LOS ANGELES, California- The Marist baseball team concluded their series against the University of Southern California, Sunday afternoon. The Red Foxes fell to the Trojans 12-2 and move to 0-3 on the 2023 season.

 

Summary

• The Red Foxes went three up, three down in the first inning.
• Sophomore pitcher John Hacker left Trojans at first and second in the first, which left USC scoreless.
• USC denied Marist a hit in the second inning.
• The Trojans left men in scoring position in the second inning.
  • Hacker tallied his first strikeout in the second.
• A walk by Marco Ali and two sacrifices led to a Nathan Lincoln RBI single in the third inning.
  • The Red Foxes took a 1-0 lead going in the bottom half of the third.
• The Trojans score eight runs in the third inning, capped off by a two-run homerun.
• Through the first third of the game, USC led Marist 8-1.
• Brian Hart hit a home run to centerfield in the fourth inning, cutting into the Trojan lead 8-2.
  • Hart tallied his second home run of the season.
• The Red Foxes roped another hit in the fourth, via Sean Flaherty.
• AJ Thomas made his Red Foxes debut in the fourth, and left the Trojans scoreless.
  • Thomas tallied a strikeout in the inning.
• Colin Mackle hit a single by the Trojans first basemen in the fifth inning.
• AJ Thomas left the Trojans scoreless for a second straight inning in the fifth.
• The Trojans held the Red Foxes scoreless in the sixth inning and seventh inning.
• USC added onto the lead in the seventh inning with two home runs.
  • The Red Foxes trailed 10-2 after seven innings.
• Mackle recorded his second single of the game in the eighth inning.
  • Mackle stole second base to get into scoring position.
  • The Red Foxes were left scoreless in the eighth inning.
• Marist lost 12-2 against USC in game three of the series.

  

Statistics

• The Red Foxes scored two runs on five hits against the Trojans.
• Freshman AJ Thomas pitched three and two thirds' innings. Thomas pitched three shutout innings against the Trojans.
• Brian Hart recorded his second home run on the season.
• Colin Mackle recorded two hits against USC.
• Nathan Lincoln tallied an RBI in the game.
• The Red Foxes committed three errors in the game.

  

Up Next

• The Red Foxes travel to Williamsburg, Virginia for a series against William & Mary.
• The series starts Friday, Feb. 24 and concludes Sunday, Feb. 26.