Uniondale, N.Y. – The Molloy baseball team split a doubleheader with the Queens College Knights Saturday afternoon at Mitchel Field. The Lions moved to 10-20 overall and 7-8 in ECC play, while the Knights moved to 19-12-1 overall and 9-6 in league play.

Game One: Molloy 5, Queens 4 (10 innings)

• The Knights jumped ahead 1-0 in the second.
• The Lions knotted the score, 1-1, in the third on an RBI double from sophomore Michael Nacinovich.
• Queens scored a run in the fourth to take a 2-1 advantage.
• Molloy plated two runs in the fifth to go up 3-2. Senior Nick Marino found a crease and sent the ball to left field, which scored senior Michael Wall. Later in the frame, Marino, who was 3-for-4 with two runs scored and one RBI, came charging home on a wild pitch to make it a 3-2 contest.
• Queens made it 3-3 in the sixth.
• In the bottom of the six, junior James Messina scored on a wild pitch to give the home team a 4-3 lead.
• The away team evened the score, 4-4, in the eighth.
• After senior Anthony Pedraita, who improved to 3-0, retired the side in order in the 10^th, freshman Chris Peralta hit an inside-the-park home run to left icing the win for the Lions.

Game Two: Queens 4, Molloy 1

• Queens scored one run in the first and third to go up 2-0.
• In the bottom of the third, Nacinovich slashed an RBI double to left center to cut the Knights' advantage to 2-1.
• The Knights plated two runs in the sixth to increase its lead to 4-1.
• Junior Sean Hogan extended his hitting streak to six games in the loss.
• Junior Joe Minucci struck out six batters in 5.1 innings pitched.

Looking Ahead

• The maroon and white travels to play Queens tomorrow, April 14. First pitch with the Knights is scheduled for 12:00 p.m.