The Big Green improved its overall record to 7-10 while the Saints fall to 5-18-1 on the season.
First-year pitcher Marten yielded only one run -- a home run in the fifth inning -- with one strikeout to pick up his first collegiate victory while Mallory struck out two in four innings to earn the save. The two righthanders combined to give up seven hits while walking none.
"It was good to get the first one out the way," Marten said. "This game I was really focused. I was hitting my spots pitching and my teammates were playing good defense behind me."
Mallory attributed his outing to "the benefit of having good focus" and said that "when you make good pitches, good things will happen."
Dartmouth's head coach Bob Whalen was pleased with the way his young pitchers took to the mound and limited the chances of the Saints' batters.
"I was happy for both of them," Whalen said. "I was mostly encouraged that they had more composure and mound presence. We did a much better job challenging their hitters and forcing them to put the ball in play. We made them go up there and swing."
Dartmouth grabbed an early lead in the second inning against Siena following poor pitching by Siena starter Kevin Snyder, one of four pitchers used by the Saints.
After Michael Pagliarulo '09 walked and Kyle Evans '09 reached base after being hit by a pitch with one out, Snyder threw a wild pitch to advance both the Big Green base runners to second and third.
The blunder allowed Jason McManis '08 to drive in two runs with a single to centerfield. The Saints defense did not give much support to their struggling pitcher as McManis scored from second on a fielding error with two outs to give Dartmouth a 3-0 lead.
In the fourth inning, the Big Green loaded the bases to chase Snyder from the contest and tacked on two more earned runs onto his stat line as Dartmouth added three runs total in the frame to go up 6-0.
Jason Blydell '08 hit a sacrifice fly to center to bring Evans home from third, and with two outs and the bases juiced again, co-captain Tommy Myette '06 took a pitch to right field to drive home Johnathon Santopadre '09 and McManis.
"[Siena] had a couple of errors on two outs on routine plays that led to runs by us," Whalen said. "We have done a good job with hitting with two outs. That's key for an offense."
Mallory came into the game in the fifth inning, inheriting a solid 6-1 advantage after the Saints' Matt Gidaly took one of Marten's 66 pitches over the left field fence for a solo homer.
"Going out with the lead gives you so much more confidence," Mallory said. "The defense was awesome and the offense has been consistent."
Damon Wright '08 capped off scoring for the Big Green, utilizing two wild pitches to move to third base after hitting a single and scoring on a fielding error by the Saints' substitute second baseman on Myette's at-bat.
Originally scheduled as a doubleheader, inclement weather and poor field conditions led the teams to play only one nine-inning game.
Following wins over Cornell and Princeton last weekend, the Big Green returns to Ivy play when it battles Lou Gehrig Division opponents Columbia (6-19, 4-4 Ivy) and Penn (7-19, 2-6) at Red Rolfe Field this weekend.
Dartmouth, currently boasting a 3-1 Ivy record, lost two straight to the Quakers in Philadelphia last season before sweeping the Lions in New York, 9-8 and 10-3 the following day.
"Baseball is different than a lot of other sports," Whalen said. "It is more important to be winning than losing, but baseball is not like football with the whole issue of momentum. You define baseball with starting pitching."
While Whalen noted that playing at home provides a nice boost for the Big Green, he stressed that success will come not from the energy of the team's winning streak but from dominant pitching performances -- like the ones Marten and Mallory displayed against Siena -- and continued improvement.
The doubleheaders against Columbia and Penn tip off at noon on Saturday and Sunday at Red Rolfe Field.
