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PONCE, PR \u2013 The Manhattan Jaspers Baseball team (0-1) fell to the Sycamores of Indiana State (1-0) by a score of 10-3\u00a0inside Estadio Francisco Montaner on Friday afternoon.
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\n\tThe Jaspers opened their season under now-Head Coach Steven Rosen<\/a>, with a new look roster.
\n\tAfter the Sycamores struck first with a couple of runs, it was Andreaus Lewis<\/a> who smacked a solo round-tripper over the left field fence to cut Indiana State’s lead in half.
\n\tThe Green and White’s starting pitcher in Connor Throneberry<\/a> kept things status quo in the home half of the third inning by forcing a pair of pop-ups to the middle infield to allow the Jaspers to respond.
\n\tRight on cue, was Manhattan, who sent Vincent Samuel<\/a> to the plate for his second Jasper\u00a0at-bat, and hit a no-doubter home run over the left field fence to bring the Jasper deficit to just one run.
\n\tThe opposition added an additional seven runs throughout the remainder of the game, before Samuel doubled into left field to advance Justin Best<\/a> and drive home Josiah Brown<\/a> for the team’s third run of the afternoon.
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\n\tSenior infielder Vincent Samuel<\/a> notched two hits with a double and home run in four total plate appearances. For Samuel, he crossed the plate once and posted two RBIs in the effort.
\n\tSophomore first baseman Colin Basehore<\/a> logged a base hit and struck out once to open his season.
\n\tGraduate outfielder Payton Matthews<\/a> also posted a base-knock, while working a walk.
\n\tGraduate pitcher and starter Connor Throneberry<\/a> struck out three, while surrendering four hits with 83 total tosses thrown.
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