Baseball

No. 2 Molloy Baseball Falls to No. 6 Felician in Opening Round of East Regional

Uniondale, N.Y. - The second-seeded and host Molloy baseball team fell to the sixth-seeded Felician Golden Falcons, 15-10, Thursday evening at Mitchel Field. The Lions head into an elimination game 39-10 on the campaign, while the Golden Falcons avoid elimination holding a 
 
How it Happened
  • The Golden Falcons started quickly with two runs in the first and second inning to take a 4-0 lead. Felician saw runs cross the plate following a hit by pitch, sacrifice fly, solo home run, and a run scoring single.
  • The Lions got a run back in the bottom of the second after senior Jeremy Taggart drove in a run with a sacrifice fly to shrink the deficit, 4-1.
  • Molloy added a second run in the bottom of the third to come within two, 4-2, after sophomore Steve Mulqueen collected a run scoring single.
  • Felician broke the game open in the top of the fourth with a four-hit, six-run inning to take a commanding 10-2 lead.  
  • The cardinal and white rallied to a four-run inning in the bottom of the fifth to cut the deficit down to four, 10-6. The rally started with the bases loaded, senior Sean Welsh doubled into the left center field gap to plate two runs. 
  • Later in the frame junior Charlie Imhof drove in a run with a ground out before junior Jack Vallario capped the inning with a single to left field to plate Welsh.
  • The Golden Falcons took advantage of two Molloy errors in the top of the sixth to put together a four-run inning, regaining their big lead, 14-6.
  • After Felician added a run in the top of the eighth to take a 15-6 lead, junior Joe Burriesci connected for a solo home run in the bottom of the frame to return the contest to an eight-run deficit, 15-7.
  • The bottom of the ninth saw senior Sean Serrano belt a three-run home run to cut into the lead, 15-10, but that's all the Lions would muster in the final frame as Felician would win the contest to avoid elimination.
Top Performances
  • Welsh paced the squad with three hits while driving in two and scoring twice.
  • Burriesci collected his second home run of the season as part of a three-hit day.
  • Serrano tallied his fourth home run of the campaign.
  • Imhof, Taggart, and Vallario knocked in a run each.
Up Next
The second-seeded Lions return to the diamond Friday, May 15 in an elimination game against third-seeded Southern New Hampshire. First pitch from Mitchel Field is set for 12:00 p.m.