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| No. 11 Webster University was back on the diamond this afternoon when they played host to the Franklin College Grizzlies for a nonconference doubleheader. The Gorloks swept the doubleheader as they won the first game by a final score of 5-1 and the second game by a final score of 7-1 to improve to 26-5 on the year and extend their winning streak to 16 straight games. With the sweep, Franklin falls to 23-11 on the year. Webster athletics photo |
Wilkes University Colonels traveled to Cortland Monday afternoon to face the SUNY Cortland Red Dragons and the Colonels (21-15) upended Cortland (26-8), ranked sixth in the latest D3baseball.com/NCBWA poll, with a six-run burst in the fifth inning to claim a 7-6 victory over the Red Dragons. The Navy and Gold pieced together what turned out to be a game-winning response in the top of the fifth inning. A Jason Spezzaferra single started off the scoring before a Peyton Schuck single brought in a pair of runs to give them a 4-3 lead. A Zack Luksic home run would prove to be the game-winner, a three-run home run to right field to make it 7-3. A double with one out in the ninth for the Red Dragons put the tying run in scoring position, but a line out followed by a fly out ended the threat and gave the Navy and Gold an upset victory.
Keystone College enjoyed an 11-4 non-conference victory over visiting Misericordia University on Monday afternoon at Christy Mathewson Field. The Cougars scored two runs in the sixth and seventh to take a 3-2 lead before Keystone exploded for six runs in the seventh and three runs in the eighth to ultimately put away the contest. Julio Acosta finished the day 3-for-5 with three RBI and three runs, and tallied an outfield assist on the first at-bat of the game, throwing out a runner at third base looking to extend a double into a triple. Julian Gonzalez got the starting nod and tossed six innings, allowing two runs while striking out four. The righty forced seven flyouts and five groundouts, throwing 83 pitches. Braden Green and Nick Termini appeared in relief, as Termini earned the win, going three innings with one punchout, two flyouts, and four groundouts on 36 pitches.
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| UW-La Crosse earned a doubleheader sweep at UW-Stout Monday afternoon at Nelson Field, winning the opener, 14-3, and the nightcap, 10-0 in seven innings. The Eagles improve to 16-13 overall and 11-9 in the WIAC while the Blue Devils drop to 15-15 overall and 10-10 in the conference. UW-La Crosse athletics photo |
Penn State Altoona wrapped up a busy stretch on Monday afternoon, facing non-conference opponent Penn College in a doubleheader at Muncy Bank Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field for the Lions' fifth and sixth games in the past three days. Penn State Altoona (14-18) nabbed a 3-2 victory in game one, and Penn College (18-15) countered with a 7-3 win in the nightcap. The Lions came out on top in a low-scoring affair in game one, as each team totaled just five hits apiece. Penn State Altoona was helped by strong pitching and error-free defense, and the Lions did enough at the plate to squeak out a one-run win. This time, three runs was not enough for Penn State Altoona, as Penn College put three on the board in the third and scored four more in the fourth en route to a 7-3 victory.
Senior lefty Aidan Dunn and senior righty Tim Pfaffenbichler combined on a five-hitter as the No. 2 nationally-ranked Eastern Connecticut State University blanked Western Connecticut State University, 11-0 in seven innings in a Little East Conference game Monday afternoon at Westside Field. With three LEC games remaining in its regular season, Eastern (28-3, 12-1 LEC) holds a 1 ½ game lead over the University of Massachusetts Boston in the race for a second straight LEC regular-season title and No. 1 tournament seed. The Warriors host UMass Boston (21-8, 9-1 LEC) in a doubleheader on the final day of the regular season May 6.
Westfield State sophomore Nolan Florence had a career day at the plate in game one of a doubleheader sweep over MCLA, belting three home runs to guide the Owls to a come-from-behind victory over the Trailblazers, 9-7, on Monday afternoon from Zavattaro Field in North Adams, Mass. Westfield took game two of the twin-bill by a score of 17-4 to complete the season series sweep of MCLA. Florence is the fourth Owls hitter to record three home runs in a single game as Tim Santilli was the last Westfield player to do so in 2015. Westfield State improves to 19-12 on the season and 10-5 in the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference. MCLA slides to 10-22 overall and 1-14 in conference play.
Endicott sophomore catcher John Mulready hit a walk-off sacrifice fly to lift the Gulls past No. 23 nationally ranked Tufts, 4-3, in non-conference action on Monday evening at North Field. Jake Nardone jumpstarted Endicott's walk-off win with a leadoff single up the middle in the ninth. From there, the Gulls took advantage of a fielding error and a Dylan Pacheco infield single deep in the 5.5 hole to set the stage for Mulready's sac fly to center. Mulready finished the contest going 2-for-3 with one run scored and two RBI. Joseph Millar also tied the score at 2-2 in the third with an RBI single to center, while Kyle Grabowski knocked a sac fly to center in the sixth to give Endicott a 3-2 lead, at the time.
After rallying to take an 18-16 lead in the seventh, William Paterson (23-12) suffered a 19-18 walkoff loss at Scranton (23-7-1). Scranton tied the score in the eighth, then used a base hit, groundout, intentional walk and single to produce the game-winning run in the ninth.
Kalamazoo College broke the school record with six home runs in a 12-9 win at Hope College on Monday. The win gives Kalamazoo the season series (2-1) over the league-leading Flying Dutchmen. The loss snaps the Flying Dutchmen's 10-game winning streak. Hope (21-7, 11-3 MIAA) remains in first place in the league standings. The Flying Dutchmen lead second-place Kalamazoo by 2.5 games. Kalamazoo is 8-5 in MIAA play and 15-10 overall. Kalamazoo hit five home runs in the first four innings to take a 9-0 lead. Kalamazoo's record-breaking sixth home run came in the sixth inning and put the Hornets up 10-0. Spencer Baldwin was 2-for-4 with two home runs and five RBIs. Doug Propson was 4-for-5 with two doubles and a home run. Harrison Poeszat was 4-for-5 with two solo home runs and a triple. Max Gordon also hit a home run.
SUNY New Paltz collected a much-needed doubleheader sweep of visiting SUNY Plattsburgh Saturday to open up the series 2-0. After losing a tough series on the road to SUNY Oneonta over the weekend, the Hawks (14-15 overall, 6-5 SUNYAC) came back to earn the 8-7 game one win before holding off a rally from the Cardinals in game two, closing out a 9-6 victory. "We're at the point of our season where every game matters," said SUNY New Paltz coach Thomas Seay. "We had an opportunity to the take the series this weekend at Oneonta and unfortunately, we couldn't finish a couple innings that came back to hurt us and then today in game one we had a couple innings that we couldn't finish out and they scored some runs. We kept fighting, kept tacking on some runs late. We knew being on short rest both teams would struggle in the backend of a game closing things out, because bullpens are depleted, and the season is long. Both teams had three games the previous weekend, so we knew if we could keep it tight and close, I felt like offensively we would be able to push across enough runs. We're just hoping we could collect enough outs along the way."