Baseball Splits Doubleheader with Southern Connecticut
Baseball Splits Doubleheader with Southern
Connecticut
Game 1 Box
Score
Game 2 Box
Score
The Mercy College baseball team split a pair of games at
Southern Connecticut this afternoon, losing the first game 3-2
before taking the second game by the same score. Mercy is now 1-2
on the season, and will head south to Ft. Pierce, Fla., next week.
In the opener, junior Steve
Marsar (Seaford, N.Y./Holy Trinity) was the hard luck
loser, pitching well in 4.1 innings. He gave up just one earned run
while striking out four. Junior Matt
Walsh (Staten Island, N.Y./St. Peter's Boys) had
a two-RBI single in the third inning to put the Mavericks on top
2-0.Mercy struck out 16 times on in the game.
In the nightcap, Ken Mundy
(Valley Stream, N.Y./Valley Stream North) game Mercy a 2-1 lead
with a bases loaded, two-RBI single in the fourth. SCSU would tie
the game in the bottom of the seventh, only to have freshman Andrew
Bock (Malverne, N.Y./Valley Stream North) put Mercy up
for good in the top of the eighth with a single to drive in
the game's winning run.
Kenny
Tyson (Miami, Fla./Ulster CC) earned the win with five
innings of relief pitching in which he struck out three and walked
none.
The Mavericks next play Pitt-Johnstown on Wednesday in Ft.
Pierce, Fla.
