NEW BRITAIN, Connecticut – The Marist baseball team fell short by one run against Central Connecticut State University in its final regular season game. The Blue Devils had a strong last two innings to propel themselves over the Red Foxes, 11-10.
 

Summary

• Reece Armitage got the Red Foxes on the board with a 2-0 lead, hitting a two-run home run in the top of the first inning.
• CCSU tied it at two a piece with a two-run home run in the bottom of the first.
• The Red Foxes extended the lead with a Niko Amory three run homer to right field in the top of the 2^nd.
• In the top of the fourth, Robbie Armitage hit a RBI triple to left field, scoring Gene Napolitano.
• Gavin Noriega followed with a single to left field to score Robbie Armitage.
• Johnny Decker collected an RBI with a double down the right field line.
• The Red Foxes tacked on another run in the top of the sixth from a Noriega sacrifice fly.
• In the top of the eighth, Noriega hit another sac fly to score Reece Armitage, to extend teir lead to 10-3.
• The Blue Devils collected four runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to cut the lead to 10-7.
• In the bottom of the ninth inning, the Blue Devils hit a single through the right side to score the winning run, which capped off a four-run inning.

 

Key Stats

• Niko Amory and Gavin Noriega led the Red Foxes with three RBIs a piece.
• Reece Armitage went 2-for-4, with a two-run home run.
• Robbie Armitage and Johnny Decker each had an RBI.
• Robbie Armitage went 3-for-5 with a triple.
• Dylan Hoy went 2-for-4 with two doubles.

 

Up Next

• Marist will enter its conference bye week and await results to determine their seeding in the MAAC Championship, which runs from May 25-28.