POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – Marist scored twice in the bottom of the seventh to earn a walk-off victory, 3-2, over the Bryant baseball team in the first game of a doubleheader at McCann Field on Friday afternoon.
With the loss, the Bulldogs fall to 27-23 overall. The Bulldogs close out the regular season with game two vs Marist.
Bryant used single runs in the third and fifth inning to grab a 2-1 lead but the Red Foxes rallied in the seventh. Noel Rivera and Nathan Lincoln hit back-to-back two-out RBI singles to give Marist a 3-2 victory.
Game Information
Marist 3, Bryant 2
Records: Bryant 27-23 | 22-28
Location: McCann Field (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.)
W|L|S: Sullivan | Owen Birchard
Key Moment
- Lincoln walked it off for Marist with a single to left.
How it Happened
- Bryant took the lead in the third as Gavin Greger drove in Casey Wensley with a sac fly.
- The Red Foxes tied the game with a solo home run from Chris Diaz in the fourth.
- In the fifth, a hit batter and two-straight walks loaded the bases with one out for Bryant. A wild pitch gave the Bulldogs the lead but a strikeout and a ground out prevented further damage.
- The lead remained until the seventh. Luke Monico drew a one-out walk and advanced to second on a ground out. Rivera then knocked a 3-1 pitch into left for a game-tying single. He would advance to second on a wild pitch and the score the winning run on Lincoln's single.
Inside the Box Score
- Marist outhit Bryant, 7-4.
- The Bulldogs made two errors in the game.
- Bryant used four pitchers in the game, while Marist used six.
- Sean Zaslaw started and tossed 1.2 scoreless innings.
- Aidan Vining allowed one run over 2.1 innings of relief.
- Thomas Galusha tossed 2.0 scoreless, striking out two.
- Owen Birchard suffered the loss, allowing two runs on two hits.
- Four different Bulldogs collected hits in the contest.
- Ellis Garcia registered a double.
Game Notes
- Bryant is now 2-1 all-time vs Marist.
- Bryant is now 13-15 over its last 28 games.
- The Bulldogs lost when leading after six for the seventh time when leading after six innings this season. Bryant has lost 11 games when leading after six in the last two years after having done so just five times in coach Klosterman's first five years.
- Bryant has now allowed the winning runs in the seventh inning or later in 11 of its 23 losses.
- Bryant stole two bases and now has 143 on the year. They are two shy of tying the America East single-season record set by Northeastern in 1991.
- Vining now has 343 career strikeouts, the most of any active pitcher in college baseball.
- Vining allowed his first home run of the season on Friday. It was just the ninth extra-base hit he has allowed.
- Galusha has now allowed just two runs over his last 15.1 innings.
Up Next
Bryant and Marist play game two of the doubleheader on Friday.
