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Winner Canisius CAN 15-23
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Saint Peter's SPU 10-34
Winner
Canisius CAN
15-23
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Final
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Saint Peter's SPU
10-34
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Canisius CAN 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 8 13 1
Saint Peter's SPU 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 9 2

W: Consigli, Peyton (2-5) L: M. Monroe (2-5) S: Peltier, Tom (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Cruises to Victory Over Saint Peter’s

Sophomore Andrew Marcello and freshman JC Spinosa combined four four RBI and three hits as Canisius took down Saint Peter's Friday in collegiate baseball action at Jaroschak Field in Jersey City, N.J.

The Golden Griffins move to 8-8 in conference play with a 15-23 overall record. Saint Peter's drops to 4-11 in MAAC play and 10-34 on the season.

Junior right hander Peyton Consigli was once again stellar for the Griffs on the mound. He earned the win with a 6.0 innings performance with two allowed runs (one earned) and six strikeouts. 

His regular Friday counterpart, graduate Tom Peltier, came in to relieve Consigli for the final three innings and held the Peacocks to one run and three hits while striking out four. 

The Griffs jumped out to an early lead in the first as junior Jackson Strong walked and stole second. Senior Carlin Dick hit an opposite field double to drive him home and take the 1-0 lead.

In the second, the Griffs loaded the bases with a walk from Freshman Michael Kelly and hits from juniors Trent Rumley and Howie Stuckey. The Peacock managed to get out of the jam with minimal damage but freshman JC Spinosa scored Rumley with a sacrifice fly.

Saint Peter's took a run back in the bottom half of the second as Alex Rakas singled to cut the lead in half.

Leading 2-1 in the fourth, the Griffs capitalized on a Peacock's fielding error allowing Rumley to score. 

Marcello broke the game open in the top of the fifth inning, hitting a scorching single into the left center gap to score both Kelly and sophomore Tommy Sheridan, putting the Griffs up 5-1. The Peacock managed to take a run back in the bottom half of the innings as Canisius gave up an unearned run on a fielding error.

Sheridan kept up his hot streak in the seventh innings reaching on a double and scoring as redshirt freshman Thomas Zwirecki entered the game as pinch hitter and immediately crushed a double off the wall, putting the Griffs up 6-2.

Saint Peter's scored in the bottom half of the seventh with a sac fly off the bat of Ashby Vining.

Canisius tacked on two more runs in the eighth inning as Spinosa crushed his second homer of his collegiate career to put the Griffs up by five. Sheridan added another double shortly after to drive in graduate Kenny Dodson, leaving the final score at 8-3 in favor of Canisius.

Game Notes:
•Every batter in the Canisius lineup reached base at least once
•Nine Canisius batters recorded a hit with Sheridan, Rumley and Marcello recording multiple hits, and five batters recorded an RBI
•The Griffs totaled a season-high six doubles in the today's contest
•Strong stole two bases, bringing his season total to 37. He is now fourth on the all-time program stolen base leader boards with 52 career stolen bases
•Graduate Kenny Dodson snapped his nine game hitting streak but kept his on-base streak alive reaching twice on walks and scoring a run. He has reached safely in 13 straight games

Up Next:
The two programs will square off tomorrow in a double header to decide the series. Game one of the double header will begin at 12:30 p.m.
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