BASEBALL RALLIES, BEATS MARIST 6-5 IN SERIES FINALE

Sunday, March 18

RADFORD

1:15 PM

Radford University

10-10

Marist

4-9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Marist	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	13	1
Radford	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	X	6	14	1

Photo by: Michael Colligon

BASEBALL RALLIES, BEATS MARIST 6-5 IN SERIES FINALE

3/18/2012 5:03:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

BOX SCORE

RADFORD, Va. – Cory Turner's eighth-inning RBI double to the right field corner gave Radford the go-ahead run and capped his three-hit day in a 6-5 series finale win for the Highlanders over Marist on Sunday.

With the game tied at 4-4 in the eighth, Phil Bondi's leadoff single turned into a run, as Turner doubled him home to give the Highlanders (10-10) their first lead of the day, 5-4. Josh Gardiner's ground out to the right side brought Turner in from third made it 6-4 and proved to be the winning run.

Marist got a run in the ninth on Mark Brennan's two-out RBI single, but Abram Williams closed out the win and earned his third save.

Turner was 3-for-3 with a walk and scored twice. Zach Costello had two hits and scored twice, and Jeff Kemp knocked in a pair of runs for Radford. The Highlanders had 14 hits – all 10 hitters registered at least one.

Jason Patten entered the game in the sixth and posted 2 2/3 scoreless innings with three strikeouts to pick up his first win (1-2).

“We didn't play great, we just played hard on every pitch,” head coach Joe Raccuia said. “That term is used loosely a lot, but we played with a lot of energy, never gave in, and got a good result.

“When you're scuffling, wins don't come easy – sometimes they look ugly. There's nothing that beats energy and passion, and we had that today.”

Pat Welsh went 3-for-3 for Marist (4-9) and hit a three-run homer in the second, his first of the season, to give the Red Foxes an early 3-0 lead. Jake Berry added three hits and a walk in the leadoff spot.

In the bottom of the fifth, the Highlanders got on the board for the first time, using hits by Turner and Carl Travers to start a three-run rally and tie the game at 3-3.

The Red Foxes went back ahead 4-3 in the top of the sixth when Ben Luderer, who singled with one out, came home from third on a wild pitch.

Radford tied the game again in the seventh on Kemp's sacrifice fly, scoring Costello following his leadoff hit.

Marist starter Brett Houseal threw 7-plus innings, allowing five earned runs on 14 hits to take the loss (0-3).

Radford heads to James Madison for a 6:30 p.m. game on Tuesday.