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Saint Francis USF 2-10
8
Winner Marian MU 3-7
Saint Francis USF
2-10
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Final
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Marian MU
3-7
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Saint Francis USF 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 7 7 2
Marian MU 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 8 11 6

W: Stoops, Jace (1-0) L: Jaden Markus (0-0)

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Winner Saint Francis USF 3-10
3
Marian MU 3-9
Winner
Saint Francis USF
3-10
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Final
3
Marian MU
3-9
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Saint Francis USF 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 7 4 3
Marian MU 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 8 3

W: Gavin Noble (0-0) L: Drook, Logan (0-0) S: Cameron Niedens (0)

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Game Recap: Baseball |

Knights Split Twin Bill Against the Cougars

Indianapolis, Ind. - The Marian baseball team hosted the Saint Francis Cougars in their home opener for the 2025 season Friday afternoon and evening. The Knights came out with an 8-7 win in game one and fell 3-7 in game two. Marian is now 3-8 overall on the season and 1-1 in the Crossroads League.

Game 1 | Marian 8-7 St. Francis

The Knights got off to a solid start with Davis Enfield throwing a perfect inning striking out all three Cougars in the top of the first. Johnny Roeder got on the plate early with a single to shortstop and was able to cross home after Seth Hogg doubled to left field a couple batters later to allow Marian to take the 1-0 lead. Saint Francis fired back quickly with an RBI scored off of a single to second to draw the first bottleneck of the day in the top of the second.
Both sides tried to break the tie but were to no avail in the bottom of the second and the top of the third. In the top of the third with first and second filled Cole McManus shot a bomb through the right center to score three runs for the Knights to take back the 4-1 lead. The Knights continued to push with Kameron Salazar crossing home plate off of a single from Hogg to extend the lead 5-1 in the bottom of the fifth. 

In the top of the sixth inning the Cougars were able to get their footing with four runs scored off of a trio of singles and an advancement off of a wild pitch to take the 6-5 lead over the Knights with three and a half innings left to play. Marian came up short in the bottom of the sixth only recording one hit and two runners left on base. Saint Francis continued to push in the top of the seventh benefiting off of an error by the shortstop to extend their lead once more 7-5. Marian however was able to push back with a pair of runs from Hogg and Roeder scored off of a single to center field from Josh Lamb to bring the game once more to a 7-7 bottleneck with two innings left to go.

After a scoreless inning from the Knights and a pair of scoreless innings from the Cougars, Hector Corona hit a walk off single into right center to allow Eli Kelly to score off of the single and seal the deal and secure the 8-7 win in game one. 

Johnny Roeder, Seth Hogg, and Cole McManus all led the team going 4-2 from the plate while Hogg recorded two RBI's and McManus recorded three. Josh Lamb also recorded two RBI's in the game. 

On the mound Davis Enfield gained the start pitching 5.1 innings and struck out four batters and recorded seven hits and six runs in his 26 batters faced. Eli Loichinger was the next to come in, pitching 1.2 innings and faced eight batters where he recorded one hit and one earned run. Dylan Holmes was the next to enter for Marian pitching 0.2 innings and recorded one strikeout. Justin Johnson also contributed to the win pitching a partial inning six. Jace Stoops took the win pitching 1.1 innings and striking out one batter.

Game 2 | Marian 3-7 St. Francis | 7 Innings

Saint Francis got off to a big start scoring one run off of a ground out in the first inning to take the early lead. The Cougars continued to push their lead with a pair of runs scored off of a double as well as a run scored off of a sacrifice fly in the second inning allowing them to take the early 4-0 lead. Marian was able to push back in the bottom of the third with Cole McManus recording a single into left field which allowed Kameron Salazar to cross home plate and score the run and decrease the margin down to three. 

One inning later Salazar was able to record an infield fly which allowed Nathan Pinarski to cross home plate and score another run for Marian to bring the score 4-2. The Cougars showed no signs of stopping benefiting off of a walk with bases loaded to score a run as well as two runs scored off of an error by left field to extend their lead 7-2 in the top of the sixth. Marian made their final push in the bottom of the sixth where Josh Lamb recorded a sacrifice bunt to allow Salazar to score but came up a tad too short in the seventh inning allowing the Cougars to take the 7-3 win in game two.

Kameron Salazar led the team from the plate going 3-5 with two runs while Cole McManus went 1-1 with a RBI. Josh Lamb recorded the second RBI of the game and went 3-1 from the plate. Nathan Pinarski went 2-1 and recorded one run as well.

On the mound Logan Drook gained the start pitching 1.2 innings and facing 12 batters. Mitchell Porter came in as recovery pitching 1.1 innings and recorded one strikeout in his six batters faced. Jayson Cottrell pitched 1.2 innings as well and faced eight batters and recorded one strikeout and gave up no hits or runs. Seth Risley gained his time on the mound pitching one inning and struck out three batters as well as giving up three runs. Carter King closed out the game pitching 1.1 innings and recorded one strikeout in his four batters faced.

The Knights will be back in action on Sunday, March 2nd as they wrap up the four game series with the Cougars. First pitch for game one of the double header is set for 1 p.m..

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