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NEW ROCHELLE, NY \u2013 The Manhattan Jaspers baseball team (20-30, 10-19 MAAC) took down the Gaels of Iona University (18-28, 14-14 MAAC) by a score of 6-3 inside City Park on Friday evening.<\/p>\n
HOW IT HAPPENED<\/p>\n
STATS AND NOTES<\/p>\n
QUOTES FROM THE JASPERS<\/p>\n
\n\tThe Jaspers sought a bounce-back effort against their cross-town rival, the Iona Gaels, and opened the game with the bases loaded but came up empty in the first inning.
\n\tManhattan opened the scoring with Ryan Lordier<\/a> smacking a triple to drive home Jackson Brinker<\/a>.
\n\tIn the third inning, Vincent Samuel<\/a> hammered a two-run blast over the fence in left field to score him and Justin Best<\/a> for a three-spot in the run column.
\n\tThe seventh inning featured Hunter Sute<\/a> finding the gap in left field to score Vincent Samuel<\/a>, and double up Iona down the stretch.
\n\tWith the Gaels threatening, the Jaspers put the stop sign up towards Iona with another two runs in the top of the ninth, courtesy of Samuel’s double to right-center. He would score Payton Matthews<\/a> from third, after pinch running for Justin Best<\/a> as the leadoff hitter.
\n\tDown the stretch of the ninth, the Jaspers worked with runners on the corners for Hayden Jung-Goldberg<\/a> and posted a successful sacrifice bunt back to the Gaels’ hurler to score Samuel for the sixth and final run of the game.
\n\tOn the flip side of the ninth, Garrett Theile<\/a> slammed the door on Iona and forced the Gaels to strand a runner across at second, following Stephenson’s ground-rule double.
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\n\tInfielder Vincent Samuel<\/a> paced the Green and White while going 3-for-5 from the plate, crossing the plate three times and tallying three RBIs, and striking out once with a home run and a double. Samuel was a triple shy of the cycle.
\n\tStarting pitcher Braeden Romero<\/a> recorded five innings off the rubber, surrendering four hits, two earned runs, and punching out five in 80 total pitches for his first win of the season.
\n\tOutfielder Justin Best<\/a> added two hits in four at-bats with one run, one walk, one strikeout, and one double in the middle game of the three-game set.
\n\tInfielder Ryan Lordier<\/a> supplied two hits with one RBI, a walk, a strikeout, and a triple. Lordier also added one stolen base, while getting caught once.
\n\tOutfielder Hayden Jung-Goldberg<\/a> patrolled left field and went 2-for-4 from the plate with a sacrifice hit to drive home one run and struck out once.
\n\tCatcher Hunter Sute<\/a> posted a 2-for-3 evening, with one RBI, two walks, one strikeout, and one double.
\n\tInfielder Guriyandel Salva<\/a> registered a 1-for-4 afternoon, with one walk.
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