfectly in the bottom of the fourth, scoring Gavin Noriega. Donnie Stone later singled to give Marist a 9-8 lead.
• In the top of the sixth, Fairfield capitalized on timely hitting to regain the lead, 10-9.
• Things remained squared at ten until the top of the 11th, when Fairfield was able to tack on three runs. 
• Nick Grabek closed the game out for Fairfield, who held onto win 13-10. 

Stats

• There were a combined 31 hits and 23 runs scored.
• Colin Kelly and Dean Ferrara each had three hits for the Stags.
• Donnie Stone, Gene Napolitano, Reece Armitage, Robbie Armitage, Gavin Noriega, and Brian Hart each had two hits to pace the Red Foxes.
• Reece Armitage and Donnie Stone both collected 2 RBIs on the afternoon.

Up Next

The Red Foxes are now 10-7 on the season and will host Fairfield in the second of three games tomorrow at McCann Field. First pitch has been moved up to 11 a.m.