the PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. – Despite battling back from a 6-1 deficit, the Pace University baseball team dropped a 12-7 contest to Mercy College on Wednesday. The loss moves the Setters' record to 5-4 this season. 
 
In a high-scoring affair, it was a four-run eighth inning that sealed a mid-week win for the Mavericks. 
 
The Setters posted their seven runs on nine hits and four walks. Pace's top-four batters did most of the damage, combining to go 6-for-15 with six RBIs and four runs scored. 
 
Luke Jacobi (Edison, N.J./JP Stevens), Matt Almonte (New Rochelle, N.Y./New Rochelle) and Nate Carminucci (Somers, N.Y./North Salem High School) all chipped in two hits and two RBIs, while Matt Rinaldi walked twice and scored a pair of runs. 
 
Carminucci provided the highlight of the afternoon with a solo home run in the seventh inning to give Pace a 7-6 edge. 
 
On the pitching side of things, freshman Grant Biederman (Huntington Station, N.Y./Walt Whitman) tallied a scoreless four innings out of the bullpen.
 
Up Next
The Setters travel to Philadelphia to take on USciences on Friday at 1:30 p.m.