Korwek goes 4-for-5 with three runs, Baggett hits two-run homer for Falcons

Sophomore Dan Fratus had a two-run homer in the eighth for Stonehill.

EASTON, Mass. (April 17, 2012) – Stonehill College, ranked fourth overall in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) East Regional Poll, fell to Bentley University, 12-4, in Northeast-10 Conference (NE-10) Northeast Division action on Tuesday afternoon at Lou Gorman Field.

Junior right-hander JP Ashline (Clinton, Mass./Acton-Boxborough Regional) earned the win in a complete-game effort yielding seven hits, four runs (all earned), no walks and six strikeouts.

Senior Bryan Galligan (Brockton, Mass./Brockton) was handed the loss on four-plus innings of work, eight hits, five runs (all earned), no walks and five punchouts.

Bentley took a 2-0 lead in the top of the third inning as sophomore shortstop Will Brennan (Locust Valley, N.Y./Locust Valley) led off the frame with a double to right center and scored on a RBI triple by Nate Witkowski (Melrose, Mass./Malden Catholic/Avon Old Farms). After a pop out from Sean Keady (Norwood, Mass./Norwood), Mike Muir (Bridgewater, Mass./Xaverian Brothers) lifted a sacrifice fly to centerfield for the second run of the inning.

Senior designated hitter Greg Baggett (East Bridgewater, Mass./East Bridgewater) crushed a two-run homer to left field in the fourth to make it 4-0 plating Kevin Korwek (Madison, Conn./Daniel Hand) who singled down the left field line to get on base.
In the fifth, Bentley scored a pair of runs on a RBI single up the middle from junior second baseman Logan Gillis (Merrimack, N.H./Lawrence Academy) and a throwing error.

Stonehill cut into the gap, 6-2, in the bottom half of the frame with run-producing singles through the right side of the infield from Billy Horobin (Wallingford, Conn./Mark T. Sheehan) and junior shortstop Michael Zeiner (Simbury, Conn./Simsbury).

The Falcons went on to outscore the Skyhawks 6-2 over the next four innings of play to secure their first victory over Stonehill this season (1-3 overall). Sophomore second baseman Dan Fratus (Plymouth, Mass./Plymouth North) slugged a two-run homer to right center in the eighth for the Skyhawks only runs.

Senior first baseman Michael White (Lisbon, N.H./Lisbon Regional) had his 19-game hitting streak snapped going 0-for-4 with one run scored on Fratus' longball in the eighth. White's hitting streak, the longest on the team this season, began on March 13. White compiled 13 multi-hit games during that span.

Stonehill (23-13, 11-7 NE-10, 6-4 Northeast Division) hosts no.29-ranked Franklin Pierce University in NE-10 doubleheader action on Saturday, April 21 with game one scheduled for noon. Stonehill head coach Patrick Boen (Stonehill, '89, 15^th season) remains one win shy of 400 in his career (399-286-2). Bentley (19-18, 11-7 NE-10, 4-6 Northeast Division) welcomes Tufts University to Robert DeFelice Field on Thursday, April 19 for a single non-conference game beginning at 3:30 p.m.