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| It was senior Kobe Rogerson's world as Husson University recorded a North Atlantic Conference doubleheader sweep over Thomas College. The senior recorded his first collegiate homer as the Eagles (17-15, 9-1 NAC) won game one, 3-1, and game two, 3-1, in eight innings. Husson athletics photo |
After Texas-Dallas had stranded 14 baserunners over the first eight innings Tuesday afternoon, pinch hitter Nick Balley delivered a game-winning hit for the Comets with two outs in the bottom of the 9th inning, leading UTD to a come-from-behind, 5-4 non-conference win over Texas Lutheran at the UTD Baseball Field. Balley, who has been the Comets' first base coach for much of the season, came off the bench and lashed a 1-2 pitch hard down the left field line, scoring Andrew Skivington with the winning run in a game the Comets (27-10) had trailed much of the way against TLU (26-11). It was the Comets' fourth win this season against its in-state rival. Both teams qualified last season for the NCAA national tournament and had been ranked nationally this year.
No. 9 UW-Whitewater took sole possession of first place in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference standings Tuesday thanks to a pair of wins against No. 15 UW-Stevens Point at Prucha Field at James B. Miller Stadium. The Warhawks (25-6 overall, 17-3 WIAC) topped the Pointers 4-1 in the first game before closing the day with a 9-1 triumph in the doubleheader finale. In Game 1, starting pitcher Westin Muir allowed one unearned run over eight innings, striking out five to improve to 7-1 on the season. Kade Lancour pitched around a leadoff double in the ninth for his first save of the year. In the second game, the Warhawks scored five runs in the opening inning and didn't look back, finishing the game with 14 hits.
The Hanover Panthers displayed success at the dish in rout to a sweep of Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference opponent Transylvania. HC took game one 19-7 before winning the twinbill 20-13. Junior Jacob Dupps helped blow the opening game wide open in the bottom of the eighth as he singled to left field scoring two runs before homers by freshman Sam Perkins and sophomore Alex Christie secured the commanding 19-7 victory. Much like game one, the Panthers found themselves trailing early. Andrew Littlefield responded for the Panthers crushing his second home run of the afternoon off the scoreboard in the bottom half of the inning to knot the score 11-11 before Hanover ultimately won the contest with a seven run eighth inning, 20-12.
Augustana (23-8) won their second game in as many days in a 10-6 victory at Rockford University (11-13). The Vikings put six runs on the board in the first two innings and sustained their lead the entire game to earn the victory. Augustana plated five runs in top of the first inning to grab the lead. Chase Maifield started the scoring with a grand slam home run before Alec McGinnis scored on a Rockford fielding error. Augustana plated another run in the second inning when Jacob Barker was driven in by Kyle Campbell. The Regents managed three runs in the home half of the third inning but surrendered four more in the sixth and seventh innings. Rockford did their best to rally in the bottom of the ninth scoring three runs on a pair of singles but could not sustain the rally and came up short, 10-6.
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| Penn State Behrend took two from Alfred State at home to take sole possession of the top spot in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference. In the fifth inning on the nightcap, Thomas Zbezinski struck out his eight batter of the game, registering his 200th career punchout. Penn State Behrend athletics photo |
The recent hot bats continued for Keystone College as the Giants enjoyed an 18-3 non-conference road win at SUNY Cobleskill on Tuesday afternoon. On Tuesday, Chris Hadsall continued his hot streak, going 4-for-4 with four RBI and two runs, including a three-run blast in the third. The Giants put the game out of reach when they plated 11 runs in that third inning. Patrick Adamski enjoyed all the run support as the senior righty earned his second win of the year, going five innings, allowing just one hit and one run, with five strikeouts.
