March 26, 2023

New York teams win shortened games

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The fourth-ranked Salisbury University baseball team took late leads to win a pair of back-and-forth games against the Haverford Fords, sweeping a doubleheader 8-4 and 11-5 on Sunday afternoon at Donnie Williams Sea Gull Baseball Stadium. Read more here
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Three Cortland pitchers combined on a six-hit shutout and Dylan Mackenzie drove in three runs as the Red Dragons defeated visiting Oswego, 10-0, in a SUNYAC matchup halted after seven innings due to the league's 10-run rule. Cortland (11-7, 3-0 SUNYAC) completed a three-game weekend sweep of the Lakers, including two wins on Friday. The Red Dragons outscored the Lakers by a combined 35-4 score, with all three wins ending by the 10-run rule in seven innings. James LaBruno earned the win as part of a predetermined pitching alignment. He allowed three hits and no walks and struck out one in two and a third innings. Bradley Battaglini gave up three hits with a strikeout and no walks in one and two thirds innings and Liam Krasney earned a save after retiring all nine batters he faced, three by strikeout, over three innings. Mackenzie finished 2-for-3 with a sacrifice fly and three RBI, Chris Bonacci was 2-for-4 with a walk, two RBI and two runs, and Mat Bruno went 2-for-4 with a double, RBI and two runs as part of Cortland's 10-hit attack.

USMMA swept its Skyline Conference-opening doubleheader at home against Yeshiva on Sunday at Bartoszek Field, taking the first game by a score of, 28-0, before winning the second, 22-0, in a mercy-shortened seven innings. With the victories, the Mariners improve to 9-5 (2-0 Skyline), while the Maccabees fall to 0-15 (0-5 Skyline) with the pair of defeats. The Mariners wasted little time getting on the scoreboard in game one, as they plated 10 runs in the bottom of the first inning. The second game of the twin-bill was much of the same for USMMA, as they finished with 22 runs (for a total of 50 on the day).

Penn State Harrisburg completed the three-game sweep of United East foe Penn State Berks with a pair of road victories on Sunday afternoon. The Lions won the opener 10-2 before closing things out with a 14-3 win in the final game of the weekend. Kevin Lehner stole the show in Penn State Harrisburg's 10-2 win over Penn State Berks in the first game of Sunday's conference doubleheader. Lehner launched two home runs, added a double, and drove in four runs to lead the way at the plate. Lucas Floyd had a three-hit outing, while Matt Parks and Blaine Waltimyer drove in two runs each. Danny Eden struck out six and earned his third win of the year. The bats stayed hot for Penn State Harrisburg (14-5, United East) in a 14-3 victory over Penn State Berks (3-11, 2-4 United East) in the final contest of the weekend's three-game series on Sunday afternoon. Dallas Hite hit a grand slam, Matt Parks drove in three runs, and Kevin Lehner and Matt Isaac each finished with two RBI. Hunter Merritt had a great outing on the mound, pitching six scoreless innings with six strikeouts while allowing just two hits and a walk.

Dominican hosted North Park on Sunday and defeated the Vikings 7-6. The Stars fell behind 3-0 after three innings before they started on the comeback trail. The Stars got on the board in the fourth inning but was a run down entering the ninth. In the bottom of the ninth, Dominican saw two runs score on two separate passed balls for a 7-6 win. Sophomore Ethan Shepherd did a nice job out of the bullpen with 4.1 innings pitched, 3 strikeouts, and only 1 earned run scoring.

The Birmingham-Southern Panthers swept the Lynx of Rhodes College after an 18-9 win in which the Panthers hit four home runs. All four came off the bat of Jack Fleming and Wesley Diamantis. For the third time in the series the Panthers struck first scoring a single run in the top of the first. Rhodes rebuttled with three runs of their own in the top of the second to take their first lead of the series. After a scoreless second, BSC responded with six runs on five hits in the bottom of the third to take a 7-3 lead. Both teams scored three runs in the fifth. In the sixth BSC extended their lead to six runs scoring two in the seventh. Over the middle innings BSC recorded just four hits but took advantage of hit batters and walks to score five runs. The Lynx clawed their way back in the game scoring three in the top of the seventh, but their momentum was quickly slowed down after BSC put up another six runs in the bottom of the eighth to win the game comfortably 18-9. Davis Williams earned the win relieving Tyus in the fourth. Carter Tyus, who started the game, went 3.0 innings allowing three runs. Williams earned the same line score, while also striking out two hitters.

