2
HofstraHOFSTRA11-24
6
WinnerFairfieldFFD17-17
HofstraHOFSTRA
11-24
2
Final
6
FairfieldFFD
17-17
Winner
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Hofstra HOFSTRA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
Fairfield FFD | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | X | 6 | 8 | 1 |
W: Alekson, Ben (3-1) L: Sealey, Penn (0-3)
Game Recap: Baseball | | Len Skoros
Fairfield CT - Freshman Joseph Mennella, making his first career start, drove in both Hofstra runs with a double and a home run as the Pride dropped a 6-2 decision at Fairfield Tuesday afternoon. The Stags scored twice in the third inning and added two more runs in the sixth and eighth innings.
Hofstra dropped to 11-24 with its sixth consecutive loss. Fairfield is 17-17 on the year.
Mennella only had two at-bats coming into the game and picked up his first collegiate hit and RBI with a fifth inning double that scored Luke Masiuk and cut the Fairfield lead to 2-1. He would leadoff the eighth inning with a solo shot to left field that made it a 4-2 game.
The Stags took a 2-0 lead in the third as Luke Nomura doubled in a run and Matt Bergevin had a sacrifice fly. Fairfield loaded the bases in the sixth and got a sacrifice fly from Zach Selinger and an RBI walk from TJ Schmalzle to go up by three, 4-1. After Mennella's home run, Paul Catalano had an RBI single and the sixth run would score on an error in the eighth.
Penn Sealey (0-3) went five innings and allowed two runs on five hits with three strikeouts. Fairfield starter Ben Alekson (3-1) earned the win after allowing one run on four hits over five innings.
In addition to Mennela's two hits, Masiuk and Matt Pelcher each had a pair of hits for the Pride. Dean Ferrarahad three hits to lead Fairfield.
Hofstra is back in action at Marist Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 p.m.
Notes:
-Mike McKenna struck out four of the six batters he faced in 1 ⅔ innings of relief.
-Hofstra is 11-15 all-time against Fairfield.
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Team Statistics
- Pitching
- W: Alekson, Ben (3-1)
- L: Sealey, Penn (0-3)
Hofstra
- Batting
- 2B: Sealey, Penn 1; Mennella, Joseph 1
- HR: Mennella, Joseph 1
- RBI: Mennella, Joseph 2
- BASERUNNING:
- RUNS: Masiuk, Luke 1; Mennella, Joseph 1
- SB: Palmer, Dylan 1; Masiuk, Luke 1
Fairfield
- BATTING:
- 2B: Nomura, Luke 1
- RBI: Nomura, Luke 1; Bergevin, Matt 1; Selinger, Zach 1; Schmalzle, TJ 1; Catalano, Paul 1
- SF: Bergevin, Matt 1; Selinger, Zach 1
- BASERUNNING:
- RUNS: Ferrara, Dean 1; Bergevin, Matt 1; Hibbard, Ethan 1; Bucciero, Matt 1; Selinger, Zach 1; Schmalzle, TJ 1
- HBP: Hibbard, Ethan 1; Lussier, Matt 1
Hits
HOFSTRA
7
FFD
8
Stolen Bases
HOFSTRA
2
FFD
Walks
HOFSTRA
1
FFD
5
Strikeouts
HOFSTRA
8
FFD
8
Game Leaders
#3 Masiuk, Luke
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- AB
- 3
-
- R
- 1
-
- H
- 2
-
- RBI
- 0
#13 Pelcher, Matt
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- AB
- 4
-
- R
- 0
-
- H
- 2
-
- RBI
- 0
#29 Mennella, Joseph
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- AB
- 4
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- R
- 1
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- H
- 2
-
- RBI
- 2
#8 Sealey, Penn
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- AB
- 4
-
- R
- 0
-
- H
- 1
-
- RBI
- 0
#8 Sealey, Penn
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- ER
- 2
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- IP
- 5.0
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- SO
- 3
-
- BB
- 1
#10 McKenna, Mike
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- ER
- 0
-
- IP
- 1.2
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- SO
- 4
-
- BB
- 1
#9 McLaughlin, Ryan
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- ER
- 1
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- IP
- 0.2
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- SO
- 1
-
- BB
- 2
#13 Pelcher, Matt
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- PO
- 9
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- A
- 0
#23 McCoy, Alex
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- PO
- 5
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- A
- 0
#33 Rosso, Santino
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- PO
- 1
-
- A
- 3
#16 Kennedy, Will
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- PO
- 3
-
- A
- 0
Hits
#3 rf
Masiuk, Luke
Masiuk, Luke
2
Pelcher, Matt
2
Mennella, Joseph
2
Sealey, Penn
1
Strikeouts
#10 p
McKenna, Mike
McKenna, Mike
4
Sealey, Penn
3
McLaughlin, Ryan
1
Hart, Brian
RBIs
#29 1b
Mennella, Joseph
Mennella, Joseph
2
Putouts
#13 c
Pelcher, Matt
Pelcher, Matt
9
McCoy, Alex
5
Mennella, Joseph
4
Kennedy, Will
3
Players Mentioned
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#10 Mike McKenna
- P
- 5' 11"
- Graduate Student
- R/R
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#13 Matt Pelcher
- C
- 5' 9"
- Senior
- R/R
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#8 Penn Sealey
- UT
- 6' 4"
- Senior
- R/R
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#3 Luke Masiuk
- OF
- 6' 1"
- Junior
- R/R
-
#29 Joseph Mennella
- IF/P
- 6' 0"
- Freshman
- R/R
Players Mentioned
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#10 Mike McKenna
- 5' 11"
- Graduate Student
- R/R
- P
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#13 Matt Pelcher
- 5' 9"
- Senior
- R/R
- C
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#8 Penn Sealey
- 6' 4"
- Senior
- R/R
- UT
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#3 Luke Masiuk
- 6' 1"
- Junior
- R/R
- OF
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#29 Joseph Mennella
- 6' 0"
- Freshman
- R/R
- IF/P