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Port Charlotte, Fla. – The Stevens Institute of Technology baseball team lost two games to DeSales University to open Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom play on Saturday.
Stevens (6-7, 0-2 MAC Freedom) and the Bulldogs resumed their game that was suspended in the bottom of the seventh inning on Friday, with the Ducks falling 4-3 in 10 innings before dropping a 12-1 decision in game two.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Picking up Friday's suspended game, neither team scored until the 10th inning. The Ducks threatened in the ninth, as Vinnie Stigliano led off with a single and advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Chip Krese. After Jackson Wein moved him to third on a groundout, the Bulldogs intentionally walked Dylan Fishbough, who promptly stole second. The threat ended on a fly out to left field.
The Bulldogs scored an unearned run in the 10th, capitalizing on two singles and a throwing error. The Ducks were unable to respond in the bottom of the inning, going down in order.
In game two, after a scoreless first inning, the Bulldogs recorded two consecutive hits to take a 1-0 lead in the second. Stevens tied the game in the bottom of the third when Justin Zachery walked and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Edward (E.J.) Balewitz Jr. Zachery later scored, leveling the game at one.
DeSales regained the lead with a solo run in the fourth and broke the game open with four runs on four hits in the fifth. The Bulldogs added four more runs in the sixth. Stevens managed back-to-back singles by Griffin Zitko and Garret Wolf but could not score. DeSales capped the scoring with two runs in the seventh.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Adam Barrington went 3-for-5 with two runs scored in game one, while Wolf added two hits.
- The bullpen in game one (Raphael Schneider, Dean Qira, Evan Carrier, Wolf, and Erik Sibbach) combined for 6 2/3 innings of three-hit ball, recording four strikeouts and allowing one unearned run.
- Wolf went 2-for-3 in the second game.
UP NEXT
The Ducks continue their trip in Florida on Monday, facing Clarkson University at 4:00 p.m. in Auburndale, Fla.