Sophomore lefty Dan Driscoll pitched a no-hitter through seven full innings and combined on a two-hitter with two teammates as No. 2 nationally-ranked Eastern Connecticut State University completed a Little East Conference sweep of Plymouth State with an 8-0 victory in the second game of a doubleheader Sunday afternoon at the Eastern Baseball Stadium. A first-year transfer making his home debut, Driscoll (4-0) allowed just one baserunner (leadoff hit-by-pitch in the third) through 7 1/3 innings before Danny Quinn lined a 1-1 pitch over the leap of senior shortstop Zach Donahue into left field for the first hit of the game for Plymouth (5-7, 0-2 LEC). Eastern (13-5), the two-time defending LEC regular-season champion and defending LEC tournament titlist, opened its LEC season with a 14-0 rout of the Panthers in the first game of the doubleheader. Batting eighth, first-year sophomore transfer Ray Leonzi drove in five runs in the game with three hits to spark the Warriors' 14-hit attack to back the three-hit pitching of three Eastern pitchers.

Playing in its first doubleheader against the same opponent so far this season, No. 14 Denison earned wins of 11-3 and 6-0 at Adrian College on Sunday in Michigan. In the opener, Denison cruised to a win as Chgarlie Fleming pitched seven innings allowing six hits, three runs and one walk to go along with six strikeouts. The nightcap was more of the same with Denison taking an early lead and thriving on good pitching. On the mound, Nick Falter (2-0) stranded two runners on base in the first inning, got a groundball double play to end the inning in both the second and fourth innings, and then pitched a 1-2-3 fifth inning en route to finishing with 5.1 innings pitched allowing four hits and two walks while striking out six. Ryan Starr finished off a 1-2-3 sixth inning with back-to-back swinging strikeouts while Will Rettig benefited from the third and fourth groundball double plays turned by the Big Red defense in the seventh and eighth innings. Manny Nager finished off the game in the ninth to help preserve the combined shutout.

UW-Platteville (5-6, 2-0 WIAC) swept a doubleheader against seventh-ranked UW-Stevens Point (7-5, 0-2 WIAC) to open conference play on Sunday afternoon. The Pioneers took game one by a score of 6-4 before winning the second game 9-5. The Pioneers offense struck for five runs in the bottom of the first of game one, highlighted by a pair of two-run home runs by senior Grant Mullins and sophomore Justin Fago. UW-Stevens Point connected on a home run in the eighth, but junior Jake Schneider struck out two in the ninth to clinch the win for UW-Platteville. In game two, the Pointers struck first with a run in the top of the first, but the Pioneers answered with three runs in the second inning on four hits. The Pioneers offense put four on the board in the eighth inning to take a 9-5 lead. Brady Katterhagen and Chris Tsouras drove in the final two runs of the inning and freshman Jacob Melendrez set the Pointers down in order to secure the win.

Penn State Altoona played its first Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference doubleheader of the season on Sunday afternoon, and the Lions came away with a win and a loss while taking on Pitt-Greensburg at Bobcat Park. In game one, Pitt-Greensburg (12-4, 1-1 AMCC) rallied from an early deficit to win on a walk-off in the bottom of the seventh. Penn State Altoona (8-11, 1-1 AMCC) bounced back in the nightcap, pulling out a 13-12 victory to notch its first conference win. The Lions took a tough loss in game one of Sunday's doubleheader. Penn State Altoona led 3-0 for three-and-a-half innings, but the Bobcats put two on the board in the bottom of the fourth, then scored two more in the bottom of the seventh to beat the Lions by one. Game two of the doubleheader followed a much different script from the first game, with both teams combining for 25 runs on 32 hits in a high-scoring affair. Leading by one in the bottom of the ninth, the Lions were able to hang on for the win, as Pitt-Greensburg came up emptyhanded after putting the go-ahead run in scoring position.

Ohio Northern split a doubleheader with No. 3 Baldwin Wallace to open Ohio Athletic Conference play on Sunday at Fisher Field. The Polar Bears (11-6 overall, 1-1 OAC) won the first game 9-6, and the Yellow Jackets (14-4 overall, 1-1 OAC) took the second game 11-6. In game one, sophomore Joey Kennedy and senior Nate Webb had a team-best three hits each for ONU, and junior Logan Stevens had a team-high three RBIs. The Polar Bears continued their hot hitting in game two with 11 more hits after tallying 13 in the opener. It was not enough as The Yellow Jackets came back from an early 3-0 hole to take the led for good in the sixth. Vincent Capolupo had the knockout blow in the seventh with a three-run homer to right center in the that gave the Yellow Jackets a 10-6.

