WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. (Interstat) — Ben Alekson pitched a complete game, allowing seven hits and two earned runs with two strikeouts, as Fairfield defeated Marist 6-3 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Championship on Wednesday.

The Red Foxes seized a 3-0 lead in the top of the first, but the Stags responded with two runs in the bottom half on JP Kuczik’s two-run single. Fairfield tied the game in the third on Kuczik’s sacrifice fly, then grabbed the lead for good in the fourth on Ryan Paine’s RBI double and a sacrifice fly by Trey Schmalzle.

Kuczik finished 2-for-2 with three RBIs. Zach Stephenson added a double and an RBI in the seventh. Luke Monico homered for Marist, and AJ Brotz went 3-for-4. Andrew Speranza tossed 3.2 scoreless innings with four strikeouts for the Red Foxes, who fell to 21-29. Fairfield improved to 28-21.