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| Yabdriel Gonzalez went 4 for 4 with two extra base hits and one run batted in as Salem State extended their winning streak to six straight with an 8-4 victory over rival Gordon College. The Vikings improve their record to 7-3 while the Fighting Scots drop to 3-12. Salem State athletics photo |
In one of its most complete games of the season to date, Eastern used another strong showing offensively, a brilliant performance from Sean Cottrell on the mound, and six late insurance runs to beat the York College Spartans 9-5 at Jaquet Field to open its second conference series. The Eagles scored a pair of runs in the first inning and never trailed, improving to 3-1 in MAC Commonwealth play. "We had a great team day overall," Eastern Head Coach Scott Renauro said. "We played defense, had really sound approaches at the plate, and outstanding pitching." At the dish, Eastern came away with 14 hits, and four Eagles finished with three hits apiece. Senior Garrett Friend set the tone, going 3-for-4 with a two-run double. Fellow senior Evan Barks also finished 3-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI, while sophomore Thomas Kozlusky and first-year Robert Del Buono combined for six hits, seven runs scored, and two RBIs. Cottrell (4-1) continued his stout season on the mound with another outstanding outing. The Glassboro, N.J. native pitched seven strong frames, allowing just four hits and one earned run on 96 pitches. The senior finished with three strikeouts, 10 flyouts, and seven groundouts in his team-leading fourth win of the campaign.
Senior shortstop Izaiah Rivera ripped a walk-off, three-run home run to cap a seven-run bottom of the ninth as Rhode Island College came from behind in its last at-bat to defeat Clark, 15-14, at Pontarelli Field on Thursday afternoon. The Cougars jumped all over the Anchormen and built a 10-0 advantage after four innings. The Anchormen pulled within six, 14-8, on a senior designated hitter Cole Podedworny RBI single in the eighth. RIC loaded the bases in the bottom of the ninth on two walks and a hit batsman. A throwing error on a Daniel Trzepacz grounder allowed on run to score. Senior right fielder Sean Helfrich hit in RBI single to center field and Cole Podedworny followed with a two-run double to right center to pull RIC within a pair, 14-12. Rivera then ripped a 1-0 pitch over the right field fence to win the game. The game was played in extremely cold and windy weather, which took its toll on each team's pitchers. The two squads combined for 26 walks and four hit batsmen.
Shenandoah got back to their winning ways with an 18-4 win over Bridgewater College Thursday afternoon at Kevin Anderson Field at Bridgeforth Stadium. The Hornets (15-2, 5-1) got 7 strong innings from Nick Bell in a game that was all Hornets from the start. After surrendering two runs in the top of the first off a lead off walk and double, Bell settled down to only allow those two runs on five hits and striking out two. The Hornets were led offensively today by Pearce Bucher as the doctoral student went 3-4 with 4 runs scored, 2 RBI, and a towering shot to left field. Six other Hornets had a multi-hit game as Frankie Ritter and Brody Pickette also hit home runs in the game. Michael Meyers came on to pitch the 8th inning before giving way to Colin Miller to get the final three outs of the game.
Redlands (11-11) broke out in their first two games at the Tucson Cactus Classic as they run-ruled Carleton 16-6 in eight innings and Wesleyan (Conn.) 15-0 in seven innings. Things got off to a rough start in the first inning as the Bulldogs were down 5-0. They would respond an inning later in the second with five runs of their own and sealed the win with a four spot in the fourth. The Bulldogs had 17 hits and seven walks. Tyler Reiter started the Bulldogs off on the right foot with a quick one-two-three first which included a pair of strikeouts. Reiter was the beneficiary of big innings asa the Redlands offense continured to motor. Reiter finished off the complete game shutout in the seventh with two strikeouts and a ground out. He finished with seven innings on 92 pitches with six hits allowed, one walk, and struck out eight.
Plattsburgh State continued their sizzling hot spring break, opening SUNYAC play with a 16-11 road win over SUNY New Paltz. Nick Cergol led the offensive effort as he was 3-6 with 5 RBI, two doubles, and a three-run homer as Plattsburgh took their fifth straight win and ninth in their last ten games. Kolby Mordecki earned the win on the mound for Plattsburgh State, tossing six innings, and giving up four earned runs while striking out two. Each Cardinal that stepped to the plate on Thursday registered a hit, with Mike Rasquin, Alex Kornblau, Kyle Cremin, and Aidan Diltz each had two hits. Kornblau scored three runs, stole three bags, and drove in a run while Cremin drove in two runs, scored twice, walked, and stole a base. Dylan Bass struck out three in the ninth inning to close out the win for Plattsburgh.
