NASHVILLE, TN – The Marist baseball team matched up against Vanderbilt University Friday afternoon. The Red Foxes hit three homeruns in the game but would fall to Vanderbilt 16-5 in eight innings due to the run-rule.

The Marist Red Foxes fall to 0-4 to start the season.
 

SUMMARY

• The Red Foxes started the scoring in the top of the first with one run.
  • TJ Baer came across to score on an attempted steal of second.
• Vanderbilt would quickly respond with three runs of their own in the bottom of the first, to make it 3-1 Commodores.
• The Red Foxes didn't let the Commodore runs go unanswered, with another run in the top of the second to make it 3-2.
  • Kyle Pollack hit a solo homerun for his first of the year.
• In the top of the third Marist would tie the game 3-3
  • Baer hit a solo homerun to tie the ballgame.
• Vanderbilt took a 9-3 lead, scoring six runs highlighted by a 3-run homerun in the bottom of the fifth.
• The Red Foxes would cut the lead to down to four runs in the top of the sixth inning.
  • Connor Lawrence hit a 2-run homerun to make it 9-5.
• Vanderbilt would once again pull ahead scoring seven runs in the bottom of the eighth to go up 16-5 and end the game due to the run-rule.

 

STATS

• Will Taylor went 4.1 innings, letting up nine hits and nine runs while striking out three.
• Andrew Fierro would relieve Taylor and pitch 3.0 innings letting up nine hits and seven runs while striking out two.
• Baer recorded one hit and an RBI with a solo homerun.
• Noel Rivera had two hits and came across to score once.
• Nathan Lincoln would record one hit in the game.
• Lawrence recorded one hit and two RBIs on a two-run homerun.
• Pollack recorded two hits, one RBI, and a homerun.

 

UP NEXT

• The Red Foxes and Commodores will face off again tomorrow, Saturday Feb. 21, at 2:00 p.m. ET. Tyler Hartley will get the start for Marist.