Baseball Drops Two to Wagner In Northeast Conference Doubleheader |
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(boxscore Game
1)
In
game one, junior Marcus Wynn (Plainfield, N.J.) led off the
first inning with a home
run to right field.
Wagner’s
Chris Drechsel tied the game at 1-1 with a sacrifice
fly to left field, bringing home Mike Picarello. In game two, Wagner scored four in the bottom of the first. The Blackbirds chipped away at the lead with a home run by junior Orlando Cruz (White Plains, N.Y.) and a Dan Pirillo (Marlboro, N.Y.) RBI single to center to bring Wynn home, cutting the margin to 4-2 in the third frame. In the sixth, senior Sean Durkin (Damascus, Md.) led off with a single to right center and stole second during the following play. NEC Player of the Week Robbie Rowan (Rosendale, N.Y.) was walked as Durkin advanced to third on a wild pitch. LIU tied the game at 4-4 with scores from Durkin and Rowen off an error by the Seahawks’ Pete Delleani. Wagner posted three runs
in the next inning to take a 7-4 advantage. Durkin plated
Wynn with
an RBI but it
was not
enough as the Blackbirds fell, 7-5. |
5/13/06
-- The Long Island
University baseball team dropped a Northeast Conference
baseball doubleheader against Wagner on Saturday afternoon
in Staten Island, N.Y. The Seahawks won game one with a
5-1 count and took game two, 7-5.