UNIONDALE, N.Y. (May 8, 2021) – Despite a home run from sophomore Justin Glennerster (Staten Island, N.Y./St. Joseph by the Sea), the Mercy College baseball team dropped an 8-7 decision to ECC foe Molloy College on Saturday afternoon at Mitchel Field.
The Mavericks (18-11, 14-7 ECC) drop the season series to the Lions (19-9, 15-4 ECC) and have secured the No. 3 seed in next week's ECC Championship.
Glennerster went 1-for-5 with three RBI and his third home run of the season. Graduate student Anthony Murphy (Peekskill, N.Y./Peekskill) went 2-for-4 with two RBI and senior Francisco Paulino (Haina San Cristobal, Dominican Republic/Monroe College) went 2-for-5 with an RBI. Junior Charles Lebron (Brooklyn, N.Y./Franklin Pierce University) went 1-for-5 with an RBI and sophomore Nolan Giblin (Syracuse, N.Y./Jamesville Dewitt) went 2-for-5 with two runs. Senior Cain Ruiz (Valley Stream, N.Y./Cornerstone University) and junior Nikko Liguori (Branford, Conn./Franklin Pierce University) also added hits. Junior Austin DeRosa (Seymour, Conn./Seymour) pitched the first five innings to earn a no-decision. Freshman Max Rank (Westwood, N.J./Westwood JR/SR) pitched 0.1 innings with four runs allowed to take the loss.
Molloy was led by Jake McCarthy who went 2-for-2 with two RBI. Christopher Wiercinski pitched four inning of relief to earn the win.
Mercy jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the top of the first. Giblin singled and Murphy was hit by a pitch to put runners on first and second. After a groundout moved the runners up a base, Paulino singled to bring home Giblin for the first run. Glennerster then followed with a three-run home run to left field to make it 4-0.
Molloy got a run in the bottom of the first to make it 4-1.
Mercy made it 7-1 in the second inning with three runs on three hits. Liguori singled and Giblin doubled before a walk loaded the bases. Murphy then doubled down the right field line to score Giblin and Liguori to give Mercy a 6-1 lead. Lebron brought in the final run on a groundout to second to make it 7-1.
Molloy scored a run in the third, fourth and sixth innings to make it 7-4. The Lions plated four runs in the seventh inning to take an 8-7 lead. A Sean Hogan single brought in the go-ahead run for Molloy.
Mercy could not find the equalizer, giving Molloy the win.
Head Coach Chris Schoen and the Mavericks resume action next Friday and Saturday. More details to come.
