March 27 at Jack Kaiser Stadium in Queens, NY
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Zach Mawson deserved much better Friday afternoon. The junior southpaw pitched a complete game and allowed five hits for Rider, but the one run he allowed in the bottom of the fourth was enough for St. John's to pick up a 1-0 victory in a chilly matinee.
St. John's righty Cody Stashak also pitched well (6 IP, 2 H, 3 K), though it helps that he faced a Rider team that is one of the worst hitting groups in the country, finishing the day with a .195 team batting average after just four hits against three Red Storm pitchers.
I couldn't find out who was announcing for St. John's and espn3, but there were plenty of fantastic Baseball Phrases from this duo. There was some good old fashioned nonsense, crazy nonsense, made-up theories, made-up words, places no one has ever been to, made-up theory-words. These two gentleman had it all.
"Speed merchant"
"To break the seal on the scoreboard"
"Call that a popcorn RBI"
"I'd say you make 50% of your RBIs on outs"
"Now he's got to throw a stop inning up"
"Deep into the 56 hole"
"That was a rally snuffer"
"Stretch and flex right there"
"In that 43 hole"
"Shallow second base"
"Strano blops the first pitch, 1-0"
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