Nationally-ranked Christopher Newport improved to 23-6 on the season with a three-game sweep of St. Joseph's (Brooklyn), finishing out the series with a 7-3 win on Sunday afternoon. Sophomore Justin Liakos powered out his second homer of the weekend to headline a group of four extra-base hits in the game. In addition to Liakos' big blow in the third inning, the Captains added three more extra base hits and three players finished with multi-hit performances: Josh Reinhold, Justin Bowers, and Ayden Stuffel. Bowers had two extra-base knocks of his own, including a stand-up triple to lead off the second and an RBI double to give CNU the lead for good in the fifth. On the mound, Jack Anderson faced just ten batters in three efficient innings as the Captains' starter, striking out one and working around a pair of hits. The staff game went to Dylan Blazer in the fourth before handing off to David Gingras (2-0) for 2.2 innings, Kyle Lewis, and Danny Checkosky for an inning apiece.

No. 10 nationally ranked Endicott split a pair of games against Trinity (Conn.), 4-5 and 14-5 (13 inn.), in non-conference action on Sunday evening at Murren Family Field. In the top of the ninth of the opener, Nicolas Notarangelo evened up the score with an opposite field, two-out RBI single through the left side after trailing 4-3 since the seventh inning of the contest. The Bantams earned the walk-off win in the bottom half, however, via a two-out RBI single up the middle. Endicott broke out for nine runs in the 13th inning to run away with the contest and earn the split against the Bantams. Seven student-athletes had multi-hit games in the matchup, highlighted by Caleb Shpur's school-record-tying five-hit performance. Shpur finished the game going 5-for-7 with two runs, two RBI, and one stolen base.

15th-ranked Catholic earned a pair of victories over Susquehanna on Sunday afternoon to improve to 14-2 on the year and 2-0 in Landmark Conference play. The Cardinals walked off the River Hawks in game one, winning 6-5 before the bats came out in full force in a 15-7 game two victory. The Cardinals took game one of the doubleheader in dramatic fashion, coming back from multiple deficits throughout to win the game in the bottom of the ninth inning. Mitchel Johnson played hero, pushing a fly ball out to right field that was deep enough to score freshman Jack Elwell on a walk-off sacrifice fly. The Catholic offense fired on all cylinders in game two as the Cardinals scored at least one run in every inning of the 15-7 win. The Cardinals plated six runs before the River Hawks put a crooked number up on the scoreboard.

Aurora won a battle of two nationally ranked programs on
a chilly Sunday afternoon in Naperville, Illinois at North
Central College. The No. 22 Spartans won over the No. 17
Cardinals 8-4.

Aurora athletics photo by Steve Woltmann

Montclair State made it a clean sweep, taking down Manhattanville 22-4 and 6-5 in a doubleheader Sunday afternoon. Montclair wasted little time, scoring three times in the first inning of the opener. They put the game away when the hosts erupted for 12 runs on six hits in the third. In game two, the Valiants took their first advantage of the day, scoring five times in the fifth. Manhattanville kept the Red Hawks at bay until the ninth inning, entering with a 5-4 lead. Miles Feaster walked to lead off the inning and moved 180 feet on an errant pickoff throw. After an out, Jason Moore walked, and a pitch hit by Matt Kaliske to load the bases. Micchael Murphy walked to bring in the tying run before Matteo Pasculli lined a single into left, scoring Moore to complete the walk-off.

Eastern Nazarene team defeated Keene State 4-0 and 4-2 Sunday at Libby Field to extend its winning-streak to 13 consecutive contests while improving to 10-0 at home this spring. Eastern Nazarene opened the scoring with two runs in the bottom of the first inning and chalked up one run in the seventh to end the scoring. Francis Ferguson tossed a complete-game shutout and racked up 12 strikeouts in his fifth start on the mound. The southpaw allowed four walks and three hits in nine innings to improve to 3-1 on the year. The Lions played the same song in game two. This time, Keene State would score twice in the final inning to make it close at the end. Jon Tessier tossed his second straight complete game, recording eight strikeouts while scattering four hits and two unearned runs.

