Worcester State 14, Colby-Sawyer 13
New London, NH --- The Colby-Sawyer baseball team dropped its
regular season finale to Worcester State, 14-13 in a back and forth
battle that featured four ties and five lead changes.
Worcester State improves to 26-11 overall while the Chargers finish
the regular season at 15-22.
The Lancers took advantage of four singles in the first inning to
jump out to a 3-0 lead. Junior Nick Caparell
(North Attleboro, MA) knocked in the first run and came around to
score the second. Caparell finished the game 4-for-4 with four runs
scored and two walks.
The Chargers cut into the lead in the home half of the inning by
scoring twice on a walk, two infield singles and an error. Senior
Chris Gaeta (Lynn, MA) tied the game at 3-3 in the
bottom of the second with a two-out RBI single.
The Lancers exploded for four runs in the top of the third only to
see the game tied once again in the bottom of the fourth when four
Chargers crossed the plate on five straight hits. Each team scored
once in the fifth inning to keep the game knotted at 8-8. After the
Lancers took a 9-8 lead in the top of the sixth on an RBI single
from freshman Ben Mullin (Burlington, MA), the Chargers responded
with two runs in the home half to take a one-run lead.
Worcester State jumped on top of Colby-Sawyer again in the seventh
scoring three times including a two-RBI double from junior
Will Thompson (New Church, VA). The Chargers
fought back for the fifth time in the bottom of the eighth and tied
the score at 12-12.
The Lancers applied pressure in the top of the ninth with a lead
off double from Caparell. After a single from junior Nick
Dortona (Malden, MA) put runners on the corners, junior
TJ Magnell (Leominster, MA) supplied a pinch-hit
sacrifice fly. Sophomore Corey Abbascia
(Shrewsbury, MA) put the Lancers up by two runs with an RBI double
to left center.
After Colby-Sawyer cut the deficit to one, the Lancers came up with
two great defensive plays. Freshman Justin Martin (Lebanon, NH),
who left third base on contact, was thrown out at the plate on a
dribbler to the third baseman. Then with the game still in the
balance, pinch-hitter Shane Hoagboon (Mayfield, NY) hit a laser to
the right side only to see the ball caught by a full extension,
game-saving dive by the first baseman Abbascia.
Freshman Kyle St. Thomas (Bridgewater, MA) threw
three solid innings of relief surrendering just one earned run en
route to his first career victory. Junior Kevin
Hayes (Medford, MA) pitched the ninth and earned his third
save of the season. Freshman Brendan Harding (Medford, MA) suffered
the loss for the Chargers.
Abbascia went 3-for-5 at the dish with two RBI. Freshman
Jake Sanderski (Millbury, MA) knocked in a pair
and had two hits for the Lancers.
Martin led the Chargers with a 4-for-5 effort and scored two runs.
Junior Jarrett Lowe (Sudbury, MA) went 3-for-6 with two RBI, while
freshman Ryan Lawless (Charlemont, MA) also went 3-for-6.
Colby-Sawyer will travel to Curry on Tuesday, April 28 to being
TCCC tournament play at 3:00 p.m. Curry is the TCCC regular season
champion and has earned the No. 1 seed. Worcester State will host
MIT on Tuesday with first pitch at 4:00 p.m.
Release Courtesy of Colby-Sawyer Sports Information