PISCATAWAY, New Jersey- The hot start from the Marist baseball team at Rutgers fell short in the one-game matchup against the Scarlet Knights. The Red Foxes fell to the Scarlet Knights 8-3, Wednesday night.

 

Summary

• Dylan Hoy doubled on the first at-bat of the game into centerfield for the Red Foxes. Brian Hart followed Hoy with a single for the Red Foxes in the first inning. Within the first three batters of the game, the Red Foxes took a 1-0 lead via Niko Amory on a sacrifice fly. Bayram Hot added to the Red Foxes lead with an RBI single in the first inning.
  • The Red Foxes led 2-0 in the top of the first inning.
• Two groundouts to Bayram Hot and a ground out to himself, AJ Thomas pitched a scoreless first inning for the Red Foxes.
• To start the second inning, Ethan Conrad hit his first-career home run which put the Red Foxes up 3-0 in the second inning. Danny Moshier followed Conrad with a single.
  • The Red Foxes led 3-0 after the top-half of the second.
• The Scarlet Knights capped the bottom of the second with six runs which gave the Knights the lead 6-3.
• Bayram Hot started the night 2-2 with a single in the top-half of the third inning.
• In the bottom of the third, Jack Wren pitched a scoreless inning for the Red Foxes.
• In the bottom of the fourth inning, Danny Keon got out of a base-loaded jam with a double play.
• After three-straight walks with two outs in the fifth inning, the Red Foxes left the inning scoreless.
• In the bottom of the fifth inning, the Scarlet Knights scored one run on a balk which extended their lead 7-3. Marko Gibbons came in relief of Keon and recorded the last two outs of the inning.
• Marko Gibbons pitched a scoreless sixth inning for the Red Foxes.
• In the top-half of the seventh inning, Justin Kapuscinski ripped a single up the middle infield with two outs. Hot followed with a walk with two outs, but the Red Foxes could not capitalize.
• John Hacker pitched a scoreless seventh inning for the Red Foxes.
• To start the eighth inning, Johnny Decker singled in the infield. Following Decker, Moshier singled in the short outfield. The Red Foxes two hits in the eighth inning were left on base.
• Rutgers tacked on one run in the bottom-half of the eighth inning, extending its lead to 8-3.

  

Notable Statistics

• The Red Foxes used nine hits to bring home three runs against Rutgers.
• Ethan Conrad recorded his first-career home run in his freshman season for the Red Foxes.
• MAAC Rookie of the Week, Bayram Hot, went 2-3 with two walks and a run batted in.
• The Scarlet Knights scored six runs in the second inning.
• The Red Foxes pitching walked nine batters in the game.

  

Up Next

• The Red Foxes return to MAAC play with a three-game series against Siena College.
• Game one of the series is slated for April 14 at 3 p.m.