FORT MYERS, Fla. – A late comeback effort ultimately fell short as the Saint Joseph's baseball team lost to Florida Gulf Coast, 4-3, in the first game of a weekend series between the two teams at Swanson Stadium on Friday night.
HOW IT HAPPENED
• FGCU (6-7) took an early lead after scoring a run in the bottom of the first on a wild pitch.
• The teams traded zeroes until the fifth, when the Eagles doubled their lead on a double by Elijah Eusebio. A two-out, two-run double in the sixth by Cameron Krzeminski doubled the lead again to 4-0.
• Saint Joseph's (5-6) got on the board in the seventh as
Brendan Hueth hit a two-out double that plated both
Matt Cuppari and
Luke Zimmerman.
• Cuppari would halve the deficit again with two down in the eighth, singling to score
James McConnon, but the Hawks would get no closer.
BEHIND THE BOX SCORE
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Jordan DiValerio took his first loss of the year for SJU, allowing four runs on six hits while striking out seven in five and two-thirds innings. Mason Studstill earned the win for FGCU, allowing two runs on four hits in six innings; he fanned 11. Hunter McGarry tossed the final inning and two-thirds for his second save of the season.
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Jake Artz had another two-hit game for the Hawks, while Krzeminski notched a game-high three hits.
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Noah Weber and
Cole Stetzar combined for two and a third innings of shutout relief for SJU.
UP NEXT
Game two of the three-game weekend set is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Saturday.
