DALLAS, Pa. - The No. 23 Arcadia University baseball team fell twice in its Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom (MAC Freedom) doubleheader at Misericordia by finals of 12-4 and 10-6 on Sunday afternoon.
FOR THE RECORD
-Arcadia stands at 9-7 overall and 1-2 in conference play.
-Misericordia is 9-7 and 2-1, respectively.
HOW IT HAPPENED
GAME ONE: ARCADIA 4, MISERICORDIA 12
-Arcadia opened the scoring with two runs on a single from
Tommy Ajjan scoring
Emilio Pallante and an
Anthony Bruno sacrifice fly that brought home Ajjan.
-Misericordia scored 12 consecutive runs to go ahead 12-2.
-Ajjan cut the deficit by a run in the fifth with a sacrifice fly plating Pallante.
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Matthew Sot homered in the sixth.
KNIGHT LEADERS
Hits:
Eli Savitt (1) / Sot (1) /
Solomon Griffith (1) / Pallante (1) / Ajjan (1)
Runs: Pallante (2) / Sot (1) / Ajjan (1)
RBI: Ajjan (2) / Sot (1) / Bruno (1)
Walks: Pallante (1) /
Kevin Wheeler (1)
GAME TWO: ARCADIA 6, MISERICORDIA 10
-The Knights scored three times in the fourth on a Massielo double that brought home Sot, a Griffith single scoring Massielo, and a double from
Griffin Murphy that plated Griffith.
-The Cougars crossed the plate eight times in the fourth and fifth to take an 8-3 lead.
-Griffith cut the deficit to 8-4 in the sixth with a goundout that scored Wheeler.
-After Misericordia increased its lead to 10-4, Wheeler finished the scoring with a two-run single that brought Savitt and
Matt Donchez home.
KNIGHT LEADERS
Hits: Massielo (3) / Griffith (2)
Run: Massielo (1) / Griffith (1) / Savitt (1) / Donchez (1) / Sot (1) / Wheeler (1)
RBI: Griffith (2) / Wheeler (2)
Waks: Savitt (1) / Wheeler (1) / Murphy (1)
UP NEXT
-The Knights return to action on Friday when they host FDU-Florham for a 3:30 p.m. MAC Freedom game at Skip Wilson Field.