LEWISTON, NY — Manhattan Baseball fell to Niagara, 4-2, on Friday afternoon at Bobo Field. The Jaspers will leave Western New York without a series win but will have a chance to salvage something during Saturday's series finale with the Purple Eagles.
HOW IT HAPPENED
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Shortstop Guriyandel Salva singled in the top of the first inning and proceeded to steal second.
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Niagara took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the inning when Jason Green doubled to center field to score Curtis McKay.
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Manhattan stranded two base runners in the second inning when Niagara pitcher Max Ramirez IV struck out Dylan Mayer.
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Niagara would capitalize on a Jasper error in the second inning, eventually bringing home their second run on a triple from Tyler ViVacqua.
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Junior Ryan Lordier stayed hot for the Jaspers by drilling a home run over the center field fence in the fourth inning to cut the Niagara lead to 2-1.
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Trailing 4-1 in the ninth inning, Manhattan grabbed one last run on an RBI groundout by Aidan Taclas.
STATS AND NOTES
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Ryan Lordier extended his hitting to three games thanks to his fourth-inning solo home run, his first long ball in the Division I ranks.
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Braedon Romero pitched three scoreless innings of relief for the Jaspers.
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Left fielder Jeremy Sosa picked up his second and third hits of the series in Friday's loss.
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Taclas' RBI in the ninth brought him to the quarter century mark for RBIs this season, trailing only Andreaus Lewis' 29.
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Brad Grasser absorbed the loss, surrendering two runs in five innings of work.
NEXT UP
Manhattan (12-23, 6-13 MAAC) will look to get on track on Easter Saturday with first pitch slated for 12 p.m. at Bobo Field.
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