Roger Williams defeated UMass Dartmouth on Thursday afternoon, 6-5, on Paolino Field as the Hawks kicked off their 2024 home slate. Louie Mosca moved to 3-0 on the young season, with 6.1 innings of work, giving up six hits, with four earned runs in the contest, while striking out 10. MarkAnthony Glickman picked up the save, an inning without allowing a batter to reach. At the plate, Roger Williams was led by Christopher Flynn who went 2-for-3 with an RBI, while coming across home plate twice. Open Hibbard also added a hit in the contest with three runs scored, while Jack Morin had a sacrifice bunt for an RBI. In the top of the seventh the Corsairs rallied scoring four runs to cut the deficit to two. They then added a run in the top of the eighth with an RBI single up the middle. Leading 6-5 in the top of the ninth, Glickman put down the Corsairs, one-two-three, ending the contest.
Graduate student Ben Tobio recorded four hits while junior Eli Somers hit another home run as Stevens Institute of Technology defeated King's 8-3 Thursday night in a MAC Freedom contest. Junior Joe Gonzalez (1-0) earned the win in the contest out of the pen. He pitched four innings and allowed just one hit. He also struck out five. First-year David Finch earned the start, allowing three runs on five hits. He struck out four batters. Senior Marc Rivera and junior Matt Villapiano combined to pitch three innings and only gave up one hit. The Ducks (10-5, 2-2 MAC Freedom) have now won four games in a row. Stevens is also now a perfect 5-0 at Dobbelaar Field. The Ducks now sit fifth in the MAC Freedom standings. With the win, Stevens improves to 10-0 all-time against the Monarchs. King's drops to 5-9 and 0-1 in conference play.
Northwestern (Minn.) entered the week thinking that would play a three game series against North Central to open UMAC play. They were correct. However, they believed they would play those games on the road on Friday and Saturday. Due to the weather that popped up this week, the Eagles rearranged their schedule. They played all three games at Reynolds Field (with North Central serving as the home team) and game one took place on Tuesday. The final two games of the three game set took place on Thursday in a doubleheader. After winning the opener on Tuesday, the Eagles competed the season series sweep of the Rams with 10-0 and 7-4 wins. Despite scoring ten runs in the game, the Eagles never put together a monster inning where they put up a crooked number. Consistency was the key for UNW's offense; scoring in six of the eight innings played. UNW never scored more than three runs in a single inning but they just kept adding runs in each frame throughout the contest and pulled away to win in decisive fashion.
The third and final game of the series between the Eagles and the Rams was the closest of the trio and the only one to require all nine innings to be played. Caleb Hautajarvi, a freshman reliever, shone in game one and in game two it was another freshman relief pitcher who ended up being one of the stars of the game. Andrew Simon entered the game in relief in the fourth inning and was lights out for the Eagles out of the bullpen. He pitched 5.2 innings, gave up one hit, one walk, no runs, and struck out two. UNW won the contest 7-4.
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| UW-Stevens Point (4-4) posted a season-high 12 strikeouts by four different hurlers in a 9-1 win over Western New England (6-6) on Thursday. Kenny Schultz notched his first win in a Pointers' uniform with seven strikeouts over 6.0 innings. He scattered six hits and gave up just one run. UW Stevens Point athletics photo |
Dante DiMatteo struck out 10 and the offense racked up 12 more runs as Washington & Jefferson rolled to a 12-2 win over William Paterson in action Thursday at the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational. The win improves the Presidents to 5-7 while the Pioneers fall to 5-10 with the loss. W&J finished with seven extra base hits in the win over William Paterson. The Presidents smacked six doubles and had a home run en route to the victory. DiMatteo worked five innings to record his first win of 2024. DiMatteo allowed two runs on three hits. The junior right hander struck out 10 Pioneers, seven of which were called out on strikes.
Ending their four-game skid, North Central leaned on its pitching to capture a 4-0 shutout victory over DePauw on Thursday afternoon at Walker Field. AJ Kutcher started the game on the bump for the Cardinals, working back-to-back 1-2-3 innings before striking out the side in the bottom of the third inning. Following another three-up, three-down frame from Kutcher, he was relieved by Elijah Hammond who entered the 0-0 game in the bottom of the fifth. Hammond did not allow a hit in the fifth as North Central's offense tallied the game's first run. Trey Roach opened the sixth on a hit by pitch and stole second base to put himself in scoring position. After moving to third on a productive groundout by Jackson Bland, Luke Lehnen drove in Roach on an RBI single. Anthony Raineri forced two strikeouts in the ninth after two singles as he picked up his first save of the season, giving the Cardinals a 4-0 win over DePauw.
