BASEBALL FALLS TO SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY
Cary, N.C. (3/12/17) The Dominican College baseball team fell in non-conference action to Slippery Rock University, 6-5, this afternoon in a game played at the USA Baseball National Training Complex.
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Slippery Rock
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0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 1 |
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Dominican University New York
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0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
Cary, N.C. (3/12/17) The Dominican College baseball team fell in non-conference action to Slippery Rock University, 6-5, this afternoon in a game played at the USA Baseball National Training Complex.
Dominican led 1-0 after three innings as second basemen Justin Decker (Rotterdam, N.Y.) hit a sacrifice fly ball to center field which allowed Arbely Soto (Bronx, N.Y.) to score.
The Rock answered with a five-run top of the fourth, but Dominican scored three runs in the bottom stanza to cut the lead to 5-4. Soto had an RBI single, while Decker followed with a two-run single.
Decker drew a bases loaded walk in the eighth to bring home the final Charger run in the 6-5 loss.
Soto finished with three hits and two runs scored, while Decker recorded four RBIs.
Arben Becaj (Brooklyn, N.Y.) took the loss (0-2) in five innings of work, allowing six runs on nine hits.
The Chargers will take on Slippery Rock again tomorrow morning.