HATTIESBURG, Mississippi- The Marist baseball opened the 2024 regular season against Southern Mississippi, Friday night. The Red Foxes fell on opening day 4-1 to the Golden Eagles.
 

Summary

• The Golden Eagles took a 2-0 lead in the first inning over the Red Foxes.
  • The Golden Eagles tallied one hit against Tyler Hartley in the inning.
• Marco Ali tallied the Red Foxes first hit of the season with a double in the top-half of the second.
• The Red Foxes trailed 3-0 against the Golden Eagles after two innings of play.
  • Southern Miss scored a run on a sacrifice fly.
• Colin Mackle tallied a single in the top-half of the third inning.
  • The Red Foxes were held scoreless through the first three innings.
• Southern Miss added a run to its lead in the fourth inning.
  • The Red Foxes trailed 4-0 after four innings.
• The Red Foxes tallied singles from Mackle and Johnny Decker in the top-half of the sixth inning, but were held scoreless.
• The Red Foxes scored a run in the seventh inning on a fielder's choice RBI from Colin Mackle.
  • The Red Foxes trailed 4-1 going into the bottom-half of the seventh.
• Johnny Decker tallied his second hit of the game in the top-half of the eighth.
  • The Red Foxes were held scoreless in the inning.
• The Red Foxes fell on opening day 4-1 against Southern Mississippi.

  

Stats

• Johnny Decker and Colin Mackle went 2-4 in the game.
• Three Red Foxes collected a hit in the game:
  • Marco Ali
  • Danny Moshier
  • Nathan Lincoln
• Brian Yetter pitched four hitless innings against Southern Mississippi, collecting three strikeouts.
• Tyler Hartley pitched four innings and tallied three strikeouts in the game.
• The Red Foxes did not commit an error in the game.

 

Up Next

• The Red Foxes play game two of the series against the Golden Eagles.
• First pitch is slated for 7 p.m. on Feb. 17.