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Sophomore Jackson Curtis lofted a two-out, bases loaded single to center to score a pair of runs as Plymouth State University walked off the University of Massachusetts Boston, 13-12, in a Little East Conference game at Parish Field on Tuesday afternoon. The Panthers took a 9-8 lead in the bottom of the eighth when Curtis’ single drove in junior Griffin Crane (Lancaster, N.H.), but the Beacons rallied in the ninth. A pair of singles and walk loaded the bases and all three runners scored on a triple. UMass Boston tacked on another run on a sacrifice fly for a 12-9 lead. Freshman Tyler Wright (Concord, N.H.) started the comeback with a single up the middle. After a strikeout, UMass Boston’s pitcher lost the zone, walking three straight to force in a run. The Beacons got another strikeout for the second out, but a walk cut the margin to 12-11 and Curtis followed with his game-winning hit.
Oswego State collected 13 hits in an 11-0 shutout victory over non-conference opponent Ithaca College on Tuesday evening. The game ended after seven innings due to darkness. Senior Thomas Pecchia and Sophomore Jai Sharma combined to throw the shutout against the Bombers, allowing just two hits in the contest. The fourth inning went by quietly for both teams, but Oswego made up for it by putting up five runs in the fifth inning, increasing their lead to 11-0. The aggressive Oswego offense would relax for the rest of the game, resulting in a 11-0 victory after the game was called in the seventh due to darkness. Senior experience showed on offense as Tammaro, Lauria, Olsson, Drew, and Weiss finished the game a combined 11-for-16 with seven RBI's and seven runs.
Traveling just up the road to play local rival Benedictine University, the North Central College baseball team used 11 punchouts from starter Jason Shanner and a base-clearing double off the bat of Dom Listi to propel them to a 7-3 win over the Eagles on Tuesday night. Shanner picked up the win as he threw 6.1 innings, allowing one earned run and three hits. His 11 strikeouts are the most in a game by a Cardinal pitcher this season. Dom Listi extended his streak of reaching base safely to 23 with his two hits and three RBIs. Beverly (16 games) and Marinec (15 games) each also extended their hitting streaks in the game.
TCNJ headed to Trenton Thunder Ballpark on Tuesday in a special non-conference game that looked on paper to be a tough battle. The Lions were facing Arcadia, a team that earlier on Tuesday found out that it had moved one spot up in the latest national rankings, clocking in at No. 8. With all the festivities surrounding the game including the TCNJ Dance Team and a color guard provided by the Princeton ROTC at TCNJ, it almost felt as if the result of the game would be secondary. That all changed, though, when the Lions' offense exploded in the second half of the game. TCNJ crushed the ball – and the Knights – on its way to a 15-1 victory. Ryan Goodall, the reigning NJAC Player of the Year, went 4-for-5 with two home runs and eight RBIs. The first of his two jacks was a grand slam that gave TCNJ a 5-1 lead in the fifth.
Ramapo College defeated Baruch College 23-2 today at Jeff Maund Field in non-conference action. The Roadrunners move to 14-19-1 overall while the Bearcats now stand at 11-9 overall. The Roadrunners belted out 20 hits in the game including six doubles, one triple and one home run. The team scored seven runs in the first and second innings to take a quick 14-0 lead. They added one in the third, two in the fourth and six in the sixth to take a 23-0 lead. The Bearcats added one run in the top of the seventh and ninth innings to get on the board.
Union College pounded out 20 hits on the way to the most runs by a Dutchman side in more than 14 years in a 23-11 marathon victory over Bard College in a Liberty League matchup on Tuesday evening at Shuttleworth Park. The 23 runs are the most scored by Union (12-14, 7-8 Liberty League) in almost exactly 14 years, since putting up 24 in a 24-20 win over SUNYIT on April 23, 2008. Sophomore Ryan Cowles had a big game at the top of the lineup for Union, going 5-for-6 with three RBIs and four runs scored, the first Union player with five hits in a game since Sean Cullen '20 in 2019 against Vassar College. Senior Colby Nash also had three hits, including a grand slam, on the way to a career-best six RBIs and three runs scored. Sophomore Thomas Parisi had three hits as well and sophomore Kobe Mentzer drove in three runs as part of a relentless offensive attack.