Oberlin gutted out a wild 19-12 11-inning win at Capital University on Thursday afternoon. The Yeomen pounded out a season-high 20 hits, headlined by junior Zach Masnikoff, who finished 4-for-7 with two RBIs and two runs scored. Oberlin was left for dead, entering the ninth inning trailing 11-5, but erupted for seven runs in the frame to go out in front by one run. Ethan Hurwitz got the rally rolling with a leadoff home run. Two more Yeomen runs came across the dish on a Capital error to shrink the deficit down to three, and first-year Grayson Black followed with an RBI single back up the box to put the pressure back on the Crusaders. An RBI fielder's choice from Masinkoff and a sacrifice fly from Anton Shelton tied the game at 11-11 before the Yeomen went out in front on Brady Groves' run-scoring single up the middle, giving Oberlin the lead. Unfortunately, the one-run advantage was short-lived. In the bottom of the ninth, Connor Feeney delivered a game-tying RBI double down the left-field line to even the affair. After neither side scored in the 10th, the Yeomen bats would not be denied in their second-straight 11th-inning appearance. Oberlin would take the lead for good on Groves' sac fly, and David Curtin would then follow with a two-run double to left field. Alex Gaetano kept the train moving with his first-career hit and RBI, and the Yeomen would tack on two more runs in the 11th to leave little doubt about the eventual outcome.
Calvin built a big lead early and held off a late charge by Wheaton (Ill.) to defeat the Thunder 12-10 on Thursday. Calvin (9-7) led 9-0 after four innings thanks to three separate three-run innings in the first, second and fourth innings. Trailing 12-6 in their final at bat, the Thunder hit a grand slam off Calvin reliever Ryan Tschirhart to cut the deficit to 12-10, but Tschirhart retired the final two batters to secure the win for the Knights. Nolan Coil started for the Knights and worked in and out of trouble through four-plus innings, allowing two runs on five hits and four walks while striking out four. Nate Mason finished the day 2-5 with four runs batted in, while Matt Reynolds went 3-4 with two runs scored, three RBI and stolen bases. Patrick Gillen went 2-4 with three runs scored and reached base four times in the game.
The No. 1 nationally ranked Endicott rallied past SUNY Cobleskill for a thrilling 5-3 victory at NERP Field 2 on Thursday afternoon. Brady Stuart toed the rubber for the Blue and Green and delivered a dominant 6.2 IP. He limited Cobleskill to two earned runs, four hits, one walk, and punched out a career-high 12. With the Gulls trailing by a run in the bottom of the seventh, Danny MacDougall cranked a go-ahead two-run shot down the left field line. The homer was his second of the season, and his second in the last three games. After the Fighting Tigers knotted the score at three in the top of the eighth, the Blue and Green rallied once again in the bottom of the frame to regain the lead. The late rally was sparked by the freshmen, as centerfielder Brenden Walsh started the rally with an RBI single through the left side of the infield to drive in pinch runner Caleb Clark from second base. James Benestad followed up with an RBI base knock through the right side of the infield, scoring AJ Hamm from second. After obtaining the lead, Bagshaw pitched a scoreless ninth to lock up the 11th win of the year for the Blue and Green.
Emory delivered the walk-off win on Thursday afternoon defeating the Wooster Fighting Scots 4-3 at Chappell Park in Atlanta. Entering the ninth inning down 3-2, an error from Wooster's defense aided the Eagles in the thrilling win. Senior Jacob Grossman and junior Blake Dincman paced the Eagles' offense combining for four of the team's six hits while Dincman brought in two RBI for the team. Graduate student Nick Wilson delivered the walk-off knock after reaching first on a fielder's choice while junior Bennett Speicher started on the mound for the Eagles posting six strikeouts, his second best this season. The Scots notched as eighth inning home run to right field to tie the game 2-2 before a single up the middle gave Wooster a 3-2 lead after seven and a half innings. After a walk and a hit by pitch to start the bottom of the ninth, the Eagles were able to get two runners in scoring position before making offensive changes on the basepaths. Emory ended the game on a fielder's choice from Wilson while Dincman and freshman Aidan Conley was able to score on a throwing error from the Scots' defense.
