KINGS POINT, N.Y. (May 1, 2024) – The USMMA baseball team scored eight runs in the middle innings to down visiting Albertus Magnus College, 9-3, on Wednesday night at Bartoszek Field in the Mariners' final non-conference game of the season. The victory improved Merchant Marine's record to 23-13, while the Falcons fell to 11-22 with the loss.
 
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The Mariners trailed 3-2 after Albertus Magnus scored two runs in the top of the fifth, but answered right back by scoring seven runs over the bottom of the fifth and sixth combined. They were led by junior Garrett Clapsaddle (Murphy, N.C.), who finished the night going 2-for-5 at the plate with the go-ahead three-RBI double in the fifth inning to go along with a two-out, two-RBI single in the sixth that helped extend the USMMA lead.
 
Classmate Jack Millen (Shelby, N.C.) opened the scoring on the night with a solo home run down the left field line to lead off the bottom of the first, but the Falcons answered right back in the top of the second. Millen went 3-for-5 with the homer and two runs scored.
 
Freshman Tommy Chiappetti (Buckeye, Ariz.) had a team-best four hits with a double and two runs and junior Travis Leatherwood (Catonsville, Md.) finished 3-for-5 with a double and one RBI.
 
On the mound, junior Michael Monkevich (Gaithersburg, Md.) earned the victory after pitching five innings, giving up three runs on nine hits with four strikeouts. The Mariners got four shutout innings of relief from three different pitchers – senior Tommy Payton (Palm Harbor, Fla.) in the sixth and seventh with three K's, classmate Kellen Brown (Fort Pierce, Fla.) in the eighth with two strikeouts and fellow first-classman Jay Piotrowski (Montgomery, Texas) in the ninth, who struck out one.
 
For the Falcons, junior Eric Galarza went 2-for-3 with one RBI, while freshman Jack Angelo suffered the loss after tossing four innings, into the fifth, giving up six runs (five earned) on nine hits with two strikeouts.
 
The Mariners return to action on Saturday, May 4, with a home Skyline doubleheader against Mount St. Mary College. First pitch of game one is scheduled for 12-noon at Bartoszek Field. Live stats and a live video feed of the doubleheader will be available with links on the USMMA Baseball Schedule Page.
 
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