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Marian baseball cruises to sweep of Fitchburg State

Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Fitchburg St. 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 2
Marian (Wis.) 3 1 8 3 0 0 X 15 12 0

Marian University baseball (5-3, 0-0 NACC) defeated Fitchburg State 15-2 and 11-5 in a doubleheader sweep.
 

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GAME 1 (W, 15-2)

  • Marian wasted no time finding the scoreboard plating three runs in the bottom of the first inning.
  • A sacrifice fly from junior Keon Booker in the second built the Marian lead to 4-0.
  • Fitchburg State cut its deficit down to 4-2 with a pair of runs in the third, but Marian responded with eight runs in their half of the third.
  • Sophomore Arjay Valdez and junior Jason Sims each drove in a pair of runs in the frame.
  • The scoring concluded with a bases-clearing double off the bat of freshman Randall Von Haden in the fourth.

GAME 2 (W, 11-5)

  • The Falcons opened the scoring for game two with a run in the first before Marian scored four unanswered runs.
  • Marian scored a pair of runs in the second to take the lead before a double from junior Lucas Lemons scored another pair in the third.
  • Once again, the Falcons were able to cut their deficit down to 4-2 with a run in the third.
  • The Sabre offense kept on rolling plating three more runs in the fourth.
  • Fitchburg refused to roll over scoring three runs of their own to only trail 7-5 heading into the fifth.
  • The Sabre offense was able to pull away again in the fifth with a pair of runs highlighted by a run-producing single from sophomore George Hoss Jr.
  • Junior Marc Jones put a stamp on the sweep bringing home two runs with a double in the seventh.

 

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GAME 1

  • Marian finished with a 12-3 advantage in hits.
  • The Sabres didn’t commit an error for the second time this season.
  • All but one of the Marian starters recorded a hit.
  • The top four spots in the Sabre lineup accounted for eight of the Marian runs.
  • marian hitters were hit by eight pitches.

GAME 2

  • The Sabres had a slimmer 10-8 edge for hits.
  • Each team allowed one unearned run with Marian committing one error and Fitchburg State two.
  • Marian scored multiple runs in five of the seven innings.
  • This was the first two meetings between the two teams.

 

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Sophomore Ayden Kanaman finished 5-for-8 with five runs scored and three runs driven in.
Junior Marc Jones had three hits between the two games with five runs driven in and three runs scored.
Junior Isaac Santos Jr. (1-0) earned his first win as a Sabre striking out six over 4.0 innings.

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