March 26, 2008

Final Stats

KINGSTON, R.I. - The Marist baseball team suffered a 1-0 loss at Rhode Island on Wednesday in a non-conference contest. Freshman left-hander Sean McKeown (Hillsborough, N.J.) pitched well in defeat, allowing just one run and five hits in 7.1 innings. McKeown also had three strikeouts.

The Red Foxes had just one hit in the contest, a single by junior right fielder Brian McDonough (Hanover, Mass.) to lead off the ninth inning. Marist did draw six walks in the contest, with three coming from red-shirt junior first baseman Kenny Anderson (Randolph, N.J.).

Rhode Island scored the lone run of the game in the bottom of the fourth. With one out, Oliver Palmer's RBI single plated Zach Zaneski, who had doubled.

Chris Pickering got the win for Rhode Island, striking out nine in eight-plus innings. He was removed after McDonough's leadoff single in the ninth. Tim Boyce got the final three outs to get the save.

McKeown fell to 0-1 on the season. He was relieved by freshman right-hander Brendan Chapin (South Weymouth, Mass.), who struck out the two batters he faced.

Marist fell to 5-10 on the season, while Rhode Island improved to 7-13.

The Red Foxes return to action on Saturday, when they return to conference play with a doubleheader at Rider. The first game is scheduled to start at noon.