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Senior Noah Cabassa scored a run against Middlebury.
7
Winner Middlebury MIDBASE 4-5
1
William Paterson WP 5-8
Winner
Middlebury MIDBASE
4-5
7
Final
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William Paterson WP
5-8
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Middlebury MIDBASE 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 7 9 1
William Paterson WP 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 4

W: A. Gatland (2-0) L: Geisler, Chase (1-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Falls to Middlebury

AUBURNDALE, Fla. – The William Paterson baseball team (5-8) fell 7-1 to Middlebury (4-5) at the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational March 19.

HOW IT HAPPENED:
  • The Panthers took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second once the leadoff batter tripled to left center and came around to score on a groundout.
  • Middlebury tacked on three insurance runs in the fifth to grab a 4-0 advantage.
  • William Paterson scored their lone run of the game in the bottom of the fifth after senior Noah Cabassa (Pomona, N.Y./North Rockland) drew a base on balls and later crossed home on an RBI double to left by junior Austin Jack (Oak Ridge, N.J./Jefferson Twp.) to trim the deficit to three (4-1).
  • The Panthers added three additional runs in the eighth to push the lead to six (7-1).
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
  • Jack batted 1-for-4 with a double while driving in the Pioneers' lone run of the game.
  • Senior Jake Lutz (River Vale, N.J./Pascack Valley Regional) recorded a single.
  • Junior Chase Geisler (Lodi, N.J./Lodi) allowed one earned run on six hits in 7.0 innings of work with three strikeouts.
 
UP NEXT:
  • William Paterson faces off against Western New England, Wednesday, March 20, for a 2:30 p.m. game in Davenport, Fla.
 
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