Army West Point Athletics

Baseball Drops Midweek Contest vs. Marist
April 21, 2026 | Baseball
WEST POINT, N.Y. – Army West Point baseball dropped Tuesday's game to the Marist Red Foxes at Doubleday Field, 5-4, after allowing three runs in the top of the ninth.
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The Black Knights move to 22-17 with the loss, ahead of its second-to-last league series and final home set this weekend.Â
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Army opened the scoring in the bottom of the third, when Josiah Overbeek bolted home on a wild pitch.Â
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While the Red Foxes tied the game in the top of the fourth with a solo home run, the Black Knights prevented the visitors from going ahead later in the frame, when relief pitcher Max Donecea recovered from a wild pitch by racing to the plate and making the tag for the third out.Â
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After Parker gave Army the lead once more in the fifth with a sacrifice fly for Overbeek's second run of the game, Donecea once more kept Marist off the board in the sixth, escaping a bases loaded, one out jam with a strikeout and induced lineout to strand all three runners.Â
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The parade of sacrifice RBIs continued in the sixth, with Paul Andrzejewski collecting a sacrifice fly and Chris Barr scoring Jake Pineda on a squeeze bunt to make it 4-1.
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Marist threatened in the eighth, loading the bases with nobody out to put the go-ahead run at the plate. Anthony Ramirez then entered to pitch, with just one run scoring in the frame on a sacrifice fly before the visitors took the lead an inning later.
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Donecea had been in line for the win, striking out two batters over 2.1 innings. The Northport, N.Y. native took over for starting pitcher Walker Calvo, who too picked up a pair of strikeouts over 3.2 frames. Ian Standlee also pitched an inning in relief before handing the ball to Ramirez.
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By the Numbers
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2: Overbeek and Hewitt each drew a pair of walks.Â
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2-for-3: Overbeek went 2-for-3 at the plate.
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2-for-4: Mason Scott was 2-for-4 on Tuesday.
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Black Knight Notes
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Before the game, head coach Chris Tracz received a recognition on being named to the Marist Hall of Fame inaugural class. Tracz played at Marist from 2001-05 and served as head coach from 2010-22 before coming west of the Hudson to Army.
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Barr's squeeze play in the sixth was his second and the team's fourth successful squeeze of the season.
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Overbeek reached base for the 37th consecutive game to open his career.
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The 4:05 p.m. start time Tuesday was the latest a game has started at Doubleday Field this year.
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Next Up
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Army plays its final weekend series against Lafayette on April 25-26. The senior day ceremony is scheduled ahead of Army's 12:00 p.m. Doubleheader on Saturday.
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Follow the Black Knights
Follow Army Baseball on X @ArmyWP_Baseball and on Instagram @armywp_baseball. Fans can also like Army West Point Athletics on Facebook and learn more about baseball and other programs at goarmywestpoint.com.
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The Black Knights move to 22-17 with the loss, ahead of its second-to-last league series and final home set this weekend.Â
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Army opened the scoring in the bottom of the third, when Josiah Overbeek bolted home on a wild pitch.Â
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While the Red Foxes tied the game in the top of the fourth with a solo home run, the Black Knights prevented the visitors from going ahead later in the frame, when relief pitcher Max Donecea recovered from a wild pitch by racing to the plate and making the tag for the third out.Â
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After Parker gave Army the lead once more in the fifth with a sacrifice fly for Overbeek's second run of the game, Donecea once more kept Marist off the board in the sixth, escaping a bases loaded, one out jam with a strikeout and induced lineout to strand all three runners.Â
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The parade of sacrifice RBIs continued in the sixth, with Paul Andrzejewski collecting a sacrifice fly and Chris Barr scoring Jake Pineda on a squeeze bunt to make it 4-1.
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Marist threatened in the eighth, loading the bases with nobody out to put the go-ahead run at the plate. Anthony Ramirez then entered to pitch, with just one run scoring in the frame on a sacrifice fly before the visitors took the lead an inning later.
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Donecea had been in line for the win, striking out two batters over 2.1 innings. The Northport, N.Y. native took over for starting pitcher Walker Calvo, who too picked up a pair of strikeouts over 3.2 frames. Ian Standlee also pitched an inning in relief before handing the ball to Ramirez.
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By the Numbers
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2: Overbeek and Hewitt each drew a pair of walks.Â
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2-for-3: Overbeek went 2-for-3 at the plate.
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2-for-4: Mason Scott was 2-for-4 on Tuesday.
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Black Knight Notes
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Before the game, head coach Chris Tracz received a recognition on being named to the Marist Hall of Fame inaugural class. Tracz played at Marist from 2001-05 and served as head coach from 2010-22 before coming west of the Hudson to Army.
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Barr's squeeze play in the sixth was his second and the team's fourth successful squeeze of the season.
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Overbeek reached base for the 37th consecutive game to open his career.
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The 4:05 p.m. start time Tuesday was the latest a game has started at Doubleday Field this year.
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Next Up
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Army plays its final weekend series against Lafayette on April 25-26. The senior day ceremony is scheduled ahead of Army's 12:00 p.m. Doubleheader on Saturday.
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Follow the Black Knights
Follow Army Baseball on X @ArmyWP_Baseball and on Instagram @armywp_baseball. Fans can also like Army West Point Athletics on Facebook and learn more about baseball and other programs at goarmywestpoint.com.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Bobby LeFerve (2-1)
L: Ramirez, Anthony (1-3)
Batting:
HR: AJ Brotz 1
RBI: AJ Brotz 1 ; Nathan Lincoln 2 ; Chris Diaz 1
SH: Noel Rivera 1 ; Chris Diaz 1
Base Running:
RUNS: TJ Baer 1 ; AJ Brotz 2 ; Noel Rivera 1 ; Nathan Lincoln 1
SB: AJ Brotz 1 ; Noel Rivera 1
CS: Luis Cedeno 1
HBP: Nathan Lincoln 1

Batting:
2B: Overbeek, Josiah 1 ; Barr, Chris 1 ; Scott, Mason 1
RBI: Barr, Chris 1 ; Parker, William 1 ; Andrzejewski, Paul 1
SH: Barr, Chris 1 ; Schreck, Thomas 1 ; Farrell, Zac 1
SF: Parker, William 1 ; Andrzejewski, Paul 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Overbeek, Josiah 2 ; Farrell, Zac 1 ; Pineda, Jake 1
SB: Barr, Chris 2 ; Farrell, Zac 1
HBP: Parker, William 1 ; Hewitt, Carter 1 ; Pineda, Jake 1
PO: Overbeek, Josiah 1
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