<\/b><\/span>Molloy<\/b> was swept in a DH today by Mercy by the scores of 4-3 and 5-3, but that should not overshadow the spectacular pitching performance by ace Shea Spitzbarth<\/b> in the first game.<\/span>
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<\/span>The junior from Staten Island pitched the first 10 innings in the 14-inning marathon. He allowed no ER, only three hits and five walks while striking out 17 batters. He threw 143 pitches. On the season, he now has a 1.80 ERA over 55 innings with 83 strikeouts while holding opposing batters to a .204 average.\u00a0<\/span>

<\/span>He nearly got the win, as Molloy scored a run in the 11th inning on an RBI single by Anthony Alberghina<\/b> but the bullpen could not hold the lead. In the bottom of the 14th, Mercy won it on a sac fly to conclude the 3:28 marathon.<\/span>

<\/span>The loss was incredibly painful for the Lions’ playoff chances as they are now 7-11 in the conference and four games behind Bridgeport.<\/span>

<\/span>They have now lost four in a row and will be playing Senior Day tomorrow at noon. They have six more conference games left–concluding with four against Dowling next weekend.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo Credit: Molloy Athletics Molloy was swept in a DH today by Mercy by the scores of 4-3 and 5-3, but that should not overshadow the spectacular pitching performance by ace Shea Spitzbarth in the first game.The junior from Staten Island pitched the first 10 innings in the 14-inning marathon. He allowed no ER, only three hits and five walks while striking out 17 batters. He threw 143 pitches. On the season, he now has a 1.80 ERA over 55 innings with 83 strikeouts while holding opposing batters to a .204 average.\u00a0He nearly got the win, as Molloy scored a run in the 11th inning on an RBI single by Anthony Alberghina but the bullpen could not hold the lead. In the bottom of the 14th, Mercy won it on a sac fly to conclude the 3:28 marathon.The loss was incredibly painful for the Lions’ playoff chances as they are now 7-11 in the conference and four games behind Bridgeport.They have now lost four in a row and will be playing Senior Day tomorrow at noon. They have six more conference games left–concluding with four against Dowling next weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[460],"class_list":{"0":"post-426","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-archive","7":"tag-archive"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n