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Winner Fairfield FFD 6-12
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Canisius CAN 12-7
Winner
Fairfield FFD
6-12
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Final
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Canisius CAN
12-7
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Fairfield FFD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0
Canisius CAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1

W: Sacco, David (1-1) L: Smith, Tyler (0-1)

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Fairfield FFD 6-13
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Winner Canisius CAN 13-7
Fairfield FFD
6-13
2
Final
3
Canisius CAN
13-7
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Fairfield FFD 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 6 1
Canisius CAN 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 3 9 1

W: Sipowicz, Andrew (3-1) L: Arnold, Josh (1-1) S: Frank, Will (2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Splits Sunday Doubleheader

DOUBLEHEADER RECAP
GAME ONE
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Fairfield senior Drew Blake's ball in the top of the 11th inning that was mishandled by a Canisius fielder allowing a run to score was all the visiting Stags needed to knock off the Golden Griffins 1-0 in 11 innings.
 
In a game that was scheduled to only go seven innings, both pitchers went that distance and some as Fairfield junior right-hander John Signore went eight full innings, allowing just two hits and striking out 14. Senior David Sacco relived Signore, going the final three innings of three hit ball to earn the victory.
 
For Canisius, senior lefty J.P. Stevenson lasted 7.2 innings, surrendering three hits and fanning six. Senior Tyler Smith went the next 3.1 innings and was saddled with the loss, as he surrendered the game's only run, while sitting down three Stags via strikeout.
 
Canisius redshirt senior Liam Wilson had the game's only multiple-hit effort, as he tallied three of the Griffs five total hits in the loss.
 
GAME TWO
Three different Golden Griffins tallied two hits apiece en route to the 3-2 win in game two at the Demske Sports Complex Sunday afternoon. With the victory, the Griffs moved to 13-7 overall and 2-1 in MAAC play, while Fairfield fell to 6-13 and 1-2 in conference action.
 
Junior Conner Morro got the action started in the second inning for Canisius, as he roped a ball into the right center field gap, allowing senior Ryan Stekl to scamper home for the game's first run. Sophomore Stephen Bennett followed suit shortly after, as he singled through the left side to bring Morro across the plate to score.
 
A ground-rule double in the third pushed Canisius' lead to 3-0, but Fairfield battled back in the later innings, scoring a single run in both the seventh and eighth innings to make it a 3-2 game heading into the ninth.
 
After redshirt senior left-hander Michael Ginther walked the lead-off batter to start the top-half of the ninth, sophomore Will Frank came on to shut the door, as he forced a ground out, a strikeout and pop fly to end the ballgame. The save was the second of the season for Frank.

GAME NOTES
• With his four hits Sunday, Wilson has reached base in all 20 games this season and 23 times in his last 24 games, dating back to last year.
• With his two games played on Sunday, Stekl passed Conner Burke for ninth place in career games played in school history with 194.
• With his seven at-bats on Sunday, Stekl also moves into fourth place in most at-bats in program history with 737.

UP NEXT
Canisius travels to West Long Branch, N.J., to face Monmouth in a three-game MAAC series March 30-31. Game times are 3 p.m. on Friday, and noon and 2:30 p.m. on Saturday.
 
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