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FreddySabido
Gerry Nelson Wall (Class of '81)
3
Wagner WAGNER 1-2
7
Winner Norfolk State NSU 2-1
Wagner WAGNER
1-2
3
Final
7
Norfolk State NSU
2-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Wagner WAGNER 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 7 0
Norfolk State NSU 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 X 7 9 2

W: CUMBA,Josue (1-0) L: DeCarlo, Nick (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Falls To Norfolk State In Series Finale, 7-3

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Norfolk, VA - The Wagner College baseball team rallied from a two-run deficit in taking a 3-2 after five innings but Norfolk State scored five times in the bottom of the sixth in posting a 7-3 victory in the series finale on Sunday afternoon. 

Freshman Cody Bey led the way for the Seahawks at the plate, going 2 for 3 with a run scored and drove in his first career RBI. Senior Freddy Sabido and newcomer AJ Medrano also drove in runs for the visitors. 

Senior right-hander McCae Allen took the ball this afternoon, allowing two runs on four hits in 4.1 innings of work while striking out five and walking three. Freshman Nick DeCarlo was tagged with the loss after pitching 1.1 innings in relief of Allen, giving up five runs on three hits. 

Ty Hanchey led the way for Norfolk State, going 2 for 2 with two runs scored and driving in a pair for the Spartans. Alsander Womack and Adam Collins also drove in two RBIs while Caleb Ward and Danny Hosley produced multi-hit games, joining Hanchey with two hits. 

NSU's starter, Justin Walton allowed three runs (one earned) over five innings of work in which he walked one and struck out five batters. Josue Cumba picked up the win after pitching 2.2 scoreless frames in which he gave up a hit and struck out four of the eight batters he faced. 

Both teams were held scoreless after the first two innings before Norfolk State went ahead 2-0. Back-to-back walks from Allen and a wild pitch allowed both Collins and Hanchey to move into scoring position. 

Allen was able to strike out Brandon Crosby for the first out of the inning before Womack rolled one to short, which allowed Collins to trot home for the first run of the game. Ward came up next and delivered a double down the left field line that plated home the second run. 

The Seahawks cracked through in their half of the fourth. With one out, Sabdio ripped a single to center field that allowed Bey to score from second in cutting the Norfolk State lead in half, 2-1. 

Wagner's momentum carried over an inning later, as the Seahawks scored twice in taking the lead, 3-2. Henry Martinez reached on a throwing error by the NSU second baseman before junior Mike Ruggiero ripped a single back up-the-middle. Martinez moved to third following a throwing error from the Spartans catcher. 

With the count in his favor, Medrano roped a single to left center, scoring Martinez, which tied the game at 2-2. A batter later, Bey laced one to left field, bringing Medrano from second as the Seahawks took a 3-2 lead. 

Norfolk State batted around in the bottom of the sixth scoring five times on four hits as Collins and Hanchey each delivered a pair of two-run singles that gave the lead back to Norfolk State and ultimately winning by the same score. 

Inside-The-Boxscore:
  • Today's game marked the Wagner debuts of John Castiglione, Nick DeCarlo, and Brandon Demma. 
  • Demma worked a scoreless eighth in his first appearance of the season. 
  • Junior right-hander Nick LePre made his season debut in relief of DeCarlo, as LePre went 1.1 innings in striking out two and giving up one hit. 
  • In its opening weekend, the Seahawks scored 17 runs, the most since runs they have scored in a opening weekend since 2017, when the Seahawks scored 27 runs in three games at the Mardi Gras Invitational against Southern, Grambling State and Nicholls State. 


Up Next:
  • Wagner continues their season-long 18 game road trip as the Seahawks will head to Cary, NC for a three-game set against Big Ten members, Penn State, at the USA Baseball Complex.
  • First-pitch on Friday, February 21 is set for 2:00 p.m. with Saturday's game slated for a 1:00 p.m. start and the series finale to begin at 11:00 a.m.

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