Baseball Splits With Newbury In NECC Regualr Season Finale
| Game 2 | |||||||||||||
| Final (10) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Becker (18-15) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| Newbury (13-19) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| @ Brockton, Mass. | Campanelli Stadium | |||||||||||||
| Pitching |
|---|
| Win: Lyndon Brundige (1-1) - Newbury |
| Loss: Tyler Wagar (2-2) - Becker |
| Becker Batting |
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| 2B: Chris Flanders |
| 3B: none |
| HR: none |
| Newbury Batting |
|---|
| 2B: none |
| 3B: none |
| HR: none |
| Game 1 | ||||||||||
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Becker (18-14) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| Newbury (12-19) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| @ Brockton, Mass. | Campanelli Stadium | ||||||||||
| Pitching |
|---|
| Win: Tony Cantalupo (4-0) - Becker |
| Loss: Travis Wade (0-4) - Newbury |
| Becker Batting |
|---|
| 2B: Matt Consigli 2; Randall Minogue; Taylor Kapulka |
| 3B: none |
| HR: none |
| Newbury Batting |
|---|
| 2B: none |
| 3B: none |
| HR: none |
BROCKTON, Mass. – First year second baseman Brian Rhone (North Haven, Conn.) lined a one-out, walk-off single past the drawn in infield in the bottom of 10th inning to lead the Nighthawks to a 3-2 victory in game two Monday evening. The Nighthawks split the twin-bill with New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) leading Becker College with the 3-2 extra inning victory after dropping the first game, 5-1.
All square at 2-2, sophomore designated hitter Ryan Zahornasky (Shelton, Conn.) led off the bottom of the 10th reaching on an error before senior right fielder Michael Dwyer (Hamden, Conn.) continued the inning with a base-hit of his own. Moving into scoring position, junior Michael Perillo (Mansfield, Mass.) came off the bench to pinch-run for Zahornasky before moving up 90 feet on a sacrifice bunt from junior first basemanCameron D'Agostino (Salisbury, Mass.).
With the winning run just 90 feet away and one out the Hawks were forced to pull their infield in at the edge of the grass. Rhone was able to shoot a line drive past Becker first year second baseman Chris Testa (Providence, R.I.) to plate Perillo with the game-winner.
First year right-hander Ethan Forrest (East Bridgewater, Mass.) got the nod at the start of the second game and kept the Hawks off the scoreboard for the two innings before they score once in the top of the third. After getting first year shortstop T.J. Sempkowski (Oceanport, N.J.) to ground into a double-play for quick two outs, Testa kept the inning going with a two-out base-hit before advancing into scoring position with a steal of second. Moments later, senior first baseman Chris Flanders (Londonderry, N.H.) gave Becker a 1-0 lead following a base-hit to bring Testa around from second.
However, the lead did not last for very long. An inning later, first year centerfield Ian Hruniak (Lutz, Fla.) opened the home half of the first with single through the left before advancing into scoring position on a ground out to shortstop. Senior backstop David Dubay (Farmington, Conn.) wasted little time lining a base-hit back where it came from and advanced to second on an errant throw, in the process Hruniak came flying around from second to tie up the ballgame.
Two batters later, the Nighthawks were threatening again with runners in scoring position and only one out and Dwyer at dish. The senior outfielder did his job pushing a ground ball to the right side of the infield for the second out but in the back door came Dubay to give Newbury the 2-1 lead.
It was short-lived lead for the Nighthawks. Becker responded a half inning later pushing across the run to tie the game up at two which was where it stood for the next four innings.
Forrest went a strong eight innings allowing just one earned run on seven hits while fanning five Hawks before turning the reigns over to junior right-hander Lyndon Brundige (Rockland, Mass.). Brundige was nearly perfect in two innings of work allowing just one batter to reach base while striking out one.
Game 1: Becker 5, Newbury 1
Senior southpaw Travis Wade (Portland, Maine) toed the rubber making his 25th start of his collegiate career in game one. Entering the game just 10 strikeouts shy of 100 in his career, the Maine native tossed three strong innings allowing just one run on three hits while striking out four Hawks before turning the game over to junior right-hander Danny Lumb (Stoneham, Mass.).
Trailing 1-0 for the majority of the game, Becker added insurance driving in two runs in the top of the fifth to take a three-run lead before breaking the game wide open scoring twice again an inning take to take a 5-0 lead.
However, the Nighthawks were finally able to get to the Hawks' game one starter senior southpaw Tony Cantalupo (De Pare, Wisc.). In the home half of the sixth, Hruniak worked a one-out walk then advanced to second on a single by junior third baseman Steven Broy (Gorham, Maine). Using his speed to his advantage, Hruniak came around to score from second when Dubay beat out, what would have been a taylor-made double-play ball, to break up the Becker shut-out. But that is all they would get in the game as Dwyer grounded back to Cantalupo on the mound two batters later to leave runners at the corners.
Cantalupo went the distance for the first time in 2014 allowing just one run while scattering four hits and striking out two Nighthawks to earn his fourth victory of the season.
