Dallas, Pa. – The Stevens Institute of Technology baseball team dropped both ends of a Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Freedom doubleheader at Misericordia Sunday, falling by finals of 6-4 and 7-3.
How It Happened – Game 1
The Ducks put a run on the board in the first, and another in the third.
Chip Krese scored in the first after a leadoff double, eventually scoring on a Cougars' error.
Griffin Zitko scored in the third after a leadoff single, eventually scoring on an
Adam Kobayashi squeeze bunt.
After the Cougars scored twice in the third and twice more in the fourth,
Jackson Wein followed a Zitko double with a game-tying two-run homer in the fifth.
The game remained tied into the bottom of the sixth when the Cougars went back in front with another two-run inning. In the seventh, the Ducks brought the tying run to the plate with one out, but back-to-back groundouts ended the game.
How It Happened – Game 2
Misericordia led 3-0 through five, but Stevens (11-11, 3-6 MACF)rallied for two in the sixth. With Wein on third and Zitko on first with one out, each runner moved up 90 feet on a wild pitch, with Zitko scoring the Ducks' first run of the game. Two batters later, Kobayashi made it a one-run game, singling home Zitko.
The Ducks answered a Misericordia run in the bottom of the sixth with one in the top of the seventh – Wein singling home
Vinnie Stigliano after Stigliano doubled – but the Cougars tacked on a trio of insurance runs in the bottom of the eighth for the final margin of the game.
Inside The Box Score
- David Finch went the distance in Game 1, striking out four
- Wein and Krese each finished the twinbill 3-for-8; Wein extended his hitting streak to six games, Krese extended his hitting streak to five
- After his 10-game hitting streak ended on Friday, Balewitz hit safely in both games, finishing 3-for-7
Up Next
The Ducks will make the short trip to Purchase, N.Y. for a 3:30 first pitch on Tuesday against Manhattanville.
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