Mercy Falls to UMass-Lowell in Extra Inning Battle, 15-12
Mercy Falls to UMass-Lowell in Extra-Innings Battle,
15-12
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The Maverick baseball team fought hard, but suffered a 15-12
loss to UMass-Lowell in a 13 inning game on Friday in Dobbs
Ferry. The non-conference matchup was the longest game, in
innings played, by the Mavericks this season. The setback
brought Mercy's record to 9-14 and UMass-Lowell sits at
19-12.
The River Hawks jumped out to a 7-0 lead after scoring three
times in the second and four times in the third. Mercy got a
run back in their half of the third as catcher Marc
Dern (Valley Stream, N.Y./Valley Stream North)
connected on a solo home run over the left-field fence. His
first collegiate round tripper made the score 7-1.
UMass-Lowell pushed a run across in the fourth to take an 8-1
edge and in the bottom of the inning, the Mavericks chipped away
once again. After consecutive singles from Michael Grassano (Valley Stream,
N.Y./Valley Stream South) and Julio Torres (Harlingen,
Texas/Harlingen South), Michael Ferrante (Long Beach,
N.Y./Long Beach) drove in Grassano with a single of his own.
With the bases loaded, pinch hitter James Diaz-Paulino (Yonkers,
N.Y./Lincoln) ripped an RBI single down the left-field line making
the score 8-3.
The Mavericks' bats really came alive in the sixth.
Trailing 9-3, the team sent 11 batters to the plateand scored seven
runs in the inning. The first run came across when outfielder
Joe Ganz (Mastic Beach, N.Y./Suffolk
C.C.) drove in Torres who reached on an error. Dern drove in his
second run of the game after Ganz when his base hit to left scored
Ferrante. Later in the inning, Matt
Walsh (Staten Island, N.Y./St. Peter's Boys)
plated two more runs with a line drive single to center. The
Mavericks tacked on two runs on outs for the seven in the inning
and they took a 10-9 lead into the seventh.
Matt Mareno (Harrison, N.Y./Harrison)
came out of the bullpen to give the Mavericks five strong inning of
relief. He surrendered a run in the seventh, which Mercy got
back in the bottom of the inning courtesy of an RBI single from
freshman Andrew Bock (Malverne, N.Y./Valley
Stream North).
The River Hawks pushed a run across in the top of the ninth to
tie the game at 11-11. They scored one more in the tenth and
lead 12-11 heading into the bottom of the inning. Mercy
showed their resilience once again as they answered with a
game-tying run. Freshman Matt
Buesser (Hillsdale, N.J./Pascack Valley) reached on an
infield single and later scored on a triple off the bat of Graig Lauricella (North Massapequa,
N.Y./Plainedge). The game remained scoreless into the
thirteenth when UMass-Lowell scored three times and went on to win
15-12.
For the Mavericks, the 12 runs came on 18 hits, including one
double, one single and a home run. Walsh and Dern each drove
in two runs and six other hitters had an RBI each. The two
sides combined for 38 hits and 27 runs. Mercy returns to East
Coast Conference play this weekend as they finish a five game
series with Molloy. The rubber game of the set will be at
Mavericks Field on Sunday, with the first pitch coming at 1pm.
