Uniondale, N.Y. – Senior Chris Peralta hit a walk-off sac fly in the 12^th inning leading the #2 Molloy baseball team to a 5-4 victory over the #7 Le Moyne Dolphins Thursday afternoon at Mitchel Field. The Lions improved to 37-12 overall, while the Dolphins moved to 26-24.

How it Happened

• Le Moyne jumped ahead 2-0 in the top of the third. Senior Drew Carroll hit an RBI double down the right-field line, and graduate student Mike Smith him a sac fly, which scored junior Zach Brush.
• The Lions scored three runs in the bottom of the fourth to take a 3-2 advantage. Junior David Franchi hit a two-run double down the left-field line, and senior Robby Keane hit a sac fly, which brought home Franchi.
• Sophomore Chris Einemann hit an RBI single to right field to make it 4-2 in the eighth.
• The Dolphins recorded two runs in the top of the ninth to even the score, 4-4. Graduate student Nick Hansen grounded out scoring graduate student Derrick Miller. Graduate student Drew Fureno hit an RBI single to the shortstop.
• Peralta's sac fly scored sophomore Garrett Scavelli securing the win for the maroon and white.

Top Performances

• Franchi tallied three hits and two RBIs.
• Graduate student Matt Overton and Scavelli recorded two hits and two runs scored.
• Einemann and Keane drove in one run each.
• Junior Charlie Cucchiara threw eighth innings, gave up two runs, on six hits, and struck out two batters.
• Redshirt freshman Connor Huckemeyer threw a scoreless inning and fanned one batter to pick up his first victory of the season.

Up Next
The Lions take on the winner of #3 Adelphi and #6 Franklin Pierce tomorrow, May 20 at 3:00 p.m.