PEORIA, Ariz. - On February 21, Brandeis
University baseball team suffered a second straight loss, 8-3, to
Hastings College. With the loss, Brandeis falls to 2-2 on the
year, while Hastings moves to 2-7 with the victory.
Hastings pitching was too strong in this one as their starting
senior pitcher Bryant McCann (Omaha, Neb.) pitched eight innings
giving up three runs on 10 hits, striking out 14, and not allowing
one walk.
Rookie SS Sean O'Hare (Southampton,
Mass./Hampshire Regional) led things off in the third inning for
the Judges as he singled and then stole second to get into scoring
position. With two outs, Rookie 3B Jon Chu
(Hollis Hills, N.Y./Bronx Science) doubled in O'Hare for the first
run of the game. Hastings answered in the top of the fourth
as they scored six runs on five hits and one error with only one
out to give them a 6-1 lead. They got a triple out of junior
2B Blake Marquardt (Aurora, Colo.) which drove in two as he went
3-for-5 from the plate.
Hastings then got an RBI double out of their senior C Joe
Jeanjaquet (Parker, Colo.) which drove in Marquardt.
Sophomore 1B A.J. Clark (Colorado Springs, Colo.) picked up two
RBI's on a single to centerfield. He was driven in on a
single by senior Pat Morey (Omaha, Neb.) for the final run of the
inning. Clark finished the day 3-for-5 at the plate with a
triple and scored two times.
The Judges scored their second run of the game in the bottom of
the fifth. Senior CF Mike Alfego
(Shrewsbury, Mass./St. John's) doubled and then advanced to third
on a Nick Gallagher (Southboro, Mass./St. John's)
single. With one out Drake Livada (Cape
Elizabeth, Maine/ Cape Elizabeth) produced an RBI single to drive
in Alfego. Brandeis would not get anymore runs this innings
as they left two runners on base. They then scored in the
bottom of the seventh when O'Hare tripled and scored on a Gallagher
ground out to the shortstop.
Four players had multi-hit games for the Judges. O'Hare
went 3-for-5 at bat, with a triple, scored two runs and a stolen
base while Chu had one RBI and went 2-for-4 with a double on the
day. He was followed by Gallagher who went 2-for-5 from the
plate and drove in one run while sophomore LF Tony
Deshler (Pepperell, Mass./Lawrence Academy) also went
2-for-4 at the dish.
