WAPPINGERS FALLS, New York- The Marist baseball team clinched its first MAAC series win of the 2025 season, Saturday afternoon. The Red Foxes defeated Niagara for a second-straight game, 4-2, earning the series win.
The Red Foxes improved to 5-11 overall and 3-2 in MAAC play.
Ryan VanDeWater earned his second win of the season for the Red Foxes. VanDeWater entered as a relief pitcher, pitching two hitless innings for the Red Foxes.
Kyle Pollack and
Brady Steinert tallied the Red Foxes four RBIs in the win with two apiece.
- Niagara took an early lead with a run on two hits in the top-half of the first.
- In the bottom-half of the first Jason Claiborn recorded a two-out double for the Red Foxes. The Red Foxes were held scoreless and trailed 1-0 after one inning of play.
- The Red Foxes and Purple Eagles entered a pitching duel in the second, third, and fourth innings of the game.
- The Red Foxes trailed Niagara 1-0 after four innings of play.
- In the top-half of the fifth inning, Niagara added to its lead with a run on two hits.
- The Red Foxes trailed 2-0 after five innings of play.
- In the bottom of the sixth inning, the Red Foxes took their first lead of the game with three runs on three hits.
- Jason Claiborn led off the inning with a single for the Red Foxes.
- Zach Donahue followed Claiborn with a walk, which put runners in scoring position for the Red Foxes.
- In the next at-bat, Nathan Lincoln laid down a crucial sacrifice bunt and put runners at second and third with one out.
- Brady Steinert recorded the Red Foxes first run of the game with an RBI double that scored Claiborn. The RBI double cut into the Niagara lead 2-1.
- Kyle Pollack delivered a clutch two-run single that scored Steinert and Donahue and gave the Red Foxes a 3-2 lead.
- The Red Foxes led 3-2 after six innings of play.
- The Red Foxes added an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth inning with a run on two hits.
- Donahue led off the inning with a single.
- Lincoln followed Donahue with a double, which put runners at second and third with no out in the inning.
- An RBI sacrifice bunt from Steinert gave the Red Foxes a 4-2 lead after eight innings of play.
- Riley Orr pitched two scoreless innings for the Red Foxes, earning the save, and clinching a 4-2 win.
- The Red Foxes scored four runs on eight hits in the win.
- Three Red Foxes recorded two hits apiece in the win:
- The pitching duo of VanDeWater and Orr pitched four scoreless innings in the win.
- VanDeWater and Orr recorded two strikeouts apiece in the win.
- The duo allowed one hit in four innings for the Red Foxes.
- The Red Foxes play the final game of the series against Niagara at Heritage Financial Park.
- The game is slated for March 16 with first pitch at noon.
