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Box Score 2 Pleasantville, NY - The Pace baseball team split a double header with the Bentley University Falcons this afternoon 7-3, and 9-5 in Northeast-10 Conference contests. Pace improves to 9-13-1 overall and 3-5 in the NE-10 as the Falcons fall to 10-13 overall and 1-5 in the conference.
The first game of two NE-10 showdowns greatly favored the Setters with Pace pushing across seven runs and allowing only three. Bentley drew blood first in the top of the second inning scoring two runs on one hit and an error.
Pace would cut the Falcon lead in half in the bottom of the fourth inning on four hits. Steven Martinez (Bronx, NY/Archbishop Stepinac) (Bronx, NY/Archbishop Stepinac) started things off by singling to right field followed by a single to left field from Kenny Wright (Middle Island, NY/Longwood) (Middle Island, NY/Longwood). Tyler Collins (Stamford, CT/Trinity Catholic) (Stamford, CT/Trinity Catholic) drove in Martinez with an RBI single to right field of his own making the score 2-1.
Bentley added a run to their lead in the top of the fifth inning making the score 3-1 on two hits. However, in the bottom of that same inning the Setters would capture the lead and never relinquish it. On six hits the Setters scored five runs. Kyle Turnier (Waterford, CT/Waterford) (Waterford, CT/Waterford) got things going with a double to center field. Steven Martinez (Bronx, NY/Archbishop Stepinac) hit an RBI single up the middle next followed by a single that went through the right side by Joe Lombardi (Briarcliff, NY/Briarcliff) (Briarcliff, NY/Briarcliff). Next at the dish was Kenny Wright (Middle Island, NY/Longwood) who singled to right field driving in Martinez. Tyler Collins (Stamford, CT/Trinity Catholic) then singled to left field which loaded the bases. With runners in scoring position James Pjura (Shelton, CT/Shelton) (Shleton, CT/Shelton) hit a tremendous double to center field scoring Wright and Lombardi. Later in the inning Glen Johnson (Hobe Sound, FL/South Fork) hit a sacrifice fly to right field that allowed Collins to score and put Pace up by three runs, 6-3.
In the bottom of the eighth Pace would tack another run onto their lead from one hit and two errors finishing the game on top 7-3.
Pace returns to action Tuesday, April 5th when they matchup against an NE-10 opponent the Saint Rose Golden Knights in Pleasantville, NY at 3:30 pm.
