Saints Marks defeats Salesianum in comeback victory

No. 8 Saint Mark’s defeated the No. 7 Salesianum Sals in comeback fashion Wednesday evening. The Spartans found themselves behind early but were resilient enough to come back for the victory. 

 Sals Matt Speicher was hit by a pitch which put him on first base. Luke Steinrock followed with a single to put runners on first and second for the Sals. Matt McSorley followed with a triple to the fence in right-center that scored both runners as the  Sals jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning. 

The Spartans did not get on the board until the bottom of the third inning. Aidan Lehane singled with one out, then stole second and went to third on a wild pitch. Lehane then scored when a dropped third strike forced Sallies catcher James Gray to throw it down to first base to get the runner. 

The Spartans then tied the game in the bottom of the fourth without getting a hit. Caleb King and Shawn Satterfield were both hit by pitches. Courtesy runner Tyler Sinko came in for King. Sinko and Satterfield pulled off a double steal to move them up to third and second base.  Sinko then scored on a fielder’s choice ground ball by Brian McDermott as he beat out a throw at home. 

Then a two-run bottom of the fifth put Saint Mark’s on top. Tyler Mosher drew a one out walk followed by a Michael Smyth single down the third baseline that kicked off the bag. Mosher eventually scored on a wild pitch. Then Caleb King knocked in Smyth on an RBI single to give the Spartans a 4-2. 

The Sals were able to cut into the lead in the next half of the inning. McSorley got his third hit of the game on a hard ground ball to left field for a single. Then with two outs Jack Rossi knocked in pinch runner Tai Wu to bring the lead back to one run 4-3. 

In the next half an inning the Spartans again answered, scoring two more runs to pull away for the victory. McDermott led off the inning with a single and Aidan Lehane reached on a fielder’s choice. Mosher doubled for his first hit of the game to bring both runners home, giving the Spartans a 6-3 lead which proved to be the final score of the game. 

 Ian Keane settled down after the first inning runs to toss a complete-game giving up three runs on seven hits and added three strikeouts for Saint Mark’s baseball team. 

Steinrock and McSorley each had two hits for the Sals, while Speicher took the loss.

The Spartans improved to 11-3 on the season with the victory.  The Sals fall to 7-4.