Box Score BOCA RATON, Fla. (Mar. 11, 2016) - A six-run second inning was more than enough as the Molloy College baseball team overpowered Bloomfield College in Boca Raton, Fla. on Friday (Mar. 11), defeating the Bears by a 9-1 score. The Lions, who are now 8-3 on the season and on a four-game winning streak, scored nine unanswered runs after falling behind early in the first inning but junior right-handed starter
Seth Noreman (Old Bethpage, N.Y.) tossed six effective innings while three relievers combined to leave Bloomfield hitless over the final three innings to lock up the victory.
The maroon and white batted around in the six-run second inning off of Bloomfield freshman starter Anthony Maldonado (Newark, N.J.). Sophomore catcher
Jack McCarty (Huntington, N.Y.) and senior third baseman
Kevin Podell (Wantagh, N.Y.) had the biggest blows in the frame with two-run singles to help spur the Lions ahead in the contest. Molloy tacked on runs in the third and seventh innings before junior catcher
Ryan Dillon (Medford, N.Y.) walloped a pinch-hit home run in the ninth inning for his first career round-tripper to provide the final margin.
Noreman limited the Bears to one run and one hit while walking four batters and fanning three. The combined efforts of junior
Kevin Hiss (Merrick, N.Y.) and freshmen
Ryan Doerschug (Commack, N.Y.) and
Anthony Pedraita (Glen Cove, N.Y.) kept the Bears off the board for the rest of the way.
Molloy will take its 8-3 overall record into a pivotal showdown on Saturday (Mar. 12) as the Lions face one of the region's best in Southern New Hampshire. The 9-0 Penmen are ranked No.11/8 by the NCBWA and D2Baseball.com polls, as well as the second best team in the East Region according to the baseball writers. Game time is set for 12 p.m.
