SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts- The American International College baseball team dropped their series to Le Moyne College on Sunday, April 28.
FAST FACTS:
Score: Le Moyne 7, AIC 3
Records:AIC moves to 17-21 overall, 9-13 in NE10 play and 7-8 in the SW Division; Le Moyne improves to 21-20 overall, 12-9 in NE10 action and 9-6 in SW Divisional play.
Location: Bedard Field Springfield, Mass.
STATS LEADERS:
AIC:
Matt Krause: 1-for-3, one RBI, one walk
Eugene Quirk: 1-for-2
Matthew Elliott: 1-for-3, one run, one walk
Nick Kennedy: Loss (2-5), 6.0 innings pitched, three earned runs, seven strikeouts
Le Moyne:
Andrew Taft: 3-for-4, two RBI, one run
Nicholas Jacques: 2-for-4, one RBI
Drew Carrol: 1-for-2, one run
Joe Vail: Win (2-4), 6.2 innings pitched, one earned run, 10 strikeouts
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Nine Yellow Jackets suited up for potentially their last time at Bedard Field.
- Redshirt senior Eugene Quirk grounded into a double play in the bottom of the second, but it allowed redshirt senior Reed Phillips to score the team's first run of the morning.
- In the top of the fourth, Le Moyne tied the game at one after a single to left field.
- One inning later, the Dolphins added on two more runs with a single up the middle and a single to left field.
- Senior Josh Aviles helped cut the lead to one, hitting a sacrifice fly to allow senior Matthew Elliott to tag up from third.
- The Dolphins pulled away in the sixth and seventh inning, up 5-2 after a passed ball in the sixth and a sacrifice fly in the seventh.
- In the bottom half of the seventh, junior Matt Krause singled to right center, driving in freshman Brandon Gual from second base, 5-3.
- Le Moyne scored two more runs in the remaining two innings to defeat the Yellow Jackets 7-3 in the series finale.
NEXT UP:
- The Yellow Jackets will travel to Albany, New York to take on the College of Saint Rose on Tuesday, April 30 at 3:30 p.m.
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