Sophomore lefthander Michael White pitched a complete game win in game two to highlight a strong pitching day for the Skyhawks.

Stonehill Pitches Sweep Over Assumption

Skyhawks ride strong starts from Haughn and White to key NE-10 sweep
Stonehill wins game one, 2-1 in ten innings, take game two, 6-1

EASTON, Mass. (April 10, 2010) – Stonehill College used strong pitching to post a doubleheader sweep over Assumption College in Northeast-10 Conference baseball action at Lou Gorman Field this afternoon. The Skyhawks took game onen, 2-1 in ten innings, before posting a 6-1 win in the nightcap.

Sophomore lefthanders Eric Haughn (Pembroke, Mass./Pembroke) and Michael White (Lisbon, N.H./Lisbon Regional) turned in two strong starting pitching performances to lead the way for Stonehill, while sophomore lefthander Michael Von Stein (Trumbull, Conn./Trumbull) pitched two scoreless innings of relief of his own.

Junior Scott Hackett (Bangor, Maine/Bangor) paced the offense for Stonehill, hitting a combined 4-for-8 with a double and two RBI, driving in the winning run with a walk off double in the tenth inning of game one. Senior Matt Skane (Mashpee, Mass./Mashpee) batted a combined 3-for-5 with an RBI.

Senior Derek Migrants (Ayer, Mass./Ayer) hit a combined 4-for-8 with a stolen base and two RBI to pace Assumption.

Stonehill 2, Assumption 1 (10 innings) – Game 1
Boxscore

Scott Hackett drilled a double to the wall with one out in the bottom of the tenth to score senior Rob Von Stein (Trumbull, Conn./Trumbull) from second with the winning run and lift Stonehill to the 2-1 win in game one. Von Stein led off the inning with a walk and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by classmate Mitch Davis (Bow, N.H./Bow).

Scott Hackett delivered a walk off RBI double to lift Stonehill to the game one win in ten innings. PHOTO BY Richard Orr.

Rob Von Stein earned the win (2-1) in relief, working around a walk in two scoreless and hitless innings with a strikeout. He retired the side in order in the top of the tenth leading up to the decisive half inning. Eric Haughn allowed just a first inning run on five hits with six strikeouts and three walks over eight innings for Stonehill.

Hackett finished 2-for-5 with the double and RBI, while Rob Von Stein hit 1-for-3 with a double and run scored. Matt Skane batted 1-for-3 with an RBI, while junior Angelo Bruno (Norwalk, Conn./Norwalk) batted 1-for-3 with a run scored and two stolen bases.

Derek Migrants hit 2-for-4 with a stolen base and RBI. Junior Blake Youngblood (East Freetown, Mass./New Bedford) was 2-for-3 with a pair of walks, a stolen base and run scored.

Junior Dan Evangelista (Shelton, Conn./Fairfield Prep) took the loss (3-1) for Assumption, allowing the one earned run on a hit and a walk with one strikeout over an inning and a third. Senior Michael Colebrook (Leicester, Mass./Saint John's) went the first eight innings for the Greyhounds, allowing an earned run on five hits with 12 strikeouts and three walks.

Assumption got its lone run in the top of the first inning as Youngblood led off with a walk, advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt and then scored on a single down the leftfield line by Migrants, who was out on the play trying to stretch out a double.

Stonehill knotted the score in the fourth when Bruno drew a one out walk, stole second and scored on a single to center by Skane.

Stonehill 6, Assumption 1 – Game 2
Boxscore

Michael White threw a complete game and freshman James DeAlto (Briarcliff Manor, N.Y./Briarcliff) drove in three runs to lead Stonehill to a 6-1 win in game two and complete the doubleheader sweep.

White allowed just the one earned run on four hits with eight strikeouts and three walks over the nine innings to pick up the win (3-0) on the mound for Stonehill. He never allowed more than one hit in any inning and allowed only two runners into scoring position, none past second base, after the first inning.

Freshman James DeAlto drove in thre runs, belting his first collegiate home run, in game two.

DeAlto hit 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs scored and three RBI for Stonehill, while Scott Hackett was 2-for-3 with an RBI. Matt Skane batted 2-for-2, while sophomore Michael Magnussen (Carver, Mass./Coyle & Cassidy) finished 2-for-4 with a double, run scored and RBI.

Derek Migrants again led Assumption by going 2-for-4 with an RBI. Sophomore Joe Piscitelli (Oxford, Mass./Oxford) took the loss (0-3) on the mound for the Greyhounds, surrendering three runs, two earned, on nine hits with a strikeout and no walks over six-plus innings.

Assumption again opened the scoring with its lone run coming in its first at bat. Blake Youngblood drew a leadoff walk, stole second, and then scored on a single to left by Migrants.

Stonehill evened the score in the fifth as DeAlto, who reached on a fielder's choice, scored on a single from Hackett. The Skyhawks took the lead in the sixth on an RBI double from Magnussen. Their lead stretched to 3-1 in the seventh as junior Brenden Shepard (Boxford, Mass./Masconomet) led off with a single and later scored on a sacrifice fly to center by Mitch Davis.

Stonehill broke the game open with three in the eighth, all off the bat of DeAlto who smacked his first collegiate home run.

Stonehill (13-11, 8-4 NE-10) returns to action tomorrow when it visits the University of Massachusetts Lowell at 3:30 p.m. The Skyhawks return home on Wednesday, when they host the River Hawks at Gorman Field at 3:30 p.m. Assumption (17-12, 5-6 NE-10) hosts Pace University for a Northeast-10 doubleheader tomorrow starting at noon.