BROOKVILLE, N.Y. (May 6, 2017) – The Molloy baseball team split a doubleheader with the LIU Post Pioneers Saturday afternoon at the LIU Post Baseball Field. The Lions won game one, 8-6, and lost game two, 8-5. The maroon and white moved to 19-26 overall and 11-13 in East Coast Conference play with the results.

Game One: Molloy 8, LIU Post 6

The Lions overcame a five-run deficit to defeat the Pioneers, 8-6, in game one.

LIU Post (26-18,16-8 ECC) scored five runs in the second inning to take a 5-0 advantage.

Molloy started to chip away in the fourth inning. Senior Michael Rahn (Sayville, N.Y.) hit a solo home run to make it 5-1.

The Pioneers added another run in the fifth to increase their lead to 6-1.

In the sixth, junior Elijah Leerdam (Jamaica, N.Y.) singled to score senior Brian Murphy (Elmont, N.Y.). Later in the frame, Leerdam scored on a wild pitch to bring the score to 6-3.

The Lions went ahead, 8-6, in the eighth inning. Junior Angelo Navetta (Staten Island, N.Y.) hit a solo homer to right field to cut the lead to 6-4. Freshman Jake Saltzman (Old Bethpage, N.Y.) grounded out to third to score senior Anthony Alberghina (Staten Island, N.Y.) to make it a one-run contest, 6-5.  With the bases loaded and two outs, Murphy grounded the ball to second and two runs scored on an error by the second baseman to put the away team ahead, 7-6. The maroon and white capped the five-run frame when senior Anthony Galanoudis (Farmingdale, N.Y.)  scored on a wild pitch.

Junior Kevin Hiss (Merrick, N.Y.) pitched four innings of scoreless ball, gave up one hit, and struck out one batter to improve to 3-2 on the season.

Game Two: Molloy 5, LIU Post 8

LIU Post scored three runs in the 10^th inning on its way to an 8-5 win in game two.

The Pioneers scored two runs in the second and the fourth to jump out to a 4-0 lead.

Molloy came back with five runs in the fifth to take a 5-4 lead. Senior Ryan Dillon (Medford, N.Y.) hit a two-run single up the middle to score senior Kevin Podell (Wantagh, N.Y.) and Leerdam to cut the lead to 4-2. Later in the inning, Galanoudis hit a three-run homer to right field to put the maroon and white ahead.

The home team tied the game in the sixth, before winning it in the 10^th.

The Lions and the Pioneers conclude the series and regular season Sunday (May 7). First pitch is scheduled for 1:00 P.M.