Worcester State 10, Salve Regina 5
Worcester, MA – The Worcester State College baseball team
scored 5 runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to break a, 5-5,
tie and defeat the Salve Regina University Seahawks, 10-5,
Wednesday afternoon at Fitton Field on the campus of the College of
the Holy Cross. The non-conference win is Worcester State’s
third in a row improving the Lancers to 11-14 on the year. Salve
Regina drops to 18-13-1.
Worcester State jumped out to a, 3-0, lead after the first two
innings of play. The Lancers scored a pair in the first frame when
Chris Logan (Spencer, MA) doubled home
Ryan Hawley (Shrewsbury, MA) who hit a one out
single to left field. Logan, who advanced to third on a throw to
the plate, scored on a sacrifice fly by senior Chris
Gusha (Rutland, MA). Worcester State added their third run
when Matt Hart (Easton, MA) doubled home
Ryan LaPrade (Leominster, MA) who hit a two out
single.
Salve Regina got on the board in the top of the third inning with a
single run when shortstop Steve Tressler (Phoenix,
AZ) led off the inning with his second homerun of the season.
Worcester State got the run back in the bottom of the inning on a
sacrifice fly by freshman Corey Abbascia
(Shrewsbury, MA) scoring Gusha who singled leading off the
frame.
Both teams plated runs in the fourth inning making the score, 5-2.
Justin Collett (S. Portland, ME) led off the
inning for the Seahawks with a single and was doubled home by
sophomore Riley Diaz (Miami, FL). The Lancers
scored on a RBI single by Hart scoring LaPrade who had singled and
then stole second and third base.
Salve scored single runs in the fifth, sixth and eighth innings to
tie the game at, 5-5, after 7 ½. Tressler led off the fifth
with a single and stole second base. An infield out got him to
third and he scored on a run producing ground out by Adam
Gingras (N. Attleboro, MA). In the sixth, catcher
Robert Peruzzotti (Mystic, CT) doubled in Diaz who
singled to lead off the inning. Salve Regina tied the score when
Collett scored after leading off with a walk.
Worcester State scored five runs in the bottom of the eighth to
secure the win. The eventual game-winner came with LaPrade hit a
2-run bases loaded single to left field.
Tony Brunetta (Franklin, MA) got the win in relief
for the Lancers. Matt Wierzbicki (Wethersfield,
CT) took the loss.
LaPrade finished the day going 3-for-4 with 2 RBI and 3 runs
scored. Hart, Hawley and Logan each had two hit days. Diaz,
Peruzzotti and Tressler also had multiple hits for the visitors.