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Box Score 2 MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (Feb. 22, 2015) - On Saturday, the Molloy College baseball team continued its Myrtle Beach, S.C. trip with a doubleheader versus Stonehill College and #19 Franklin Pierce University. The Lions weren't able to scratch across more than two runs in either game, falling to Stonehill, 9-2, and Franklin Pierce, 6-2. Molloy is now 0-3 to begin the season.
Game 1: Stonehill 9, Molloy 2Sophomore
Bobby Kelly (Mineola, N.Y.) earned the start for game #2 of the season and pitched fairly effectively. He surrendered two runs in 5.1 innings of work, striking out an impressive nine batters. In relief, freshman
Angelo Navetta (Staten Island, N.Y.) struggled, giving up seven runs (six earned) in 3.2 frames. He whiffed six batters.
Offensively, the Lions plated both of their runs in the eighth inning. Senior left fielder
John Galanoudis (Farmingdale, N.Y.) had an RBI single, scoring junior shortstop
Deilyn Guzman (East Hampton, N.Y.), while junior
Michael Rahn (Sayville, N.Y.) plated the aforementioned Galanoudis with an RBI double. Rahn finished the game 3-for-4, while Galanoudis was 2-for-4.
Game 2: #19 Franklin Piere 6, Molloy 2Molloy took an early 1-0 lead in the first inning when Rahn reached on a fielding error committed by Franklin Pierce's shortstop, allowing sophomore centerfielder
Brian Murphy (Elmont, N.Y.) to touch home plate. Franklin Pierce then grabbed three runs in the next two innings to take a 3-1 lead. Sophomore starter
Ronald Bauer (Hicksville, N.Y.) struggled on the hill for the Lions. Bauer, in his first collegiate start -- as well as his first-ever collegiate pitching appearance --Â went 5.0 innings, giving up five runs on seven hits. He whiffed four hitters. Sophomore
Sean Gordon (Levittown, N.Y.) and junior
Peter Vath (Selden, N.Y.) were excellent in relief, pitching a combined 3.0 innings, giving up one run, although it was unearned.
John Galanoudis supplied Molloy with its second run of the game when he blasted his first home run of the year.
Head Coach
Joe Fucarino and the Lions wrap up their four-game Myrtle Beach trip with a game versus Nyack College on Sunday, February 22.
