QUEENS, N.Y.\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The St. John’s baseball team (10-16) came up short to California Baptist (23-5) in game two of a three-game series at Jack Kaiser Stadium, 5-3, on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Jon LeGrande<\/a>\u00a0paced the offense with a 2-for-4 performance, scoring twice and swiping a base.\u00a0Shaun McMillan<\/a>,\u00a0Jayder Raifstanger<\/a>, and\u00a0Adam Agresti<\/a>\u00a0each recorded an RBI, while Lewis Rodriguez<\/a> accounted for the Red Storm’s final run.<\/p>\n On the mound,\u00a0Evan Chaffee<\/a>\u00a0turned in 5.0 innings, allowing four runs while striking out four.\u00a0Evan Hoeckele<\/a>\u00a0took over in the sixth and finished the game, tossing 4.0 innings of one-run ball with three strikeouts.<\/p>\n After two clean, three-up, three-down innings to start, the Lancers threatened in the top of the third. With two outs, CBU loaded the bases on a trio of singles, but the Red Storm defense came through, highlighted by a key play from Raifstanger to keep the game scoreless.<\/p>\n CBU broke through in the fourth, plating four runs on a pair of RBI doubles and a sacrifice fly RBI. St. John’s responded in the bottom half, as LeGrande singled up the middle, stole second, and advanced to third on a throwing error. McMillan drove LeGrande home with an RBI single through the right side to make it 4-1.<\/p>\n Chaffee wrapped up his outing in the fifth with a final strikeout, aided by solid defense to hold the Lancers in check.<\/p>\n After a scoreless sixth, CBU added to its lead in the seventh on an RBI single from Cole Hansen, pushing the score to 5-1. The Red Storm answered in the eighth, with Raifstanger driving in Rodriguez on a single up the middle and Agresti lined an RBI hit to left to score LeGrande and cut the deficit to 5-3.<\/p>\n St. John’s turned in a quick 1-2-3 inning in the ninth behind Hoeckele, but the late push fell short as the Red Storm dropped a 5-3 decision to the Lancers.<\/p>\n Following Saturday’s contest, St. John’s will close out the weekend series against California Baptist on Sunday. First pitch from Jack Kaiser Stadium is set for 11 a.m.
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