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donlon1
6
Winner Long Island LIU 2-0
5
Fairleigh Dickinson FDU 1-4
Winner
Long Island LIU
2-0
6
Final
5
Fairleigh Dickinson FDU
1-4
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Long Island LIU 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 5 1
Fairleigh Dickinson FDU 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 1

W: S. Tucker (1-0) L: Rembish, Ethan (0-1) S: J. Gainer (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Edged by LIU 6-5 on Wednesday Afternoon

TEANECK, N.J. – The Fairleigh Dickinson baseball team dropped a see-saw battle to LIU, falling 6-5 at the Naimoli Family Baseball Complex on Wednesday afternoon.
 
The Knights trailed 3-0 and led 5-3 before the Sharks moved in front for good with a three-run seventh inning.
 
Graduate first baseman James Donlon paced the Knights (1-4) with a 2-for-4 effort including a three-run home run, which put the Knights on top after three frames.

Coach DiToma Postgame (Video)
 
How it Happened
  • Giovanni Ciaccio led off the game with a double for the Sharks, who scored two runs in the frame with an infield single and an RBI groundout.
  • The Sharks tacked on a third run in the second inning with a run-scoring groundout.
  • In the home second, the Knights got on the board when freshman Hunter D'Amato knocked in classmate TJ Werner and sophomore Jake Ellowitz with a two-out single to right field.
  • A leadoff walk by Mike Veit and a hit by pitch set the table for Donlon in the third. The grad student clobbered a 2-1 pitch over the right field fence and put the Knights on top 5-3.
  • In the fourth inning, freshman Michael DiMartino came on in relief of starter Austin Crebs and after walking a pair of Sharks, settled down and struck out back to back batters to escape the jam.
  • The Knights threatened in the fifth after Donlon beat out a bunt single and Brad Levinson walked but Nick Torres came in for the Sharks and recorded the final out for the Sharks.
  • In the top of the seventh, a one-out double set the stage for the Sharks, who netted a run with a single on the next at bat before Knights relief Bryce Timko struck out the next batter.
  • Ethan Rembish came on for Timko with one aboard and the next batter, Ciaccio drove a two-run home run down the right field line to give the Sharks the 6-5 edge.
  • The Sharks bullpen held down the Knights over the final three innings as Josh Gainer nailed down the save in the ninth for the visitors.  
Inside the Box Score
  • D'Amato extended his hitting streak to three games in the loss and knocked in his first two career runs.
  • Donlon's blast was the Knights' first of the season and fourth of his career.
  • Crebs started for the Burgundy and Blue and struck out four Sharks across his three innings on the mound, while allowing three runs, two earned.
  • Senior right-hander Chris Quijano pitched 2.1 innings allowing one earned on one hit and striking out a pair.
  • Ciaccio was the lone Shark to record a multi-hit game, finishing 2-for-4 in the contest.
Next Up
The Knights host Wagner for their first NEC series of the season, beginning this Friday, March 19 at 3:00 p.m.
 
 
 
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