Despite taking the first lead of the game Tuesday night, Ripon lost 8-3 at UW-Oshkosh, as the Titans extended their current win streak to nine games. Six of Ripon's nine hits came in the first two innings, while UW-Oshkosh finished with 11 hits, including a pair of home runs. In game one, UW-Oshkosh added three more runs in the fourth to take an 8-2 lead, which was more than enough, as Ripon could only muster one more run the rest of the day, scoring on an RBI single from Kaleb Burns in the eighth.
Behind a career-high pitching performance from Ryan Mixey and a whopping 14 hits, Edgewood College defeated Beloit College in non-conference action on Tuesday. Tim Kelly and Jackson DeChristina added career-best performances in the 10-4 victory. Ryan Mixey recorded his first win as an Eagle, striking out a career-best seven Bucs and scattering three hits. Will Mossa threw four innings, striking out two.
Concordia-Chicago (13-17) defeated Carthage (10-22) 5-1 on Tuesday, at Augie Schmidt Field in Kenosha, Wis. Concordia scored a pair of runs in the first inning without the benefit of hit, using instead a walk, two hit batters, a sacrifice fly and a double steal. A three-run sixth inning gave the Cougars a 5-0 lead. Michael Zavoli hit an RBI-single in the sixth, and Garry Maynard followed with a two-run single. It was a bullpen game for both head coaches. Zach Litke (4-2) started for Concordia and worked the first two innings, three pitchers later, Carthage's Bryce Prybylinski broke up a combined no-hit bid with a one-out single in the seventh inning. The Firebirds got on the scoreboard only in the ninth inning when Prybylinski hit a sacrifice fly for the final, 5-1 margin. Vincent Sartori, the sixth-of-six Cougar hurlers, got the final three outs in the ninth to earn his first save of the season.
Allegheny improved to 22-8 on the year with a nonconference doubleheader sweep of Fredonia at Robertson Field. The Gators won the opener 10-3 before taking the nightcap by a count of 8-4 before the game was called after five innings due to darkness. Brent Herrmann earned the win, going four innings while striking out four to improve to 3-0. Anthony Vazquez earned his first victory of the year, working the first 4.0 innings and scattering six hits and three runs (two earned).
SUNY Brockport traveled to and defeated St. John Fisher College on Tuesday by a score of 16-5. Justin DelVecchio (2-1) captured the win coming out of the bullpen to start the second inning and from there threw 5.1 innings where he only allowed one run to score while striking out two batters during that time. Nick Ianniello would later take over for DelVecchio throwing 1.2 innings not allowing a run to score before Jake Jempty would strike out three batters in the bottom of the ninth inning to close out the game. The Golden Eagles' bats were hot as the team recorded five home runs against the Cardinals. Nicholas Pastore, Zach Eldred, and Justin Pangburn all recorded home runs with Tom Kretzler hitting a home run in both the first and ninth inning of the game.
Keuka College scored four unanswered in game two to complete the doubleheader sweep of Clarks Summit University on Tuesday afternoon at Kuhl Field. The four straight runs for Keuka College (14-14-1) overcame Clarks Summit's 3-0 lead in game two. The Wolves defeated the Defenders 4-1 in the first game of the day. Nic Carbone pitched his first career complete game in the opener. Carbone allowed just five hits and one unearned run. He also set a new career high, striking out nine batters in the game. Matt Vaccaro kick-started the Keuka College offense in game two. His two doubles each started an inning in which Keuka would score runs.
Conner Gonzalski homered for the third game in a row and Andrew Veit tossed eight strong innings as Plattsburgh State (15-14, 4-8) defeated New Paltz (14-16, 6-6) by a score of 8-5. The Cardinals avoid the series sweep with a win today and keep their playoff hopes alive as they face Oneonta and Brockport to finish out the SUNYAC season. Gonzalski finished the day 2-4 with a homer and double, scoring once and driving in two runs, while Veit finished with five strikeouts and one earned, as he scattered eight hits and four walks over his outing. Christian Lent and Aaron Roman each had three hits, as Lent doubled and drove in a run and Roman doubled twice. Alex Kornblau picked up two hits and raised his season average to .449, still good for second in the conference.
