WESTFIELD, Mass. – Leadoff batter Daniel Mello was 2 for 4 and drove in the game-winning run with an RBI double in the seventh inning to lead Endicott College to a 4-2 non-conference baseball victory over Westfield State University on Thursday, April 26.
 
Endicott improves to 22-14 as the Gulls won their 11^th game in the last 12 starts. Westfield is 17-16.
 
With the score tied at 2-2, pinch hitter Taylor English walked to lead off the top of the seventh. English was retired at second on Ralph Fidaleo's fielder's choice bunt. Fidaleo stole second and Michael Russo walked.
 
Westfield pitcher Kyle Canole, who came on in relief to start the seventh, was replaced by Kevin Zyrkowski. Mello then delivered his game-winning hit, a ringing double down the left field line on an 0-2 pitch. Eric Lemke drove home the game's final run on a fielder's choice grounder to second base.
 
The Owls collected three of their six hits in the first inning to take a 2-0 lead. With two outs and the bases empty, freshman designated hitter Nick Champeau singled up the middle. Kevin Greene singled thru the right side on a hit-and-run and Champeau scampered to third. Senior Josh Blair then blasted a two-run double to left-center field.
 
Endicott scored a run in both the second and third frames to tie the score. In the second, Conor Ressel rapped a one-out single, stole second and scored on a Fidaleo's two-out RBI single to right-center.
 
Mello was hit by a pitch to lead off the third, advanced to second on Lemke's sacrifice bunt, stole third, and scored on EJ Martinez's double to left field.
 
The Gulls had eight hits and Fidaleo also was 2 for 4 with an RBI. Champeau was 2 for 4 for the Owls and Pat McWilliams ripped a pinch-hit double in the ninth inning.
 
Steven Carter was the winning pitcher. The 6-6, 225-pound sophomore from Brunswick, Maine, threw six complete innings, allowing four hits and three walks and striking out two. Kevin Dupras pitched the final three innings to earn the save; he gave up two hits and no walks and fanned three.
 
Mike Sullivan pitched the first six frames for the Owls, allowing five hits and one walk and whiffing four.