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Winner Fairleigh Dickinson FDU 17-17, 9-2 NEC
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Mount St. Mary's MOUNT 9-20, 4-7 NEC
Winner
Fairleigh Dickinson FDU
17-17, 9-2 NEC
15
Final
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Mount St. Mary's MOUNT
9-20, 4-7 NEC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Fairleigh Dickinson FDU 0 0 1 1 1 1 9 2 0 15 16 2
Mount St. Mary's MOUNT 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 8 4

W: Racobaldo, Rich (2-2) L: Pryor,Luke (1-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Takes Weekend Series with 15-3 Win Over Mount St. Mary’s

EMMITSBURG, MD. - The Fairleigh Dickinson baseball team (17-17, 9-2 NEC) secured a 15-3 win over Mount St. Mary's (9-20, 4-7 NEC) in game two of the weekend series on Friday afternoon.     

How it happened 

  • Justin Sierra opened the scoring for the Knights in the third inning with a run scored on an RBI single to shortstop by Joan Sosa.  
  • Tom Ruscitti scored in the top of the fourth on an RBI double to right field by Brelon Harden, making it 2-0.  
  • The Mountaineers responded with a run in the bottom of the fourth.  
  • The Knights extended their lead in the fifth. George Rosales scored on a fielding error by the second baseman to make it 3-1.  
  • Sosa added a run in the top of the six on Hunter D'Amato's RBI single to center. 
  • FDU registered a nine-run seventh inning with the first ten batters reaching base safely. Harden delivered a grand slam, driving in William Pope, Tom Ruscitti, and Luke Cantwell. Sosa scored again off a single through the left side by D'Amato, and then Rosales and D'Amato reached home on Cantwell's RBI single to right field. Tommy Verga scored on a ground out to second, and Cantwell added the last run of the inning on a single to left by Pope, extending the lead to 13-1.  
  • Matthew Milone and Sosa added two runs in the top of the eighth to finish the game with 15 runs and 16 safe hits.    
  • The Mount scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth, but it was not enough to catch up to FDU. 

Inside the box  

  • Rich Racobaldo earned his second win by going 5.0 innings, striking out five, and allowing only one run.   
  • D'Amato went 4-6, registering two RBIs and one stolen base. 
  • Sosa finished 2-4 with three runs, one RBI and two walks. 
  • Harden registered five RBIs, a double and a run. 
  • Cantwell finished with two RBIs and two runs. 

Next up  
The Burgundy and Blue wrap up their weekend series on Saturday afternoon. First pitch is set for 1:00 p.m.  
 

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