LAKEWOOD, CO – The University of Mary bats came alive in the second half of game two to earn the Marauders baseball team a split of their double header at College Christian University. The Cougars opened the day with an 8-4 win before the visiting Marauders responded with a 14-4 victory.
GAME 1 | Colorado Christian 8 UMary 4
The Marauders (5-6 overall) belted four home runs but the power display was too late. The Cougars (2-13) scored the first seven runs of the game, crossing the plate three times in the second and fourth innings.
Noah Hull homered in the sixth inning and Danial Martin hit a two-run home run to pull UMary within 7-3.
Bryce Leafgren added a solo shot in the seventh to close out the game.
Michael Polson and
Carter Beck both had a pair of hits in the game. One of Polson's hits was a double, one of four extra base hits for UMary.
Kaden Moriarty allowed one run in 2.1 innings of relief for UMary.
GAME 2 | UMary 14 CCU 4
An eight-inning start for Alex Danen and a run of 12 straight runs earned the Marauders a 14-4 win in game two and a doubleheader split.
With the Marauders bats struggling to score runs early, Danen kept UMary within striking distance. The righthander limited the Cougars to one run in the first four innings.
UMary broke through with two runs in the 5
th to claim a 2-1 lead on a 2-run Beck single to right center.
After the Cougars scored a single run in the 5
th to retake the lead at 3-2, the floodgates opened for the Marauders. Hull cleared the bases with a 3-run double to cap a 6-run 6
th inning to take a permanent lead at 8-3. In the 7
th inning,
Kyle Jameson hit a 3-run home run and Beck blasted a 2-run shot for a 13-3 lead.
In the longest outing of the season for a UMary pitcher, Danen allowed four runs in eight innings, striking out six.
David Stewart pitched the final inning and struck out two.
Beck finished with two hits, including a home run, scored twice and drove home five runs.
Dylan Edmands was 3-for-5 with three runs scored.
Cru Walker doubled twice and scored three times. Jameson scored twice and drove in three.
Kalem Haney scored twice.
The Marauders have two more games remaining in the Centennial State, playing at Metro State University – Denver on Saturday, March 2, and at Colorado School of Mines on Sunday, March 3.
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