POMONA, N.Y. – The Manhattan baseball team suffered a midweek setback to the Hofstra Pride, 7-6, Wednesday afternoon at Clover Stadium.
Manhattan will now turn its attention towards a weekend series with the Siena Saints, which is set to begin on Friday in Loudonville.
The two teams scored a combined four runs in the first inning, with Hofstra scoring one but Manhattan responded with three of their own, utilizing a double down the left-field line to score one off the bat of
Alfredo Delgado, a wild pitch, and a
Jacob Radziewicz single to round out the scoring in the first inning.
Hofstra brought one more around in the third but the fifth inning is where the damage happened. The Pride plated four which was capped off by a three-run home run to center field by Santino Rosso.
Delgado led off the fifth with a long ball of his own, his third of the season, to close the gap to 6-4. Manhattan did add one more in the sixth inning on a
Logan Pfannenbecker double, but the Pride got the run back in the seventh.
The bottom of the eighth was promising for the Jaspers. With the top of the order due up,
Frankie Marinelli drew a leadoff walk and was moved over to third by a Pfannenbecker single. Delgado drew a full-count walk to load the bases with no outs. The Pride sat down
Trevor Hansen and Radziewicz on strikes.
Daniel Perez stepped in next and drew a four-pitch walk to bring the Green and White within one, 7-6.
Trevor Santos was rung up on strikes. to stop the offense in its tracks.
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