ALBANY, N.Y. (Interstat) — Marist rode strong pitching and timely homers to a 10-5 victory over Albany on Tuesday afternoon at Varsity Field. The Red Foxes improved to 16-25, while the Great Danes fell to 12-23.

Jason Bassett earned top-star honors, tossing four innings of scoreless ball, allowing no hits and one earned run. Andrew Speranza added two perfect relief innings with three strikeouts. Chris Diaz went 3-for-4 with a solo homer in the sixth and scored three times, and Connor Lawrence launched a three-run blast in the eighth.

Albany scored its first run in the bottom of the first on Levi McAllister’s RBI double. Marist answered with three runs in the third, keyed by AJ Brotz’s triple and Nathan Lincoln’s single. Diaz’s homer made it 4-1 in the sixth, and Lawrence’s blast stretched the lead to 7-1 in the eighth.

The Great Danes rallied for four runs in the bottom of the eighth, including Jaxon Mueller’s two-run double and Patrick DeSarno’s RBI single, but Brian Guerrero grounded into a double play to limit the damage. Marist added two runs in the ninth on Brady Steinert’s single. Albany grounded into two double plays overall.