Baseball Travels to Wilson, N.C. to Challenge Barton College Wednesday
WARRIORS AIM FOR SEVENTH WIN OF THE SEASON AGAINST BULLDOGS
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NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – Looking for its seventh win of the season, the Merrimack College baseball team challenges Barton College in a non-conference tilt Wednesday afternoon at Nixon Field. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m.
The Basics
Date/Time: Wednesday, Mar. 19, 2014 | 3 p.m.
Records: Merrimack (6-3) | Barton (7-18)
Location: Nixon Field | Wilson, N.C.
Last Time Out
Due to inclement weather in Cary, N.C., the Warriors were only able to get two of their six games in. On Saturday afternoon, the Warriors fell to Molloy College, 3-2, before battling back to defeat Caldwell 10-2.
Merrimack recorded the first run of the game in the seventh inning on a RBI single to left field by freshman Cam DiSarcina (Shirley, Mass.) which allowed senior Eddie Newton (North Billerican, Mass.) to score. With the Warriors up 1-0, the Lions scored three unearned runs to take a 3-1 lead over Merrimack heading into the ninth inning.
Merrimack could only respond back with an unearned run by sophomore Sean O'Neill (Norwood, Mass.), off a single to right field by DiSarcina. Senior Tyler Cuming (Red Bank, N.J.) suffered his first loss of the season to the Lions.
For the second time this season, senior Conner McMahon (Westfield, Mass.) recorded the win for the Warriors. Caldwell picked up the early tally in the first to take a 1-0 lead over the Warriors. However, Merrimack responded back with four runs in the bottom of the first and two more in the second to lead 6-1.
The Cougars scored a run in the top of the third, after an error by senior catcher CJ Flannery (Hudson, Mass.). After two scoreless innings, the Navy and Gold extended its lead to eight (10-2) after four scored runs in the sixth.
For full recap from Saturday, please click here!
The Warriors:
- As a team, Merrimack is batting just .239 and is averaging 4.11 runs per contest.
- Crinella is hitting .364 with six runs scored, three doubles, a home run, eight RBI and four stolen bases, while Forgione is batting .303 so far with eight runs scored, the team's other home run, three RBI and five steals.
- The pitching staff has a strong 2.92 ERA, led by McMahon, who is 2-0 with a 1.42 ERA in three starts.
- Merrimack has an on base percentage of .368 while posting a .305 slugging percentage.
Scouting the Barton Bulldogs:
- Barton has scored four or more runs in a game just three times all season, and has managed just 57 runs on the year in 25 games (2.28 per game),
- Junior Mitchell Wheeler has collected a hit in 13 of the 15 games he has started since returning from injury and has batted .450 (9 for 20) in the last five games.
- The Bulldogs are batting .229 as a team, and even lower in the clutch – .202 with two outs and .170 with runners in scoring position.
- The staff has given up seven runs per game in during the 2-10 stretch, and the average is 8.5 over the past four games, when the Bulldogs were outscored 34 to 6.
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