Baseball Takes Series Finale from Saint Michael's, 6-4
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COLCHESTER, Vt. – The Merrimack College baseball team concluded its three-game series with Saint Michael's on Sunday afternoon with a 6-4 victory from Doc Jacobs Field, taking two of three games over the weekend against the Purple Knights.
The Basics
Score: Merrimack 6, Saint Michael's 4
Records: Merrimack (22-11, 6-2 NE Div.) | Saint Michael's (2-17, 1-8 NE Div.)
Location: Doc Jacobs Field | Colchester, Vt.
How It Happened:
The Warriors put up three runs through the first two innings. In the first, an error in the ourfield allowed Mike Forgione (North Branford, Conn.) to score from second on a single from Sean O'Neill (Norwood, Mass.). In the Warriors' next at-bats, senior Bobby Losanno (Peabody, Mass.) singled home Matt Nicholson (Rockland, Mass.) before scoring from third while Forgione was caught in a rundown between first and second.
Sophomore PJ Browne (Rutland, Mass.) ran into trouble in the third inning, allowing four runs to score on a pair of two-run singles. Saint Michael's took a 4-3 advantage into the fourth inning.
The Navy and Gold scored one run in the fifth and sixth to take the lead back. Forgione was involved once again, scoring the game-tying run on a single from Cam DiSarcina (Shirley, Mass.). In the sixth, Matt Brown (Belmont, Mass.) crossed home on a sacrifice fly from Matthew Ronai (Orange, Conn.) to make it 5-4 Merrimack.
Browne battled through seven innings, striking out eight Purple Knights. Junior Nate Spielvogel (Brookline, Mass.) came out of the bullpen in the eighth, stranding the tying run on third in his first inning of work.
With two outs in the top of the ninth, Tyler Lyne (Agawam, Mass.) reached base with a double. DiSarcina, Merrimack's next batter, put a ball in play that was booted by the shortstop, allowing Lyne to race home for the Warriors' sixth run of the day. Spielvogel shut the door in the bottom half, striking out two of three batters to collect his third save of the year.
Inside The Number
- Browne's final line (W, 5-2): 7.0 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 0 BB, 8 K
- Spielvogel's final line (Sv, 3): 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
- The save on Sunday marked the ninth of the junior righty's career. Spielvogel is now second all-time in program history in saves, needing one more to tie the program record and become just the second pitcher to reach double-digit saves in Warriors history
- Ronai went a perfect 3-of-3 at the plate, with his only putout being the sacrifice fly. All three of his base knocks were singles, as he collected his fifth multi-hit game of the season and tied his season high with three hits
- Losanno extended his hitting streak to eight games, while Lyne posted his fourth straight two-hit game. Since the latter missed five of six games in March due to injury, he has hit safely n 13 of 14 games since returning to the lineup
Up Next
Merrimack begins a five-game week, all against divisional opponents, on Tuesday when the Warriors travel to Bentley for a 3:30 p.m. contest.
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