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THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND
THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND
Austin Gauthier
Philip Hinds
Austin Gauthier
11
Sacred Heart SHU 16-28-1
11
Hofstra HOFSTRA 15-28-1
Sacred Heart SHU
16-28-1
11
Final
11
Hofstra HOFSTRA
15-28-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E
Sacred Heart SHU 0 3 0 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 15 1
Hofstra HOFSTRA 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 0 11 16 2

Game Recap: Baseball | | Len Skoros

BB: Hofstra Rallies From Eight Down, Ties Sacred Heart

Hempstead, NY – Hofstra rallied from an 11-3 deficit to force extra innings but in the end, Mother Nature prevailed as the game ended in an 11-11 tie after 12 innings due to darkness. It was Hofstra's first tie since April 28, 2010 against NYIT (12-12).

Hofstra trailed 11-3 going into the bottom of the sixth inning and chipped away at the lead before tying the game with three runs in the bottom of the ninth. The Pride scored two runs in the sixth on Rob Weissheier's home run and then added two more runs in the seventh on a bases loaded hit by pitch and an RBI single from Austin Gauthier.

Parker Quinn led off the eighth with a solo home run that made it 11-8 and set up the Pride for a dramatic ninth inning comeback. Austin Pollack walked, and Vito Friscia followed with a single. After the next two batters were retired, Quinn drew a walk to load the bases. A wild pitch allowed Pollack to score and make it a two-run game. Anthony D'Onofrio then delivered a two-run triple to tie the score and send it to extra innings.

Hofstra (15-28-1) had a great chance in the 10th as Sean Rausch tripled to lead off the inning. Tyler White then lifted a fly ball to right that was caught. Rausch attempted to score and was thrown out on a strike from Sacred Heart right fielder Elijah Brown.

Sacred Heart had a chance to take the lead in the 12th, loading the bases with one out. But Hofstra reliever Seamus Brazill got a strikeout and then cut down a runner at home plate on a delayed steal attempt for the final out.

Brazill pitched 3 1/3 innings of scoreless relief, allowing two hits with four strikeouts. Matt Siedem threw 1 1/3 innings of no-hit relief and Mike Murray contributed 1 2/3 innings of scoreless work. Friscia and Gauthier had three hits each, while Pollack, Weissheier, and Rausch had two hits. Weissheier also drove in four runs.

Six Sacred Heart (16-28-1) batters had two hits. Jake Frasca, Alex Perry and Anthony Porrino each drove in two runs.

Hofstra returns to action Friday night when it takes on Delaware at 7 p.m. in the opening game of a three-game series.

Notes:
-Weissheier's home run was his seventh of the season.
-Quinn hit his third home run.
-Friscia extended his on-base streak to 26 games and his hitting streak to 10.
-Gauthier stole three bases on the day.
-Hofstra batters drew a season-high 13 walks.
 
 
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