RAMAPO, NY — Manhattan Baseball slugged its way to a big 12-10 win over Saint Peter's on Friday afternoon at Clover Stadium. Eight Jasper batters recorded hits, led by four hits from Jeremy Sosa and two RBIs apiece from Ryan Lordier, Aidan Taclas, Hunter Sute and Ryan Ash.
HOW IT HAPPENED
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Saint Peter's took a 1-0 lead in the first on an RBI double from Ashby Vining.
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Manhattan tied the score in the bottom of the first on an RBI single from Hunter Sute that scored Lordier, who started off the inning with a walk which was followed by a single from Aidan Taclas.
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The Jaspers struck back in the bottom of the second inning by scoring five runs on five hits.
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Back-to-back RBI singles for Ryan Ash and Dylan Mayer in the second gave Manhattan the lead for good. Mayer came on with a bunt single that advanced the runner to second and scored Sosa from third.
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Lordier kept the Jaspers' rally going by scoring two more with his RBI double that saw him advance to third on a bad throw. Another run came home to score when Taclas reached on a fielding error by Peacocks' first baseman Tyler Cotten. Manhattan led 6-1 after two.
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An RBI groundout from Ash in the third inning extended the Jaspers lead to 7-1.
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The Peacocks answered with three runs in the fourth to cut the lead to 7-4.
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A solo shot for Aidan Taclas in the sixth grew Manhattan's lead to 8-4.
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The Jaspers added a pair of much-needed insurance runs in the seventh, scoring on an RBI double from Sosa which scored Andreaus Lewis from first, and another on a free run home for Sosa after an errant throw to third on his steal attempt.
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After Saint Peter's cut the deficit to 10-6 in the top of the eighth, Manhattan scored two more in the bottom of the frame to go back up six. The Jaspers cashed in on a sacrifice fly from Sute and an RBI double from Lewis.
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Joey Craska closed out the ninth after giving up a grand slam to Tyler Smith.
STATS AND NOTES
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Sosa's four hits marked the second four-hit game of his freshman season.
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Taclas teed off for his eighth home run in the sixth. The junior from California also has 31 runs-batted-in in his first season as a Jasper.
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With a pair of hits on Friday, Trevor Hansen extended his hit streak to five games.
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Ryan Lordier extended his hit streak to five and has recorded hits in nine of his last 10 games.
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Ryan Ash's two RBIs were good for the first multi-RBI game of his career.
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Braedon Romero earned the win by virtue of seven innings of four-run ball.
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Manhattan snapped a three-game losing streak versus Saint Peter's.
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The Jaspers lead the all-time series with the Peacocks by a 46-9 count.
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Manhattan remains a game and a half out of the eighth and final playoff spot.
QUOTES FROM MANHATTAN
Manhattan interim head coach Steven Rosen: "Hard fought win for us today between two gritty teams. Proud of our offense for being very disciplined within the game plan stringing together a ton of quality at bats and pushing a lot of runs across the board. Braedon Romero gave us another outstanding start."
NEXT UP
Manhattan Baseball will hold its annual senior day ceremony before the start of game two at 1pm on Saturday. The pregame ceremony at Clover Stadium will begin at approximately 12:30 pm before the Jaspers (16-26, 8-13 MAAC) and Saint Peter's (11-29, 5-16 MAAC) take the field for the middle game of the series.
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