Lebanon Valley defeated visiting Hood College 18-0 in the first game of a conference doubleheader on Sunday afternoon at McGill Field to win the season series. The Blazers came back and won the second game 4-3. In game one, the Dutchmen set the tome early as they began the scoring in the first inning with run-scoring extra-base hits by Shane Stossel and Dave Mangold for a lead of 5-0. Stossel also helped minit the Hood offense as he pitched six innings and allowed just one hit and two walks with nine strikeouts to improve to 3-1 on the season. Mangold gave the Dutchmen a lead in the second inning of game two but Hood was not going quietly this time. The Blazers got to the last inning and survived a rally attemp to earn the split.

No. 19 Trinity salvaged this weekend's SCAC road series at Texas Lutheran Sunday with a 14-5 outburst in the third and final game of weekend. The Tigers (13-8; 4-2 SCAC) came away from Katt-Isbel Field with a one-game lead on the Bulldogs (10-12, 3-3 SCAC) thanks to a four-for-four performance from senior catcher Tyler Pettit as he collected four RBI, scoring twice as one of five players to log a multi-hit game. Senior reliever Michael Boeke came home with his second victory from the mound in SCAC play this season as he came in with one out left in the fifth and TLU runners on the corners, stopping the Bulldog offense for six outs before leaving junior Harrison Durow to finish the job.

No. 5 Shenandoah ran its winning streak to nine games Sunday with a 6-2 ODAC victory at Averett. Shenandoah (19-2, 6-1 ODAC) scored one run in the first, three in the fifth, and one in the sixth to earn the regular season sweep over the Cougars (3-15-1, 0-7). The Hornets banged out 13 hits off of three Averett pitchers with Gavin Horning leading the way by getting three hits in four at-bats and driving in a pair. Colby Martin, Pearce Bucher, and Kyle Lisa all had two hits with Lisa driving in two runs and Bucher one. Reilly Owen (3-1) went the first 5 1/3 and allowed one run on seven hits and three walks. He struck out five. Tristan Everett got the next five outs and Parker Farrington pitched the eighth and ninth innings. Farrington struck out two and Everett one. Both men walked a batter and the run Farrington allowed was unearned. The Hornets had eight stolen bases on the day with Martin and Frankie Ritter each swiping a pair of bags.

Penn State Abington combined for 25 runs and 36 hits in a United East Conference doubleheader against Wells on Sunday afternoon at Alverthorpe Park. The Nittany Lions took game one by the score of 18-2 and then completed the series sweep with a 17-3 triumph in game two. Abington jumped out to a 2-0 lead after the first inning and blew the game wide open in the bottom of the third as the Nittany Lions sent 14 batters to the plate resulting in 10 runs off nine hits. In game two, the Abington offense gave starting pitcher, junior Alex Margot, all the support he would need with a nine-run first inning. Each Abington starter in the lineup had at least one hit and one run in both games.

Texas-Dallas defeated Sul Ross State 7-2 in the American Southwest Conference series finale at UTD Baseball Field Sunday afternoon. With the victory, the Comets (14-9, 7-5 ASC) claim win their third consecutive league series after splitting with the Lobos (9-10, 5-7 ASC) Saturday. UTD tied the game in the bottom of second. Catcher Austin Nairn and left fielder Kade Turange led off with back-to-back walks, then Keagan Vance bunted both into scoring positions. Andrew Skivington followed with an infield single, plating Nairn and Jaeger Self hit a sacrifce fly to score Turnage. In the fourth, Turnage and Vance led off with singles, followed by a walk to Skivington to load the bases. Self grounded into a double play, but Turnage scored to put UTD up for good. Right fielder Daniel Zamora hit an RBI-double and Dylan Bivins scored on a wild pitch in the fifth to give the Comets a 5-2 advantage. Grayson Coltharp blasted his fourth home run in the last seven games, a two-run shot, to go up 7-2 in the eighth. The Comets outhit the Lobos 9-6 and drew eight walks. UTD struck out 11 batters and only issued two walks.

DePauw scored three runs in the top of the eighth and claimed an 11-9 win at University of Houston-Victoria. The Tigers improved to 5-7, while the Jaguars dropped to 15-18. Kyle Boyer's solo homer in the seventh evened the score at 8-8, but Zach Lee drove in Jean Gonzalez Cortes in the bottom half of the frame to give Houston-Victoria a 9-8 lead. DePauw regained the lead in the eighth as Carter Knoll singled home Aiden Howard and Cameron Macon before Danny Sheehan scored Knoll with a single. The Tigers totaled 16 hits led by Knoll and Boyer with three each and two each by Ben Greiner and Macon.