TCNJ notched their 11th straight win, securing a 14-1 victory over Haverford on Thursday afternoon. The Lions (11-0) put up a seven-spot in the bottom of the first and never looked back as the Fords (9-5) couldn't come back from the deficit. After the Fords were retired in order to start the game, TCNJ brought in seven runs on three hits and two errors, jumping out to an early lead and never stopped. The Lions added another two runs in the second, one in the third and four insruance runs in the sixth to the eight innings.
Jack Rollo hit a game-winning two-run home run during his first-career at bat in the top of the 10th inning and pitched the final three innings to earn the win on the mound as No. 6 Denison won 7-5 at Ohio Northern University on Thursday. The victory improves Denison's record to 13-2 entering their first two home games of the season. It was the first meeting between Denison and ONU (6-8 overall) since 2019, and was the sixth straight win for the Big Red in the series. It was also ONU's home opener, which was ultimately spoiled when down a run in the top of the ninth inning, Eric Colaco smacked a leadoff triple to center field and scored just one batter late on a sacrifice fly to right field by Jack Lutte to help send the game into extra innings. In the bottom of the ninth, ONU got a leadoff double to right field against Rollo but was unable to advance the runner. Then in the top of the 10th inning, it was Owen Wilson getting on base with a one-out single up the middle, just on at bat before Rollo stepped up to the plate and came up with a line drive homer to right center field to help his own cause. In the bottom of the 10th, three straight two-out walks by Rollo loaded the bases and put the tying run on second base, but a fielder's choice to third base ended the game. In addition to his first-career hit and home run as a freshman, Rollo would finish with three innings pitched allowing one hit, no runs, four walks and two strikeouts to improve to 2-0 on the season.
St. Olaf College began its trip to Florida with a 10-1 victory over Worcester State University on Thursday afternoon at Northeast Regional Park. In just the third-ever meeting between the two programs, St. Olaf (6-6) claimed its first victory in the series with Worcester State (1-6) behind four multi-run innings at the plate. Five Ole pitchers combined to hold the Lancers to an unearned run on six hits, while St. Olaf racked up 13 hits to pick up the win despite leaving 16 runners on base. St. Olaf's No. 3-7 hitters all had multi-hit games in the victory, including sophomore Breckin Hadley, who was 2-for-3 with a walk, a double, a home run, and three RBI. Sophomore Christopher Woodside, senior Joey Glampe, and sophomore Mason Buck also had two hits, while first year Cole Pleimann went 3-for-5 with a double, a run scored, and two RBI. Glampe also knocked in two runs and scored once. Junior David Scheil pitched the first 3.0 innings for the Oles, allowing an unearned run on three hits with one walk. St. Olaf used four pitchers out of the bullpen and got 3.0 shutout innings from first year Sam Hruska, who earned his first collegiate win after yielding just one hit with no walks and four strikeouts. Sophomore Kevin Steel, senior Brock Brumley, and first year Nick Levasseur also tossed shutout innings in relief.
Junior Jahiem Green had four walks and four stolen bases, and scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning in walk-off fashion, while senior Lucas Burnette had three hits and one RBI, to lead Hampden-Sydney to a 7-6 come-from-behind non-conference home win past Mary Baldwin on Thursday afternoon on Yank Bernier Field at the Ty Cobb Ballpark – Wurdeman Stadium. Sophomore Alex Fitz-Hugh gained the pitching victory in relief, the first of his collegiate career, for the host Tigers (7-10) against the visiting Fighting Squirrels (4-11). H-SC scored seven runs on five hits with one error, scoring two runs in the second inning, one run each in the third, fourth and sixth innings, and two runs in the ninth. MBU scored six runs on nine hits with three errors, scoring one run in the first inning, two runs in the third and three runs in the fifth.
The Willaims Ephs (4-3) split a doubleheader against the Privateers (8-3) on Thursday, losing the first game 10-8 and rebounding in the second game with a 9-2 win. The first game was a bit of a slugfest, with SUNY Maritime collecting 14 hits while Williams had 15. The Ephs' offense stayed hot into the second game, culminating in a six-run seventh inning. Jake Jeffries earned the win for Williams. The righty allowed three hits and two runs in a complete game, striking out four and walking three. Williams got 13 hits in the game. James O'Connor had three hits in four at bats.