UNIONDALE, N.Y. – The Assumption University baseball team dropped a 12-8 non-conference game at Molloy University on Wednesday afternoon.
THE BASICS
Score: Molloy University 12, Assumption University 8
Records: Greyhounds (2-19, 1-6 NE10) | Lions (13-8, 3-1 ECC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Molloy was the first team to get on the board, as they plated one run in the bottom of the first inning. Assumption broke through in the top of the third, as
Max Lefrancois scored on a past ball before
Cody Smith and
Jamison Howland made it 5-1 Greyhounds, with Howland hitting a three-run home run to right center field. The Lions tied the game in the bottom of the third, plating four runs in the frame before adding insurance runs in the fourth and the fifth to go up 8-5.
Assumption chipped away at the deficit with sacrifice flies off the bats of
Patrick McManus and
Jack Barry, drawing the Greyhounds within one at 8-7 through seven. Molloy pulled away with four runs in the bottom of the eighth to go up 12-7. The Greyhounds would plate one run in the ninth but would fall 12-8.
UP NEXT
- Assumption vs. Southern New Hampshire University, Friday, March 28, 3:30 pm.
- Molloy at Mercy University, Friday, March 28, 3:30 pm.
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