Stevens split a doubleheader with Delaware Valley 5-7
and 9-2 on Sunday afternoon in a MAC Freedom
doubleheader at Frank Wolfgang Field. The Ducks win
the series 2-1 after taking the first game on Friday in
Hoboken. Stevens has won nine of their last ten games.

Stevens athletics photo

Rutgers-Newark won their 6th straight this afternoon after taking down Muhlenberg 2-1 in both games at Weequahic Park. Rutgers-Newark improved to 13-4 with the pair of wins and Muhlenberg fell to 7-9-1. In the opener, Gilroy Prial went 2-for-3 in game one and Matthew Rypkema finished 1-for-3 with the lone RBI. On the bump, Colin Thomson hurled 6.2 innings of action, however, it was Vince Taylor (3-1) who earned the decision with three pitches. In game two Prial continue to bring the hot bat to the plate and finished 3-for-4 with an RBI while Alvarez finished 2-for-3. Marcus James pitched six innings and allowed three hits and one run with two strikeouts before giving way to Daniel Reardon (2-0) who pitched two innings and allowed just one hit. Picking up the save was closer Vince Taylor.

Mitchell ran their winning streak to seven games by sweeping a non-conference doubleheader against Husson on Sunday, slugging past the Eagles 17-8 in the opener before taking the nightcap by a 6-2 final. The Mariners pounded out 13 hits in the first game, rallying from a two run deficit in the bottom of the seventh to pull away down the stretch. Kenny Heon earned his first victory of the season by tossing four and one third innings of one run ball in relief of starter Tyler Daly. Heon allowed only three hits and struck out five, as Mitchell produced 17 or more runs for the fourth time this spring. The Mariners rode the arm of Chris Gibbs in the second game of the twin bill, as the sophomore surrendered just two runs, both unearned, over seven innings. The righty gave up just five hits and zero walks while striking out five, improving his record to 3-0.

Behind dominant pitching, Muskingum earned an OAC sweep, 6-5 and 11-1, over Wilmington on Sunday afternoon. With the sweep Muskingum moves to 11-3 overall on the year. Freshman Blake Jodrey pitched five shutout innings in relief in game one to earn the win. Freshman Jason Murphy tossed a complete-game and only gave up two hits to earn the dominating victory in game two. Sophomore Tobie Teke worked a walk-off basses loaded walk in the ninth inning of game one to deliver Muskingum the victory.

Franklin dug in deep to earn a critical sweep of the Transylvania Pioneers on Sunday afternoon, taking the opening series of conference play. The Grizzlies (11-6, 2-1 HCAC) battled to win a 6-4 thriller in 11 innings in the opener. Game two was all Grizzlies from the start, as they pounced on Pioneer (8-11, 1-2 HCAC) pitching early for a 14-7 win. Adam Taylor restored a three-run lead in the sixth with an RBI single but the Pioneers battled back with a run in the seventh and two runs with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to send the contest to extras. A scoreless 10th led to the 11th where Noah Wood roped a one-out double into the left center field gap, scoring Matt Earley. Anthony Smith doubled the lead one batter later with a single and the lead held up with a bottom of the inning. A new threat at the plate for Franklin emerged in the first inning, as Tysen Lipscomb clubbed a two-run home run to start a monstrous second game at the dish. Lipscomb finished 4-for-4 with four runs scored and six RBI. Jackson Young (3-0) was brilliant over seven innings of work, allowing two earned runs and striking out a career-high 10 batters.

UW-La Crosse team defeated UW-Stout 9-1 and 5-2 Sunday afternoon at Copeland Park. UWL takes the season series 3-1 after splitting on Saturday winning game one 10-4 and losing game two 17-4. In the first game, the Eagles recorded 15 hits and had seven of their nine batters record a hit. Logan Pye led the Eagles going 5-for-5 with three doubles, two RBIs and two runs scored. The nightcap would remain 3-2 until the bottom of the eighth inning when UWL scored two insurance runs. UWL got another solid pitching performance as Tyler Schmitt (2-0) allowed just two runs on three hits and four walks while striking out three in 7.0 innings. Caleb Matl pitched the final 2.0 innings to earn the save as he struck out three and did not give up a hit.

Ithaca College took the season series against the University of Rochester as the Bombers prevailed, 7-5, in 11 innings at Towers Field on Sunday afternoon. The victor elevates IC's overall record to 10-7 and 2-1 in the Liberty League. Ethan Rothstein provided the game-winning hit for the Bombers with his two-run, opposite field home run in the top of the 11th inning to give IC a 7-5 advantage. It was Rothstein's second home run of the day and third this week. He also homered in the eight inning to tie the game at 3-3 with a solo shot.

