HOLLY SPRINGS, North Carolina – Marist Baseball battled Purdue Saturday afternoon in a doubleheader. The Red Foxes would lose both games in the day/night doubleheader against the Purdue Boilermakers, dropping to 0-9.
 

GAME ONE SUMMARY

• The Red Foxes took an early 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning.
  • Noel Rivera led things off with a two-run home run followed by an RBI single from Dylan Millman.
• Purdue would storm back in the bottom of the fourth inning with four runs of their own.
• In the top of the fourth Marist would respond with another run to tie the game 4-4.
  • Rivera once again went deep for his second home run of the game.
• In the bottom of the fifth inning, the Boilermakers once again retook the lead making the score 5-4, Purdue.
• In the bottom of the seventh Purdue would extend their lead to 6-4.
• The Red Foxes quickly responded in the top of the eighth with three runs to take the lead 7-6.
  • Michael Mayhugh started the scoring by hitting a sacrifice fly.
  • AJ Brotz would cross the plate on a wild pitch to score a run.
  • TJ Baer followed up with an RBI single scoring another run.
• Marist piled on the runs in the top of the ninth, scoring another three runs.
  • Nathan Lincoln hit an RBI single scoring one run.
  • Chase Haglund followed up with a two-run blast making the score 10-6.
• The Boilermakers didn't go quietly, scoring five runs and winning the game 11-10.

 

GAME ONE STATS

• Tyler Hartley made the start, going 3.1 innings letting up two hits and four runs.
• Rivera led the Red Foxes, tallying two hits and three RBIs thanks to two home runs.
• Haglund recorded one hit and two RBIs on a home run.
• Baer would record two hits and an RBI of his own.
• Lincoln and Millman both tallied two hits and an RBI in the ballgame.
• Mayhugh would get in the RBI column with a sacrifice fly.

 

GAME TWO SUMMARY

• The Red Foxes took a quick 1-0 lead in the top of the first.
  • Kyle Pollack grounded out to first, but a run would come across to score.
• Purdue would respond with two runs in the bottom of the first to take a 2-1 lead.
• The Boilermakers went onto to score four unanswered runs in the next five innings.
• Marist would cross the place again in the top of the seventh
  • Pollack scored on a throwing error by the second baseman.
• Purdue would go onto score two more runs in the bottom of the eighth and would take the win by a score of 8-2.

 

GAME TWO STATS

• Chris Ubner got the start and went 2.0 innings letting up four hits and three runs.
• Connor Southwell came into the game, relieving Ubner, and pitched 4.0 innings letting up four hits and zero earned runs.
• Pollack recorded the Red Foxes only RBI of the game while also tallying one hit.
• Noel Rivera, Connor Lawrence, and Nathan Lincoln would all record one hit in the contest.

 

UP NEXT

• The Red Foxes are back in action tomorrow for the series finale against Purdue at 1:00 p.m. ET.