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SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Wofford baseball team fell to Marist College 8-3 in game one, and 3-1 in game two of a doubleheader against the Red Foxes on Saturday at Russell C. King Field.
The losses move the Terriers to 8-6 overall and the wins for Marist improve them to 4-9 for the season.
Game 1: Marist 8, Wofford 3
In the first game, both teams could not find a run in the first three innings. The Terriers would leave a total of three runners on base in the first three innings unable to find a spark early on.
The Red Foxes struck first in the top of the fourth creating a three run cushion, 3-0. After Nick McQuail was walked, Zach Passerelle doubled to right center scoring McQuail from first. Marist would then his two straight singles, capped off by Matt Pagano's bunt single that scored Passerelle from third base. After the runners advanced on a wild pitch, Mark Brennan grounded out to the shortstop with one out to score the Red Foxes' final run of the inning.
Wofford then cut Marist's lead to 3-1 scoring a run in the bottom of the fifth. Dylan May doubled to left center with one out, then scored on a throwing error by the shortstop on Derek Hirsch's ground ball. Seth Neely led the bottom of the sixth inning with a home run to left center, cutting the Red Foxes' lead to one, 3-2.
Marist then scored five runs in the top half of the seventh to extend its lead 8-2. The Red Foxes had two runs scored on two walks and two batters hit by a pitch. Then with two runners on base, Tyler Kirkpatrick smacked a two-RBI double to right center to score two more runs. Brennan the sacrifice bunted to score Marist's final run of the inning.
The Terriers scored one final run in the bottom half of the seventh. After a single by Connor Clancey, May getting hit by a pitch, and a drawn walk by Alec Paradowski, Josh Hyman hit into a double-play with no outs scoring Clancey from third making the score 8-3.
Wofford was unable to make a comeback in the final two innings dropping the first game of the doubleheader.
Wofford starter Matthew Milburn (1-2) went 4.2 inning allowing three runs on five hits, four walks and three strikeouts.
The Red Foxes' starter Jordan Eich (1-2) earned the victory pitching six innings allowing two runs on four hits, one walk and four strikeouts.
Game 2: Marist 3, Wofford 1
In game two, Wofford's starter Luke Leftwich had a strong outing for the Terriers as he fanned a career-high 12 strikeouts for the game. Leftwich struck out eight of the first 13 batters he faced. Both teams were unable to score the first four innings.
Marist scored the first run of the ballgame in the top half of the fifth inning to make the score 1-0. The Red Foxes put runners on first and third with no one out. Mark Brennan then grounded out to the shortstop to score Steve Laurino from third.
Laurino would then knock in another run in the top of the sixth inning to extend Marist's lead 2-0. Joey Aiola scored from second base off Laurino's RBI single through the right side.
The Terriers cut the lead to one, 2-1, in the bottom half of the sixth as Connor Clancey doubled down the left field line with one out, and Derek Hirsch doubled to left center with two outs to score Clancey.
Both teams were scoreless for the next two innings, but the Red Foxes extended their lead to 3-1 as Tyler Kirkpatrick hit an RBI single with one out in the top of the ninth to score Zach Passerelle from second.
Leftwich (1-1) took the loss as he pitched six innings giving up two runs on three hits, walked two and struck out a career-high 12 batters. Will Stillman pitched three innings giving up one run on one hit, walked one and struck out three.
Scott Boches (2-0) earned his second victory of the season pitching 5.2 innings, gave up one run on six hits, walked four and struck out six Terrier batters.
Wofford returns to action tomorrow to conclude the three-game series with Marist College at Russell C. King Field at 1 p.m.
