Baseball: Drop 2 games to #1 Marist on Senior Day

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On Senior Day, the Fairfield University Baseball (27-20)(14-6) team dropped a pair of 3-1 decisions to the Marist Red Foxes (27-19)(14-6), with the deciding runs in both games coming in their final at-bats. With the losses, the Stags now drop into a tie with Marist for the top spot in the conference.

The Stags will look to salvage the finale of the important three-game series and get back sole possesion of first place on Monday at Noon. The Stags are (11-6) at home but (3-3) in their last 6 games.

Live Stats:
www.statbroadcast.com/events/statmonitr.php?gid=fair

Only the top 6 teams will qualify for the MAAC Championship that will be played in Niagara Falls, NY this season.

MAAC Baseball Standings (5/14/17):
TEAM MAAC PCT. OVERALL PCT.
Marist 14 - 6 .700 27 - 19 .587
Fairfield 14 - 6 .700 27 - 20 .574
Canisius 14 - 7 .667 31 - 19 .620
Iona 13 - 8 .619 20 - 21 .488
Niagara 11 - 10 .524 23 - 21 .523
Rider 11 - 12 .478 19 - 25 - 1 .433
Siena 10 - 11 .476 19 - 26 - 2 .426
Quinnipiac 10 - 11 .476 17 - 27 .386
Monmouth 9 - 11 .450 17 - 26 .395
Manhattan 9 - 12 .429 15 - 33 .313
Saint Peter's 0 - 21 .000 0 - 35 .000

Stag Baseball Schedule:
Mon, May 15 Marist * Alumni Diamond 12:00 p.m.
Tue, May 16 Massachusetts at Amherst, Mass. 2:00 p.m.
Thu, May 18 Quinnipiac * at Hamden, Conn. 12:00 p.m. on Quinnipiac All-Access
Thu, May 18 Quinnipiac * at Hamden, Conn. 3:00 p.m. on Quinnipiac All-Access
Fri, May 19 Quinnipiac * at Hamden, Conn. 12:00 p.m. on Quinnipiac All-Access

2017 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Championship
Wed, May 24 - Sun, May 28

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Stags 3-0 at the top of the Second.

Live Stats:
stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=166467

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MAAC is more competitive this year. Stags not walking into the NCAA Tournament this year.

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Stags tie the game at 4-4 with two outs in the bottom of the Ninth.

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Stags win 5-4 at the bottom of the 10th on freshman Dan Ryan's single with bases loaded and one out.

“The number one thing I was thinking was I have to hit the ball hard somewhere,” Ryan said “If you put the ball in play you never know what can happen and that was a perfect example.”

“That was awesome. That's all I was thinking,” the freshman hero of the Stags, Dan Ryan said. “It was an honor to do that for our seniors especially after the way yesterday ended. It's an honor for me to help them and have their last game on this field be a win.”

“We didn't give up,” Head Coach Bill Currier said. “We just kept getting hits. No doubles, just kept the line moving.”

The Stags are back solely in first place at (28-20)(15-6) with 3 MAAC games to go (all at Quinnipiac) in the Regular Season.

Box Score:
www.fairfieldstags.com/fls/32500/Stats/BSB/2017/ffd0515.htm