POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist baseball team turns the weekend around quickly, travellng to North Andover, Massachusetts to play Merrimack College on Tuesday, March 29 at 3:30 p.m. This will be the Red Foxes' fourth game in five days. Â
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- Last weekend, the Red Foxes dropped a three-game series against conference rival Fairfield. Marist won the second of the three games.
- Marist won 8-4 on Saturday behind the strong pitching of senior Erubiel Candelario and the offensive performances of Reece Armitage and Gavin Noriega.
- Dylan Hoy also had two RBIs that helped Marist push past the Stags in game two.Â
- The Stags came out victorious in game one 13-10 in 11 innings and took the rubber match 8-4 on Sunday.
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- The Merrimack Warriors are 6-11-1 this year.
- The Warriors are hitting .231 as a team, with ten home runs and an on-base percentage of .333.
- Alex Haba leads the team with a .333 batting average and a .443 on-base percentage.
- As a pitching staff, Merrimack has an ERA of 9.43.
- Of pitchers with enough innings to be considered, Peyton Heisner leads the team with a 6.23 ERA this year. Â
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Following the midweek game against Merrimack, Marist travels to Siena for three games from Friday, April 1 to Sunday, April 3. Â