MCLA swept in final two Florida games

Auburndale, FL- The MCLA Baseball team dropped their final two games of their Florida swing as they were swept in a doubleheader by Keuka College. The Trailblazers fell 12-11 in extra innings in game one before losing 10-5 in the nightcap. The Trailblazers return home with a 5-9 record and will next take on RPI Wednesday afternoon in Troy, NY.

Game One- Keuka 12- MCLA 11 (10 innings)

Austin Rachiele and Christian Seariac both tripled in the bottom of the 1^st to give MCLA an early 2-0 lead. Keuka's Tyler Broderick's double with two on tied the game in the top of the 2^nd and a wild pitch would see Broderick score to give the Wolves a 3-2 lead.

The 3^rd inning saw a two-run shot by Keuka's Brooks Vertoske answered with four base hits and a walk by the middle of the Trailblazer order to tie game at five.

A one out triple by leadoff hitter Anthony Brown would help fuel a four run 4^th and give the Wolves a 9-5 advantage. But MCLA continued to scrap in the bottom half taking advantage of a leadoff error and hits by Jeff Bink, Seariac and Logan Rumbolt which would result in 3 more runs cutting the deficit to one.

MCLA would tie the contest in the 5^th and take a two run lead in the 6^th courtesy of a two run single off the bat of Dillon Maxon. Keuka would tie the game however scoring two in the top of the 7^th to send the game to extra innings.

The Trailblazers held off the Wolves twice as they would get runners in scoring position in both the 8^th and 9^th. However a leadoff walk by Keuka's Anthony Brown who would ultimately score on a sacrifice fly in the top of the 10^th put the Wolves ahead for good as MCLA was unable to answer.

Seariac, Maxon and Rumbolt all had three hits for the Trailblazers. Max Gabrielly took the loss for MCLA.

Game Two- Keuka 10- MCLA 5

Game two would see Keuka would jump out to a 5-0 lead with the help of a Brooks Vertoske's two-run triple in the bottom of the 1^st a Wolves three run 3^rd.  

A Dan Buchanan double and Dillon Maxon triple in the top of the 4^th would cut the deficit to three for MCLA. Though the Wolves would add one in the bottom of the 5^th the Trailblazers would again would come back with two more in the top of the 6^th cutting the margin to two making the score 6-4 Keuka.

In the bottom of the 6^th however the Wolves would score four runs stealing two bases and taking advantage of two Trailblazer errors to extend their lead to 10-4.

MCLA would add one in the top of the 7^th but were unable to sustain their two out rally attempt making the final score 10-5.

Though Dillon Maxon would take the loss for the Trailblazers he also had a three hits including a double and a triple. Dan Buchanan also had two extra base hits in the game.