Lewis & Clark earned a Northwest Conference sweep for the first time since March 2021 thanks to a late comeback win in game one (9-5 in 12 innings) and a grand slam in game two (7-4) to beat Linfield on Sunday afternoon and move into a tie for second place in the conference. Six Pioneers recorded RBI in two four-run innings in the game one comeback, and junior Luke Bass gave the Pioneers their third four-run inning of the day and fourth of the series with a grand slam in game two to earn the series sweep over the Wildcats. The Pioneers came back from 5-1 down in the ninth inning to send the game to extra innings. To start the 12th inning, Lewis and Clark made it 8-5 with no outs. After a Wildcat pitching change and a walk to load the bases, senior Dylan Moore hit into a 6-4-3 double play while scoring Davis from third. Linfield put two runners on base in their half of the inning. Junior Anthony Clerici struck out pinch hitter Nate Kassler with one out and runners on the corners. Then Trent Wainfeld flew out to left field to secure the comeback win for the Pioneers and give Clerici his second win of the season.

Bates lost a 7-6 heartbreaker in game one before bouncing back to defeat Coast Guard Academy 10-4 in game two of Sunday's doubleheader. The Bobcats (8-4) are off to their best start since 2012 as they gear up for the NESCAC opener, set for Friday at 3pm when Bates visits Tufts. Jack Steel drew a bases loaded walk in the bottom of the eighth as the host Bears took game one of Sunday's doubleheader by a score of 7-6 in extra innings over the Bobcats. Senior Henry Jamieson went 4-4 with six RBI and the Bates baseball team rolled to a 10-4 win over the Coast Guard Academy in game two of Sunday's doubleheader. The Bobcats once again ran wild on the bases, recording 12 steals in the victory. Bates has 72 steals in 81 attempts on the season, the second-most stolen bases in one season in program history.

Lynchburg swept Old Dominion Athletic Conference oppenent Washington and Lee Sunday afternoon. The Hornets won 6-4 in Game 1 and 14-2 in Game 2. In Game 1, No. 12 Lynchburg started the scoring with one run in the 1st inning and five more in the 2nd. Avery Neaves had a pair of RBI singles scoring Benton Jones both times. Carrson Atkins made his impact with a three-run blast bringing home Holden Fiedler and Jackson Harding. Atkins ended the contest with four hits. Zack Potts made his sixth start of the season on the mound for the Hornets. The senior struck out six and allowed two earned runs through 6.2 innings. Potts continues his perfect start to the season improving his record to 6-0. The Hornets flexed their offensive ability in Game 2 putting up fourteen run on thirteen hits. Neaves lived up to his All-America status throughout the two contests. The Reston, Va. native homered twice in Game 2 recording seven RBI on three hits, scoring four runs as well. Neaves also had three steals on the day to top it off. Neaves has four homers on the year and a program-record 30 in his career. The conference record is 43. He also has 111-career walks and the ODAC record is 116.

On Sunday afternoon, Anna Maria faced off with the New England College Pilgrims for a non-conference doubleheader at Marlborough High School, winning the opener 5-2 and dropping the nightcap 3-0. In the first game two AMCAT pitchers combined to limit the Pilgrims to two runs on two hits while striking out 12 in seven innings. In the second game, NEC's Austin Hazzard scattered five hits over seven innings to earn his first career complete game and shutout to improve his season record to 2-1.

George Fox bounced back from a loss the day prior, taking down Puget Sound with two 6-5 games to win the series over the Loggers. The Loggers started the game off with a bang, as Dylan Joyce hit his 10th home run of the season to put UPS up, 1-0. With their backs against the wall in the eighth, the Bruin men stepped up to the challenge. With two outs, Brandon King drove home Jeremy Sangalang with a double down the right field line, putting the Bruins in front for good, 6-5. Ahough the score was the same for game two of the day's doubleheader, the way the Bruins got to the win was very different. In a remix of the game prior, it was another later RBI single — this time Jared Miller driving home Sebolsky — that gave the Bruins a 6-5 lead. Nursing the one-run lead into the ninth inning, Alex Abbott entered the game for Ryder Edwards, quickly discarding three of four batters to give Fox their second 6-5 win of the day. "I'm really proud of the guys today," Bruin head coach Kevin Kopple said, "We picked up a comeback win, made plays when we needed to, and got hits when we needed them. Hope to take this momentum into Wednesday and pick up a win against Pacific."