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The Molloy Lions headed down to Myrtle Beach, S.C to kick off their 2015 campaign. They did not fair particularly well, despite finishing the trip with a convincing 8-4 victory over Nyack.
In that game, a wild first inning was capped with the Lions scoring six runs to take an early 6-2 lead. They small-balled Nyack to death with RBI singles by Michael Rahn, John Galanoudis, Elijan Leerdam and Jack McCarty.
After starting pitcher Anthony Catinella was removed in the fourth inning, Sean Gordon came in relief to put out the fire. The sophomore from St. Dominic’s fired 3.2 shutout innings, allowing only one hit while striking out two.
The Lions tacked on two more runs in the sixth on another run-scoring single by McCarty and a sac fly by Brian Murphy.
Shawn Klotsche and Deilyn Guzman combined to throw the final two innings of shutout ball.
The Lions are 1-3, but it is too early to panic. As Head Coach Joe Fucarino told me last week, this was the portion of the schedule for his players to carve roles for themselves as they prepare for the conference schedule.
They will take on Wilmington University this weekend in a three game set in Bel Air, MD before heading back and taking on Adelphi next week.
