ANNANDALE, New York-The Marist College baseball team faced Manhattan College in a doubleheader for the first two games of the weekend series. Due to poor field conditions, both games were played at Bard College. The Red Foxes fell 9-3 in the first game but rallied for a 9-6 win in the second. The Red Foxes are now 6-8 in MAAC play.

 

• Manhattan scored the first two runs of the game in the top of the second taking a 2-0 lead.
• Marist's Bayram Hot scored the Red Foxes' first run of the day in the bottom of the second. This run came off an RBI by Brady Steinert. Manhattan still led 2-1.
• In the bottom of the third, Colin Mackle's RBI brought Ethan Conrad home to tie the game 2-2.
• Manhattan took the lead 3-2 in the top of the fourth on an RBI.
• In the bottom of the fifth, Ethan Conrad scored his second run of the day, this one too coming from a Colin Mackle RBI. The inning would end with three apiece.
• In the top of the sixth Jack Wren would take over the mound from Tyler Hartley. Despite this change, Manhattan would score 2 runs, one unearned, closing out the inning 5-3.
•  A Manhattan home run in the seventh increased their lead 6-3, and a hitless inning for the Red Foxes.
• Two more Manhattan runs in the top of the eighth brought the game to 9-3 wrapping up the scoring for the remainder of the match.

• Marist scored three runs on nine hits in the game with one error.
• Colin Mackle recorded the Red Foxes' only two RBIs of the game.
• Tyler Hartley pitched five innings, allowing three earned runs, and four walks, striking out two batters.
•  Reliever Jack Wren pitched just over two innings allowing five earned runs, and three walks, striking out six batters.
• Jack Keenan finished up on the mound pitching just over one inning allowing one walk, and striking out three batters.
• Manhattan scored nine runs on nine hits in the game.

• In the second match of the doubleheader, Manhattan came out strong scoring the first three runs in the top of the second, leading the game 3-0.
• A two-run RBI off the bat of Bayram Hot cut the Jasper lead to one with a score of 3-2 in the bottom of the third.
• Colin Mackle scored the tying run from an RBI single by Johnny Decker also in the bottom of the third, putting the game at three apiece.
• In the top of the fourth inning, Brian Yetter would take over the mound for Caleb Kempler.
• In the top of the fifth, Manhattan extended their lead to 6-3, before the Red Foxes rallied to score five runs in the bottom of the inning taking their first lead of the game 8-6.
  •  A loaded bases walk brought home Lewis Rodriguez.
  •  A double RBI by Johnny Decker brought home Colin Mackle and Justin Kapuscinski.
  • Another double RBI this time by Dylan Millman brought home Johnny Decker and Bayram Hot.
• Three back-to-back outs cleared the side in the top of the sixth, before a sacrifice fly by Bayram Hot scored Lewis Rodriguez, extending Marist's lead by three with a score of 9-6, the final runs of the game.

• Marist scored nine runs on 10 hits in the game with one error
• Bayram Hot tied his season high recording four RBIs.
• Johnny Decker raked in three RBIs.
• Lewis Rodriguez notched three runs and two hits.
• Caleb Kempler pitched just over three innings, allowing one earned run, and three walks, striking out eight batters.
• Reliever Brian Yetter pitched just over five innings allowing three earned runs, and four walks, striking out six batters.
• Manhattan scored six runs on seven hits in the game.

• The Red Foxes will host Manhattan for the final game of the series.
• The first pitch will be at noon on Sunday, April 21.