AUBURNDALE, Fla. - Marian University baseball (2-2, 0-0 NACC) defeated Medaille 17-1 in seven innings and Illinois College 11-5.

   

• Marian scored in the first inning for a third straight game and put up 10 runs in the fourth inning to pull away from Medaille.
• Senior Brady Zackrison opened the scoring in the first inning and Marian added to its lead with three runs in the third.
• Medaille responded with a run in the bottom of the fourth before the Sabres broke the game open.
• The Sabres were able to score 10 runs on five hits in the top of the fourth with senior Dylan Pease and junior Riley Palmquist driving in multiple runs.
• The sixth inning saw sophomore Andrew Schroeder drive in two runs and fellow sophomore Gus Walker closed out the scoring with a run-producing double in the seventh.

 

• The Sabres faced an early deficit against IC but another big inning in the fifth allowed Marian to rally.
• Illinois College led 4-1 after three innings with Schroeder driving in the lone Marian run with a sacrifice fly.
• Schroeder brought in another run in the fourth only to have the Blue Boys respond with a run of their own to put the score at 5-2.
• Graduate student Jonah Landowski opened the fifth inning with his second home run to spark plug a seven-run inning.
• Junior Logan Rademan drove in a pair of runs to highlight the inning that put Marian ahead 9-5.
• Palmquist added to the Marian lead with his first home run in the sixth and Zackrison put Marian ahead 11-5 after seven innings.
• The Marian bullpen didn't allow a hit in the final four innings to seal the win and the top six hitters in the lineup had multiple hits for the game.

   

Junior Riley Palmquist went 2-for-3 with three driven in and one run scored.	Senior Brady Zackrison was 2-for-3 with two runs driven in and two runs scored.	Sophomore Riley Richard (1-0) had a strong opening start going 6.0 innings allowing just one unearned run on three hits with four strikeouts.

 

Sophomore James Bornick had the first three-hit game of any Sabre for the season going 3-for-4 with a run driven in and a run scored.	Sophomore Andrew Schroeder waws 1-for-2 with three runs driven in and a run scored.	Freshman Michael Martinez went 2.1 innings in relief and didn't allow a hit with two strikeouts.