LOS ANGELES, California- The Marist baseball team fell to the University of Southern California in the second game of the season. The Trojans defeated the Red Foxes 17-4 Saturday night.
 

Summary

• Brian Hart got the Red Foxes scoring started quickly with a home run in the first.
  • Hart hit the first Marist home run of the season.
• USC scored a run in the bottom half to make the game even at one.
  • Brian Yetter tallied two strikeouts in the first.
• After loading the bases in the second, the Red Foxes left the runners on base.
• An infield single by Niko Amory put the Red Foxes up 2-1 in the third inning.
  • Dylan Hoy scored the run after getting on base with a single.
• Through three innings, Marist led 2-1.
  • Yetter accounted for five strikeouts through the first third.
• Ethan Conrad hit a sacrifice out to extend the Marist lead 3-1.
  • Nicholas Butler hit a single to get on base.
• Drake Quinn relieved Yetter in the fourth inning.
  • Yetter finished with three and third innings pitched, one earned run, and five strikeouts.
• Two errors by the Red Foxes led to a five run fourth inning for the Trojans.
• The Trojans tacked on four more runs in the fifth to extend their lead 10-3.
• A dual effort from Drake Quinn and Marko Gibbons limited the Trojans to one run.
  • Trojans led 11-3 after six innings.
• Nathan Lincoln hit a single up the middle to drive home Colin Mackle.
  • Marist cut into the USC lead 11-4 in the seventh inning.
• The Trojans added six runs in the seventh inning to extend the lead to 17-4.
• The Red Foxes fall to the Trojans 17-4.

 

Statistics

• Marist scored four runs on eight hits.
  • Nathan Lincoln, Brian Hart, Niko Amory, and Ethan Conrad recorded an RBI in the game.
• The Red Foxes eight hits were hit by eight different players.
• Steven Mazza pitched one and a third innings without allowing a run. Mazza allowed one hit in his appearance.
• Marist accounted for five errors in the game.

  

Up Next

• The Red Foxes take on the Trojans in the final game of the series.
• The game is slated for 2 p.m. and will be streamed on Pac-12+ USC live stream.