Brevard College (20-15) earned its 20th win of the season in a 15-7 victory over Bob Jones University (7-29) on Tuesday night at Conestee Park in Greenville, South Carolina. The milestone marks the first time that the BC baseball program has reached 20 wins since the 2012 campaign when the Tornados won 27 games and qualified for the SAC Tournament. This marks just the second time in Brevard's NCAA era that baseball has reached 20 wins in a single season.
Senior center fielder Ben Gbur put a charge into a pitch for the go-ahead two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning, and The College of Wooster blew game one of a midweek home-and-home with former Ohio Athletic Conference rival University of Mount Union wide open in the eighth inning en route to a 13-5 Tuesday afternoon victory at Art Murray Field. Dean Brown made his season pitching debut and allowed a run on seven hits in five innings. Junior Christian Johnston (2-0) collected the win. The left-hander retired all six batters he faced.
Bridgewater State University swept a key Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader with vising Massachusetts Maritime Academy on Tuesday afternoon at Alumni Park. Bridgewater won the first game, 4-3, and completed the sweep with an 8-7 darkness/rain-shortened victory in the nightcap. The Bears, who grabbed sole possession of first place in the conference standings, improve to 23-10 on the season and 13-2 in the MASCAC, while the Buccaneers fall to 19-13 overall and 11-4 in conference play. Bridgewater is 74-23 versus Mass. Maritime since 1973. Sophomore left fielder Joe Frechette and freshman second baseman Scott Emerson notched three hits apiece to lead the Bears to a 4-3 victory in game one of the doubleheader. Frechette was a perfect 3-for-3 at the plate with a triple, a stolen base and two runs batted in, while Emerson went 3-for-4 with a stolen base and run scored. The Bears scored the first six runs of the game and then hung on for the 8-7 win in game two and a sweep of the twinbill. The game was stopped after the top of the sixth inning due to darkness and the drizzling rain.
DePauw jumped out to a 9-0 lead in the sixth and held off a Rose-Hulman comeback and took a 12-8 victory over the Fightin' Engineers. DePauw improved to 14-15, while Rose-Hulman slipped to 19-10. Cameron Macon had four of DePauw's 19 hits with Kyle Callahan adding three. Will Lucas improved to 4-1 after blanking Rose-Hulman on two hits in five innings with 10 strikeouts. Drew Harding earned his first save. Matthew Rouse dropped to 3-3.
Shortstop Brant Kym powered the Flying Dutchmen to a 3-2 victory against Albion College by driving in all three runs, including the game-winning, two-out double in the bottom of the eighth inning. Head coach Stu Fritz said Kym has been unbelievable since returning from injury on April 2. "I just had a feeling he was going to find a pitch to drive," Fritz said. "He's just playing with a ton of confidence. He's put in the work. Right man, right spot there." The senior from Libertyville, Illinois went 3-for-4 against Albion with a RBI singles in the first and third innings and the run-scoring double up the left-field gap in the eighth that snapped a 2-2 tie. Kym recorded three of Hope's four hits for the game on a cold afternoon at home. Hope (21-7, 12-3 MIAA) has six games remaining in the regular season with series against Calvin University and Trine University. The Flying Dutchmen are seeking their 23rd MIAA title and first since 2013.
New Jersey City University returned to the diamond today for the first time since their historic doubleheader victory against Ramapo this past weekend. The squad took care of business in game one with their timely hitting and consistent pitching, defeating St. Joesph's (LI) by a final score of 11-4. In game two St. Joseph's was powered by an eight-run sixth inning for a 13-6 win. Leading the way on the offensive side for NJCU were juniors Jon Taylor and Josh Hernandez, who combined for eight hits, six RBI and scored six times. Taylor in game-one had a career performance by going 3-3 with a walk and RBI.