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Box Score 2 UNIONDALE, N.Y. (Apr. 12, 2015) - On Saturday afternoon, the Molloy College baseball team split a doubleheader with the University of Bridgeport, winning the first game, 5-2, and falling in the second game, 7-2. With the split, the Lions are now 15-14 overall (4-7 East Coast Conference), while the Purple Knights are now 13-18 overall and 9-6 in the league.
Game 1: Molloy 5, Bridgeport 2In the first game, the Lions scored in the third inning after a single from sophomore
Ronald Bauer (Hicksville, N.Y.) plated senior
Kyle Van Duyne (Sayville, N.Y.) giving Molloy a 1-0 lead. That lead would be short-lived as in the fourth, the Purple Knights scored two runs to give Bridgeport a 2-1 lead. In the seventh, the Lions brought home four runs to take a 5-2 advantage -- one which they wouldn't relinquish. In that inning, senior
John Galanoudis (Farmingdale, N.Y.) blasted a home run, sophomore
Brian Murphy (Elmont, N.Y.) had a sacrifive fly and Bauer bopped an RBI double.
Senior starter
Alex Brosnan (Farmingdale, N.Y.) went all nine innings for the complete game. He surrendered just two runs and struck out six.
Game 2: Bridgeport 7, Molloy 2In the second game, the Lions and Purple Knights put up matching zeroes until the fourth inning when Bridgeport scored via a home run from Tim Bickford. Then, Dylan Steigerwald's sacrifice fly gave Bridgeport a 3-0 lead. The Lions responded in the sixth inning with an RBI groundout from sophomore
Kevin Podell (Wantagh, N.Y.) and a wild pitch that scored freshman
Angelo Navetta (Staten Island, N.Y.), which would cut the Lions deficit to 3-2. However, in the seventh the Purple Knights plated four runs to take the 7-2 victory.
Head Coach
Joe Fucarino and his team closes out its ECC series with Bridgeport on Sunday at 12 p.m. in Bridgeport, Conn.
