Stevens Institute of Technology Athletics

Center Valley, Pa. – The No. 4 Stevens Institute of Technology baseball team fell in the first game of their Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Freedom Semifinal series with No. 1 DeSales on Friday, 15-13, in 13 innings.

How It Happened
The fireworks started early, with the Ducks putting three on the board in the first and the Bulldogs coming back with four in the second.  Chip Krese singled and Adam Barrington doubled to start things for the Ducks. After Griffin Zitko walked to load the bases, Garret Wolf singled in Krese, Quinton Sterling plated Barrington with a fielder's choice, and Jackson Wein knocked in Zitko with a sacrifice fly.

After the two sides traded a run apiece in the third with the Bulldogs adding on another for a 6-4 lead heading to the fifth where Barrington and Zitko got things started with back-to-back singles. Two batters later, Wein walked to load the bases for Vinnie Stigliano, who tied the game with a single to center. Next up stepped Veer Wadhwani, who put the Ducks up 8-6 with a double to deep center.

Stevens (27-14) tacked on three more in the sixth (two coming on RBI singles from Sterling and Stigliano) and another in the seventh, but the Bulldogs got a run back in the bottom of the inning, then tied things up with a five-run, two-out rally in the eighth.

As the game went into extra innings, Adam Kobayashi led off the 10^th with a home run, but the Bulldogs tied things up yet again in the bottom of the inning on a two-out wild pitch.

In the bottom of the 13^th, the Bulldogs walked it off on a two-run homer, ending the 4+ hour marathon.

Inside the Box Score

• Barrington became the first Duck this year w/ more than four hits in a game (only three players had even recorded four hits coming in); his four runs scored were also just the third instance of a player scoring four runs this year (Barrington and Sterling)
• Sterling had three RBI for the fourth time this season
• Stigliano became the first Duck with seven official at-bats in a game this season
• Krese reached base safely for 28^th straight game; Wein reached for 22^nd straight game; Zitko reached for 19^th straight game
• Kobayashi's 10^th-inning dinger was his first home run as a Duck

Up Next
The teams will play Game 2 tomorrow at 1:00 PM. The Ducks need a win to force a winner-take-all Game 3, which would begin at 5:00 PM.
 
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