Senior Mitch Davis has 11 hits over the last three games
after going 4-for-5 with a pair of triples and three RBI this
afternoon. (PHOTO BY Richard Orr)
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Stonehill Outslugs
Bentley, 10-6
Skyhawks pick up
second-straight win over rival Falcons behind 18-hit
attack
Boxscore
EASTON, Mass. (April 7,
2010) – Stonehill College posted its fourth win over
its last five outings with a 10-6 victory over rival Bentley
University in a non-conference baseball matchup at Lou Gorman Field
this afternoon. The game was originally scheduled to be played here
on Friday, but was moved up two days due to the forecast for
inclement weather.
After the two clubs combined for 35
hits here in yesterday's 10-9 Stonehill win in ten innings,
they combined for 30 this afternoon with the Skyhawks piling up 18
to the Falcons' 12. Senior Mitch Davis (Bow,
N.H./Bow), who has 11 hits in Stonehill's last three
games, led the offense again by going 4-for-5 with a pair of
triples, a run scored and three RBI. Classmate Shane Franz
(Cazenovia, N.Y./Cazenovia) hit 3-for-5 with a home run
and two RBI, while junior Angelo Bruno (Norwalk,
Conn./Norwalk) batted 2-for-4 with a home run, stolen
base, two runs scored and three RBI. Sophomore Steven Popp
(Unionville, Conn./Farmington) finished 2-for-5 with an
RBI and run scored, while senior Thomas Marino (Garden
City, N.Y./Garden City) chipped in with a double.
Junior righthander Shane
Penzone (Hudson, Mass./Hudson Catholic) collected the win
(1-1) on the mound for Stonehill, allowing three earned runs on
seven hits with a strikeout and four walks over 5.1 innings.
Freshman righthander Jeff Croteau (Auburn,
Mass./Auburn) took the loss (0-2), surrendering four
earned runs on five hits in just an inning.
Senior Charlie Pagliarulo
(Medford, Mass./Medford) led Bentley's 12-hit effort
by going 3-for-5 with a stolen base and run scored. Classmate
Brett Damato (Commack, N.Y./Commack) hit 2-for-4
with a double and RBI, while senior Mike DeCoste
(Chelmsford, Mass./Chelmsford) and junior Ross
Curley (Lexington, Mass./Lexington) both chipped in with
home runs.
Junior Angelo Bruno slugged his NE-10 leading seventh home
run of the season this afternoon, finishing 2-for-4 with three RBI.
(PHOTO BY Richard Orr)
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Stonehill opened a 6-0 lead after
two innings of play. The Skyhawks scored four in the first on an
RBI single by Bruno and two-run home run by Franz, while Bruno also
scored on a wild pitch. They added two in the second when Bruno
followed up a two-out single from sophomore Michael
Magnussen (Carver, Mass./Coyle & Cassidy) with his
team and Conference-leading seventh home run of the season.
Bentley cut the deficit in half
with three runs in the top of the third. Freshman Lamarre
Rey (Lynn, Mass./Pingree School) led off with a single and
later scored on a wild pitch. Curley drove in a run on a ground out
and then Damato laced an RBI double.
Stonehill regained control with
four runs over the fourth and fifth innings to run its lead to
10-3. Davis followed up a leadoff single by senior Rob Von
Stein (Trumbull, Conn./Trumbull) with an RBI triple in the
fourth. Davis tripled again to spark the Skyhawks' three-run
fifth, driving in two, while Popp added an RBI single.
Bentley closed the gap in the late
innings with a pair of home runs. Curley delivered a two-run blast
in the eighth, before DeCoste rounded out the scoring with a
leadoff shot in the ninth.
Stonehill (11-10, 6-3 NE-10) and
Bentley (12-15, 7-4 NE-10) conclude their three-game midweek series
tomorrow with an NE-10 matchup in Waltham at 3:30 p.m. The Skyhawks
return home on Saturday to host Assumption College for a
Northeast-10 doubleheader at Gorman Field starting at noon.
