PURCHASE, N.Y. – The Mount Saint Mary College baseball team split with Purchase in its Skyline Conference doubleheader.
Game 1
The Basics
Score: Mount Saint Mary College 1, Purchase 7
Records: Mount Saint Mary College (6-11, 1-2 Skyline) | Purchase (9-10, 3-0)
Rapid Recap
Mount Saint Mary continues its road stretch with another Skyline Conference doubleheader at Purchase College. The Knights would go 1-2-3 to start off the game, with Purchase scoring first and taking a 1-0 lead in the 1st inning. The Mount Saint Mary offense has been hit or miss since returning from Florida, scoring an average of 12.3 runs per game in three wins and just 0.7 runs in three losses. The Panthers got hot in the bottom of the 3rd, scoring six runs to extend their lead to 7-0, while the Mount had yet to record a hit.
The Knights would finally do so in the top of the 4th, with an RBI double from
Kaleb Morgan, who went 2 for 2 on the game, to finally get them on the board.
Dominick Cusumano was perfect for Mount Saint Mary coming out of the bullpen, recording 3.1 innings pitched and four strikeouts, while not allowing a single runner to reach base. Although he was dealing, the damage had already been done, as the Knights could not dig themselves out of their hole and lost game one to Purchase 7-1.
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Game 2
The Basics
Score: Mount Saint Mary College 4, Purchase 0
Records: Mount Saint Mary College (7-11, 2-2 Skyline) | Purchase (9-11, 3-1)
Rapid Recap
The Mount needed to rebound in a very important game two with the Panthers.
Michael Pisseri was given the ball for the second game, and he did not disappoint. The Knights gave him some run support in the top of the 1st with a three-run inning.
Justin Stella led off the game with a double, followed by a single from
Aidan Marshall, who was 3 for 4 on the day. Stella scored off a wild pitch, then
Christian Parisa would hit a two-RBI single to put the Mount up 3-0. Pisseri has been on a roll in his last few outings, as he has now dropped his season ERA to 3.20.
Noah Anderson would hit a one-out triple down the right field line to put himself in scoring position. An RBI single from
Aidan Marshall scored him to extend the Knights' lead to 4-0. Pisseri and the Mount Saint Mary defense did not allow a runner past first base until the 6th inning, where they left both runners stranded. Purchase would lead off the bottom of the 7th with two singles, but
Michael Pisseri locked in to retire the next three batters and get out of the inning unscathed.
Kyle Fives came in to relieve Pisseri with two out in the 8th inning to help Mount Saint Mary come away with a 4-0 win over Purchase College.
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