Poughkeepsie, N.Y. (April 5, 2023) - Mount St. Mary's baseball adventures to Poughkeepsie, New York in their third conference series matchup of the season, this bout against Marist beginning Thursday at noon. The Mountaineers are 13-14 on the season while 1-5 in conference, their lone win against a stout Fairfield team at home, 6-2. The team is coming off a 10-6 win at Maryland Eastern Shore where the Mountaineers totaled 13 hits.
ABOUT THE MOUNT
Jayson Kramer ended the UMES game batting a perfect 1.000 (4-4) with two doubles while scoring three times.
JT Landwehr, a competitor who's seen as the coaches player as of late, went 2-3 at the plate with three RBIs and scoring once.
Gavin Lacoe hit his first home run of the season, doing it in a big way, as he knocked a three-run shot over left center in the seventh inning to add some cushion to the Mount's lead.
Jett Slepak earned his third win of the season (3-0) after pitching 3.0 innings, allowing zero runs, only two hits, and tallying a strikeout.
Aiden Tierney stands atop the team batting a .382 with 10 RBIs and two home runs, while
Scott Seeker is a close second batting .379 with eight home runs and 22 RBIs.
JT Landwehr has proven his ability only being brought into the starting lineup a few games ago as he's batting .333 with seven RBIs and has scored on 11 different occasions.
SCOUTING THE RED FOX
Marist is 4-22 on the season while 1-0 at home and holds a conference record of 0-3. Bayram Hot leads the team in batting with a .345 and 16 RBIs, while Colin Mackle a close second batting .337 with 18 RBI's and crossing the plate himself 16 times.
The Red Fox' ace, Brian Yetter yields a 7.52 ERA through 32 1/3 innings and has recorded 33 strikeouts. Next in line is a lefty in Jack Keenan who yields a 10.67 ERA through 27.0 innings and has recorded 25 strikeouts.
HISTORY WITH MARIST
Mount St. Mary's is 5-10 against Marist while holding a 3-5 road record. The last matchup between these two clubs was played way back on May 10th, 2000 in a 5-17 neutral location loss.
