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Isaiah Mateo
Chris Pedota
7
Winner DeSales DSUBB 27-13
6
Drew DREW-BB 16-20
Winner
DeSales DSUBB
27-13
7
Final
6
Drew DREW-BB
16-20
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
DeSales DSUBB 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 7 12 2
Drew DREW-BB 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 6 10 1

W: Schuler, Andrew (4-2) L: Williams, Joshua (3-3) S: Schneider, Konner (5)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Ninth Inning Rally Falls Short Against DeSales

MADISON, N.J. – Trailing by three entering the bottom of the ninth, the Drew University baseball team put the tying and winning runs on base against DeSales on Wednesday afternoon.  The Bulldogs (27-13) held on, though, notching a 7-6 win over the Rangers (16-20) at Doc Young Field in Drew's final non-conference game of the season.
 
It was a 4-4 game until Charlie Barebo smashed a three-run homer that was just fair down the left field line with two out in the top of the ninth.  Drew started the bottom of the ninth with back-to-back doubles by Bryan Reagle (Easton, Pa.) and Isaiah Mateo (Hoboken, N.J.).  After Brent Lincoln's (Flemington, N.J.) groundout moved Mateo to third, Mike Pettigrew (Kearny, N.J.) ripped a double to right that brought the Rangers within 7-6 and put the tying run on second with one out.  Eric DiPietro (Devon, Pa.) then drew a two-out walk, but Ryan Sabbag (Miami, Fla.) followed with a grounder to short, and DeSales got the out at second to close out the 7-6 victory.
 
Mateo had two doubles in the game, finishing 3-for-4 with a run scored and two RBIs.  Pettigrew also recorded two hits, while Reagle ended up 2-for-4 with a homer, two runs scored and an RBI.  Harry Cohen (Fort Lee, N.J.) got the start on the mound and lasted three innings.  He allowed three runs (two earned) on three hits, walked four and struck out two.  Brandon Radd (Edison, N.J.) tossed a shutout inning, giving up four hits and picking up a strikeout, before being relieved by Joshua Williams (Harrison, N.J.).  Williams (3-3) suffered a hard-luck loss after surrendering three runs on three hits in 4.2 innings.  He struck out four and walked three.  Zach Luke (Nazareth, Pa.) was charged with one run and two hits in 0.1 innings, and he was also credited with a strikeout.
 
After DeSales plated one run in the top of the first, Felsenstein, DiPietro and Sabbag started the bottom half of the inning with three straight singles.  Felsenstein came across on Sabbag's hit, and DiPietro also scored when the ball was mishandled in left field.  The Bulldogs got out of the inning with a fly ball and a double play, however.
 
DeSales notched single runs in the third and fourth to take the lead before Reagle's solo homer leading off the Drew fifth tied it at 3-3.  The Rangers took the lead on Mateo's RBI double in the seventh, but Bulldogs responded with a run in the eighth.
 
Sean Hanczaryk went 3-for-4 with an RBI for DeSales, while Cody Mish was 2-for-3 with two runs scored.  Sergio Diaz added a pair of hits, and Conner Lafferty also scored twice.  Barebo, meanwhile, picked up three RBIs on his homer.  Starting pitcher Felix Martinez, Jr., tossed six innings.  He yielded three runs on five hits and struck out three.  Ian Kacergis allowed an unearned run and one hit and struck out two in an inning of work.  Andrew Schuler (4-2) pitched a scoreless eighth to earn the win.  He loaded the bases on a hit and two walks, but got out of the jam with his second strikeout of the inning.  Konner Schneider picked up his fifth save despite surrendering two runs on three hits in the ninth.  He walked one and struck out one.
 
The Rangers (6-9 Landmark) conclude the 2018 campaign with a three-game weekend series against Elizabethtown (18-16, 10-5 Landmark) on Saturday and Sunday.  The twinbill was originally slated for March 17-18, but moved to what had originally been an open weekend due to winter weather conditions (the exact opposite of the near 90-degree temperature the Rangers played in on Wednesday).  Saturday's doubleheader starts at 12:30 p.m., while the single game on Sunday gets underway at 12 p.m.
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