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It was understood that the Molloy Lions would be led by their pitching staff this year. True to form, sophomore Bobby Kelly led them to a 4-1 win over reigning ECC Champion St. Thomas Aquinas.
Kelly improves to 2-0 on the season–he struck out seven, allowed only six hits and allowed just the lone run. His ERA is now 2.68 on the young season.
The Lions took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on an RBI single by Kevin Podell. Two innings later, he duplicated the feat–driving in Deilyn Guzman. Later that inning, Michael Rahn added to the lead with an RBI single of his own.
In the sixth inning, Kelly ran into his only jam of the day when he allowed a single, but he escaped danger when he induced a ground out to first.
The Lions added an insurance run in the seventh inning when catcher Kyle Van Duyne hit a run-scoring double scoring Ron Bauer.
Sean Gordon came on for the save. He worked around a single to close the door for his first save of the season.
Molloy compiled 10 hits on the day–Podell had three of them, Rahn and Van Duyne both had two.
