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Panther junior Gavin Brien (above) goes 1-for-3 and scores Purchase's only run in game two against Bard on Saturday.
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Winner Bard College BARD 3-3
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Purchase College PUR-BB 4-3
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Bard College BARD 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 5 7 1
Purchase College PUR-BB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2

W: Evan Richardson (2-1) L: Owens, CJ (0-1)

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Purchase College PUR-BB 4-4
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Winner Bard College BARD 4-3
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Purchase College PUR-BB 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2
Bard College BARD 0 0 1 0 5 3 X 9 13 0

W: Kyle Zigner (1-1) L: Torres, Nicholas (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Stephanie Janasiewicz, Sports Information Director

Baseball Caps Florida Trip with Pair of Losses

Auburndale, FL (Mar. 16, 2019) – Purchase College baseball wrapped up its Florida trip to the RussMatt Invitational with a pair of non-conference losses to Bard College on Saturday.

The Bard Raptors rode the stellar pitching of Evan Richardson and Kyle Zigner to defeat the Panthers, 5-0 and 9-1, at Lake Myrtle Park.

Game One: Bard 5, Purchase 0
Richardson (2-1) tossed a complete game one-hitter to lead the Raptors to victory in the opener on Saturday.  The senior right-handed pitcher struck out 11 and yielded four walks over seven innings of action.

Bard's Chris Blake produced the game-winning run in the top of the first inning. Jordan Myers led off the inning with a popup to Panther second baseman James Shea (FR/Brooklyn, NY). Back-to-back Purchase errors put the next two Bard batters on base. With runners at first and second, Blake singled to bring Spencer Checkoway around to score.

Purchase starter CJ Owens (JR/Ridge, NY) struck out the next two batters to retire the side.

The Raptors scored another run in the top of the third on a Checkoway RBI single, and tallied three more in the sixth inning to secure the 5-0 sweep.

Owens (0-1) went 5.1 innings on the mound for Purchase and was tagged with his first loss of the season. He struck out six, walked three, and gave up four runs (3 ER) on five hits.

Game Two: Bard 9, Purchase 1
Strong pitching and a big fifth inning led Bard past Purchase in game two.

Zigner (1-1) notched seven strikeouts and gave up just two hits in the complete-game performance on the mound for Bard.

Myers drove in Bard's first run, hitting a single to bring Julian Gonzalez around to score.

Purchase answered back in the top of the fourth to even the contest at one apiece. Gavin Brien (JR/Brooklyn, NY) singled and advanced to second on a wild pitch to start the inning. Brien came across to score thanks to a RBI single from Dylan Flynn (SO/Hauppauge, NY).

After a scoreless fourth inning, Bard rallied and scored eight runs across the fifth and sixth innings.

Purchase struggled offensively the rest of the way— unable to produce a single hit in the final two innings of action.

After Saturday's losses, the Panthers drop to 4-4 overall. The team looks to bounce back at home this Wednesday against Albertus Magnus College. First pitch for the single 9-inning game is slated for 3:30 p.m.
 
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