Baseball Drops Midweek Game at Bryant

SMITHFIELD, RI. – The Merrimack College baseball team was unable to find their footing in a seven-inning loss to Bryant.
 
The Basics
Score: Merrimack 1 | Bryant 11
Records: Merrimack (1-10-1) | Bryant (4-5-1)
 
How it Happened
The last time these two teams met it was the closest a baseball game could be, a 9-9 tie. This game was a completely different story. Bryant jumped out to a 5-0 lead through the first two innings. Eventually in the third inning the Warriors broke through with a Christian Scanlon single that brought in Samuel Sherman. The Bulldogs then rattled off three more runs to go up 8-1 in the bottom half of the third. The Warriors bats were silent for the remainder of the game, totaling just two hits in the midweek battle that went seven innings. Merrimack would go on to lose this one, 11-1.
 
 
Notes and Numbers

• Matt DeShiro had a hit in his lone at bat of the afternoon
• Christian Scanlon drove in the only run for Merrimack
• Samuel Franco picked up the loss on the mound

 
Up Next
Merrimack has their first conference series of the year as they travel to Poughkeepsie, New York to take on Marist University starting on March 7^th.
 
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