Haker goes deep but baseball falls to SCSU in series finale
SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts - The American International College baseball team dropped the four-game series finale against Southern Connecticut State University by a score of 16-8 on Sunday, May 1 in Northeast-10 Conference play.
FAST FACTS:
FINAL SCORE: SCSU 16, AIC 8
RECORDS: AIC moves to 11-31 (5-18 NE10) while SCSU moves to 29-10 (13-6 NE10)
Win: Alec Erskine (4-2) Loss: Ian Gallagher (0-2)
LOCATION: Richard F. Bedard Field - Springfield, Massachusetts
KEY STATS:
AIC:
Ian Gallagher: Loss (0-2), 4.0 innings pitched, nine hits, eight runs, seven earned runs, 75 pitches
Jackson Haker: 4-for-5, three RBI, two runs, one home run
Kyle Leifert: 2-for-4, two RBI
Michael Nazzaro: 1-for-4, one RBI
Chad Lavelle: 2-for-4, one RBI, one run
Alexander Morse: 2-for-4, one RBI
SCSU:
Alec Erskine: Win (4-2), 5.0 innings pitched, 10 hits, seven runs, 97 pitches
Mike Demartino: 3-for-6, four RBI, one run
Connor Goggin: 3-for-5, three RBI, two runs
Andrew Eng: 3-for-4, two RBI three runs, one double
Dave Christoforo: 2-for-4, one RBI, two runs, one double
Bill Sullivan: 3-for-5, three runs, one double
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- The Yellow Jackets held the Owls hitless in the first inning before scoring runs in the bottom half. With one out, junior Michael Cruz singled through the left side and went to third when freshman Jackson Haker singled to right. With two outs, junior Chad Lavelle drove in Cruz to give AIC the lead. Senior Dalton Quinn dug in and singled to load the bases. Rookie Kyle Leifert pushed in two runs with a hit through the right side.
- The bats continued to be live for the Yellow Jackets. With two outs, Cruz walked and Haker went deep to left center to give AIC the 5-0 lead.
- Southern Connecticut scored the next eight runs to take the 8-5 lead.
- With two outs, graduate student Angel Mendez tripled to left field to start the Yellow Jackets threat. Cruz wore a pitch before Haker singled to right which allowed Mendez to score and Cruz to advance 180 feet before scoring on a single to third by freshman Michael Nazzaro. After four innings, the Owls led 8-7.
- In the fifth the Owls took advantage of AIC miscues to take the 11-7 lead and extended it by three in the eighth and two in the ninth.
- The Yellow Jackets added a run in the ninth on a sacrifice fly by rookie Alexander Morse, but fell 16-8.
NEXT UP:
- The Yellow Jackets will host Pace University on Tuesday, May 3 for a 3:30 p.m. start.