THE BASICS 

Score: No. 16 Aurora 20; Emerson 6 (Final/7innings)

Records: Emerson Lions (5-3); Aurora Spartans (3-2) 

Pitching Decision: W –Josh Reinhardt (1-0) L– Chris Lowe (1-1),

Location: Tucson, AZ

Date: March 10, 2022

The Lead: Senior Joe Colucci and Junior Jack Hatch contributed 2 RBI apiece, but that was not enough as the Emerson Baseball fell to No. 16 Aurora; 20-6

INSIDE THE NUMBERS 

EMERSON

Jake Hatch: 3 for 4 with 2 RBI and 2 runs scored

Joe Colucci: 2 for 2 with 2 RBI

AURORA

Dylan White: 4 for 5 with 3 RBI and 3 runs scored

Justin Sartori: 3 for 4 with 3 RBI and 3 runs scored

Jack Seefeldt: 3 for 5 with 3 RBI and 3 runs scored

Nick Baldassano: 2 for 4 with 4 RBI and 2 runs scored

PITCHING: 

Josh Reinhardt: 7 strikeouts and 4 runs through 4.2 innings pitched

HOW IT HAPPENED 

• Sophomore Chris Lowe was able to escape some first inning trouble by stranding 2 runners who reached on a hit-by-pitch and a single.
• Senior Quinton Copeland would lead off the bottom of the first inning with a single, but the Lions would go quietly in the home half of the first.
• The Spartans would strike first in the top of the 2^nd inning when the first batter of the inning was hit-by-pitch and scored 2 batters later on a fielder's choice.
• Sophomore Chris Ferara would lead off the bottom of the 2^nd with a single; followed by another single by Senior Calvin Jacey.
• Sophomore Jake Okamoto would put together a great at-bat before driving an opposite field single to right field; driving in Ferera and knotting the score at 1-1 after 2 innings.
• Aurora's offense would explode in the top of the 3^rd inning. Dylan White would lead off the inning with a single, followed by a Justin Sartori triple; giving Aurora a 2-1 advantage.
• The next batter; Jett Wedekind would homer, driving in 2 runs.
• Aurora would add 2 more runs to cap off a 5-run top of the 3^rd inning, giving the Spartans a 6-1 lead.
• Junior Thai Morgan would lead off the bottom of the 3^rd with a solo homerun, cutting the lead to 6-2. The Lions would add 2 more hits, but were unable to push any more runs across.
• The Spartans offense would have another big inning in the top of the 4^th, exploding for 9-runs; extending their lead to 15-1.
• The Lions would strike again in the bottom of the 5^th inning when Freshman Briggs Loveland walked to begin the inning. Junior Jake Hatch would drive in Loveland and Sophomore Ty Bourne, followed by a Colucci double, driving in Hatch; cutting the lead to 15-5 after 5 full innings.
• The Spartans would add 5 more runs in the top of the 6^th; extending the lead to 20-5.
• Emerson would add 1 run in the bottom of the 7^th on a Joe Colucci triple, but that wasn't enough to extend the game, as the Lions fell 20-6 via the run-rule.

UP NEXT

• The Lions head back north before facing off against Gordon on March 15^th at 3:15pm.