POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist baseball team travels to Pomona, New York on Tuesday, May 3 to play St. John's at 6 p.m. This game is the Red Foxes' last out of conference game of the season. Â
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Marist ran through Iona and swept the Gaels in three games last weekend. Â
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The Red Foxes won the games 18-4, 24-1, and 7-0, outscoring Iona 49-5 over the course of the weekend. Â
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In the first game, Marist scored multiple runs in every inning but the fourth. Marist scored 18 runs on 15 hits. Â
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Eight Red Foxes recorded at least one RBI.Â
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In game two, Marist put up 16 runs in the bottom of the seventh inning. Robbie Armitage hit two home runs in the game. Â
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Erubiel Candelario struck out 10 and let up no runs.Â
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Alex Pansini dominated in game three. His performance and timely hitting completed the sweep for Marist.Â
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Marist lost its first ever matchup against St. John's 7-3 in 2019. Â
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The Red Storm is 17-26-1 this season, and 3-8-1 in-conference. Â
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St. John's is coming off a Big East win against Villanova and has won five of their last eight games. Â
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As a team, the Red Storm is hitting .261 and has an OBP of .368. Â
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They have scored 245 runs on 381 hits. Â
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Kevin Michaels leads the team with a .329 batting average and a .925 OPS. Â
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St. John's has five players batting over .300.Â
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As a pitching staff, the Red Storm let up 6.51 runs per game.Â