POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – On Friday afternoon the Marist baseball team fell to the Fairfield Stags with a score of 9-4. The Red Foxes will play the Stags two more games this weekend to complete the three-game home series.

 

Summary

• Bayram Hot singled in the first inning, and a ground ball by Brian Hart advanced Hot to second base.
• Fairfield got on the board first scoring one run in the second inning to take the lead, 1-0.
• Marco Ali singled and Ethan Conrad doubled to left field to put two runners in scoring position
• Nicholas Butler hit a sacrifice fly to bring in Ali from third base, tying the game 1-1.
• Fairfield scored another run in the top of the fourth inning to retake the lead, 2-1.
• In the bottom of the fourth, Niko Amory singled and Justin Kapuscinski doubled to get runners on base for Marist. 
• Marco Ali hit a sacrifice fly to right field, bringing in another run to keep the game tied, 2-2. 
• Fairfield was able to take the lead again in the fifth inning, making the score 3-2.
• Fairfield scored four runs in the sixth inning with the help of a three-run home run to extend the lead, 7-2
• Justin Kapuscinski walked to start the seventh inning and Marco Ali singled to right field to advance Kapuscinski to second base.
• Nicholas Butler flew out to center field to help advance Kapuscinski to third base.
• Solo home runs in the eighth and ninth inning helped Fairfield add to their lead.
• In the ninth inning, Justin Kapuscinski and Ethan Conrad drove in runs, and the game ended with a score of 9-4.

  

Notable Statistics

• Drake Quinn recorded seven strikeouts in five innings on the mound.  
• Justin Kapuscinski went 2-3 with two doubles and a run batted in.
• Ethan Conrad went 3-4 in the game.

 

Up Next

• Marist will play two more games against the Stags this weekend, one on Saturday and one on Sunday.
• Both games will begin at 1 p.m.