GREENSBORO, North Carolina- The Marist baseball team won its first series of the 2025 season, Sunday afternoon. The Red Foxes defeated NC A&T in the rubber match, 12-11, in an extra innings affair.
Lewis Rodriguez recorded the game-winning hit in the top of the 10
th inning on an RBI single.
Brady Steinert led the Red Foxes with three RBIs in the win against the Aggies.
The Red Foxes improved to 2-8 overall on the 2025 season.
- In the top-half of the first inning, the Red Foxes took an early lead with a run on two hits.
- Jason Claiborn delivered the first run of the game on an RBI single, which scored AJ Brotz.
- NC A&T countered with four runs on three hits in the bottom-half of the first.
- The Red Foxes trailed 4-1 after one inning of play.
- In the top-half of the second inning, the Red Foxes cut into the Aggies lead with two runs.
- AJ Brotz cut the deficit to 4-2 with an RBI single that scored Noel Rivera.
- Zach Donahue continued the two-run inning with a second RBI single.
- After a scoreless frame from Ryan VanDeWater, the Red Foxes trailed 4-3 after two innings of play.
- The Red Foxes equaled the game in the top of the third inning. Brady Steinert recorded an RBI double, which made the game 4-4.
- NC A&T regained the lead in the bottom-half of the third with two runs on a hit and an error.
- The Red Foxes trailed 6-4 after three innings of play.
- The Red Foxes took their first lead of the game with a seven-run fourth inning.
- Nathan Lincoln started the scoring with a two-run single, which tied the game at six apiece.
- After Lincoln, Brady Steinert continued his dominant weekend with a two-run double and gave the Red Foxes a 8-6 lead.
- The Red Foxes scored two more runs on a throwing error from NC A&T, which extended their lead 10-6.
- To finish the scoring, AJ Brotz scored from second on a wild pitch and gave the Red Foxes an 11-6 lead.
- NC A&T cut into the Red Foxes lead in the bottom of the sixth inning with three runs. The Red Foxes maintained an 11-9 lead through six innings.
- In the bottom of the eighth inning, NC A&T tied the game with two runs on a bases-loaded walk and a passed ball.
- The game would reach extra innings, as the Red Foxes and Aggies were tied at 11 apiece through eight innings.
- In the top-half of the 10th inning, Lewis Rodriguez hit the eventual game-winning RBI single, which scored Luke Monico.
- Caleb Kempler pitched a hitless 10th inning and the Red Foxes won their first series of 2025 with a rubber match win 12-11.
- Brady Steinert led the Red Foxes with three RBIs in the win.
- Caleb Kempler pitched 2.2 hitless innings in the final innings of the win.
- Kempler recorded four strikeouts in the hitless innings.
- Jason Claiborn went 2-4 with an RBI and a walk in the win.
- Nathan Lincoln recorded a 2-4 day, tallying two RBIs in the win.
- The Red Foxes play a midweek game against Hofstra.
- The game is slated for March 4 with first pitch at 3 p.m.
