Kent State University
8-9
Hofstra
7-12
Flashes Run-Rule Pride on Sunday to Take the Series Finale
3/16/2025 5:29:00 PM | Baseball
KENT- The Kent State Golden Flashes baseball team dominated Sunday's rubber match against the Hofstra Pride winning 15-5 in eight innings.
Hayden Jatczak and Alejandro Covas were on fire at the plate for the Flashes each recording four hits and combining for five runs scored and four RBIs.
Each team's offense started out hot with each team scoring two in the first. Kent State's first two runs came across thanks to an RBI ground out by Sawyer Solitaria and a RBI double by Covas.
The game would enter a 45-minute weather delay in the second inning that would force Kent State to pull starter Jacob Bean and turn to Eric Chalus.
Chalus was magnificent in relief for the Flashes going 5.1 innings and allowing just two runs on six hits while striking out nine Hofstra batters.
Hunter Klotz would give the Flashes the lead in the bottom of the third inning with an RBI single out to center. Hofstra would respond with two runs in the fourth off two solo shots.
Kent State would break the game open with five runs in the bottom of the fourth. The runs came across thanks to a Brady Marshall RBI triple, Micah Rienstra-Kiracofe sacrifice fly, a Covas two-run single, and a Matt Thompson fielder's choice.
The Flashes would get another run in the fifth thanks to an opposite field home run by Jatczak,
Kent State would score two runs in each of the final three innings to enact the ten run-rule. In the sixth it was RBI base knocks from Klotz and Thompson, in the seventh it was a two-run homer by Solitaria, and Rienstra-Kiracofe would end the game on a two-run homer to left-center field. The home run was the first of Rienstra-Kiracofe's collegiate career.
On Deck for the Flashes
Kent State will hit the road on Wednesday Mar. 19 for a midweek match up with the Pitt Panthers. First pitch in the steel city is set for 3 p.m. Following the midweek the Flashes will resume Mid-American Conference play on the road against Bowling Green.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Chalus, Eric (1-2)
L: Gregg, Brayden (2-2)
Batting:
2B: Palmer, Dylan 1
3B: Brown, Michael 1 ; Castrataro, Tyler 1
HR: Masiuk, Luke 1 ; Lane, Sean 1
RBI: Brown, Michael 1 ; Masiuk, Luke 1 ; Lane, Sean 1 ; Craig, Michael 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Palmer, Dylan 1 ; Brown, Michael 1 ; Masiuk, Luke 1 ; Lane, Sean 2
SB: Cox, Tyler 2
Batting:
2B: Jatczak, Hayden 2 ; Covas, Alejandro 2 ; Klotz, Hunter 1
3B: Marshall, Brady 1
HR: Rienstra-Kiracofe, Micah 1 ; Jatczak, Hayden 1 ; Solitaria, Sawyer 1
RBI: Rienstra-Kiracofe, Micah 3 ; Jatczak, Hayden 1 ; Solitaria, Sawyer 3 ; Covas, Alejandro 3 ; Klotz, Hunter 2 ; Thompson, Matt 2 ; Marshall, Brady 1
SF: Rienstra-Kiracofe, Micah 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Rienstra-Kiracofe, Micah 2 ; Jatczak, Hayden 4 ; Casey, Jake 1 ; Solitaria, Sawyer 3 ; Covas, Alejandro 1 ; Klotz, Hunter 1 ; Ebbing, Payton 1 ; Marshall, Brady 2
SB: Covas, Alejandro 1 ; Marshall, Brady 1
CS: Thompson, Matt 1
HBP: Covas, Alejandro 1 ; Klotz, Hunter 1
