Sophomore Rich McHugh was a combined 5-for-9 with two doubles, five runs scored and and four RBI to help lead Stonehill to a sweep of Pace today. |
Stonehill Sweeps Pace to Run Win Streak to Three
Skyhawks answer two late inning rallies to claim 10-9 11-inning victory in game one, before cruising to 11-4 victory in nightcap
PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. (March 20, 2010) – Stonehill College swept a doubleheader at Pace University in Northeast-10 Conference baseball action at Finnerty Field today. The Skyhawks recorded a wild 10-9 victory in 11 innings in game one, before taking the nightcap, 11-4.
Senior Mitch Davis (Bow, N.H./Bow) was a combined 4-for-7 with a double, home run, two stolen bases, six runs scored and two RBI to lead Stonehill this afternoon. Sophomore Rich McHugh (Pembroke, Mass./Thayer Academy) hit a combined 5-for-9 with two doubles, five runs scored and four RBI, while junior Brenden Shepard (Boxford, Mass./Masconomet) chipped in with four RBI on the day.
Stonehill 10, Pace 9
(11 innings) – Game 1
Boxscore
Shepard drove in the deciding run with a two-out single to left that scored McHugh from second after he had reached earlier with a one-out single to right. Stonehill had led the whole way until Pace scored five in the eighth to take a 7-5 lead. The Skyhawks responded with four in the top of the ninth to regain the lead, but the Setters forced extra innings with two in the home half.
Junior Brenden Shepard drove in the winning run and picked up the win in relief on the mound to lead Stonehill to the game one victory. |
McHugh finished 4-for-6 in the game with a pair of doubles, three runs scored and two RBI, while Shepard was 2-for-6 with a stolen base and two RBI. Shepard also picked up the win (1-0) on the mound, yielding two unearned runs on three hits and three walks with no strikeouts over 2.2 innings. Sophomore Michael Von Stein (Trumbull, Conn./Trumbull) picked up his first save of the season with a scoreless 11th, working around two walks with a pair of strikeouts.
Davis hit 2-for-4 with a home run, three runs scored and two RBI, while sophomore Michael White (Lisbon, N.H./Lisbon Regional) batted 2-for-4 with a stolen base and run scored. Senior Shane Franz (Cazenovia, N.Y./Cazenovia) chipped in with a pair of hits and two RBI.
Stonehill starter Eric Haughn (Pembroke, Mass./Pembroke) went the first seven innings and allowed just two earned runs on six hits with four strikeouts and no walks.
Freshman Brandon Martineson (Warwick, N.Y./Warwick Valley) led Pace by hitting 3-for-5 with a double, three RBI and three runs scored. Senior Chris Spatkowski (Bristol, Conn./Bristol Eastern) batted 2-for-4 with two runs scored, while junior Chris Roemer (Ardsley, N.Y./Ardsley) was 2-for-5 with an RBI.
Junior Kyle Henriksen (Bay Shore, N.Y./Bay Shore) took the loss, allowing the one earned run on four hits with a strikeout and walk in 1.2 innings of relief. Setters junior Chris Camastro (Lagrangeville, N.Y./Arlington) started and went the first six innings, allowing four runs, three earned, on seven hits with three strikeouts and no walks.
Stonehill led 5-2 after single runs in the second, third, fifth and sixth innings, when Pace erupted for five in the bottom of the eighth. Martineson knotted the score with a three-run double down the leftfield line. Sophomore Tyler Hart (Poughquag, N.Y./Arlington) put the Setters in front for the first time all day with an RBI single up the middle, before Roemer gave them a two-run advantage heading into the ninth with another RBI single up the middle.
The Skyhawks answered with four in the ninth. White walked and later scored on a wild pitch, before McHugh put Stonehill back in front with a two-run double down the leftfield line. Franz added what looked to be an insurance run with an RBI single through the right side.
Pace rallied again to force extra innings with two unearned runs in the bottom of the ninth. Spatkowski led off with a single and later scored when Martineson reached on a throwing error with what should have been the second out of the inning. Martineson scored the tying run on a ground out by junior Kenny Wright (Middle Island, N.Y./Longwood) that should have ended the game. Neither team scored in the tenth, although Stonehill left a go-ahead run on third, before the Skyhawks took the lead for good in the 11th.
Stonehill 11, Pace 4
– Game 2
Boxscore
Stonehill posted a pair of five-run innings in cruising to an 11-4 win in the nightcap to complete the doubleheader sweep.
Senior Mitch Davis closed out a great day at the plate by going 2-for-3 with a double, two stolen bases and three runs scored in game two. |
Davis paced the offense as he hit 2-for-3 with a double, two steals and three runs scored. McHugh and senior Ryan Healey (Lynn, Mass./Lynn English) were both 1-for-3 with two RBI and two runs scored, while senior Thomas Marino (Garden City, N.J./Garden City) chipped in with a double and four RBI.
Junior Bryan Galligan (Brockton, Mass./Brockton) picked up the win on the mound (1-0), allowing four earned runs on nine hits with two strikeouts and no walks over seven innings. Classmate Shane Penzone (Hudson, Mass./Hudson Catholic) closed the game out with two hitless innings of shutout relief, walking one.
Martineson had multiple hits again for Pace, finishing 2-for-4 with a double. Hart was 1-for-4 with two RBI, while freshman Robert Horn (Stamford, Conn./Westhill) batted 1-for-2 with an RBI. Sophomore Ryan McKeown (Sicklerville, N.J./Timber Creek) chipped in with a pinch-hit home run.
Junior lefthander Michael Franza (Lynbrook, N.Y./Lynbrook) took the loss on the mound, surrendering six earned runs on six hits with three strikeouts and five walks over 4.2 innings. Pace pitching yielded ten walks in the second game.
Stonehill jumped on top with a five-run first. Healey delivered an RBI single to center before Marino cleared the bases with a bases-loaded double. Shepard drove him in with a single to right.
Pace closed within 5-3 with a run in the second and two in the third on a two-run single to right-center by Hart. Stonehill got a run back in the fourth with an RBI single by Hackett before breaking the game open with a five-run sixth. Healey drew a bases-loaded walk, followed by a two-run single to left by McHugh. Marino added another bases-loaded walk, before Shepard was hit by a pitch with the bases full that capped the Skyhawks scoring.
McKeown belted his pinch-hit home run with two out in the seventh to close out the Pace scoring.
Stonehill (5-5, 3-0 NE-10) is back in action tomorrow for a non-conference doubleheader at Assumption College starting at 1 p.m. Game one is a makeup of a game rained out in Florida last week, while game two will be Tuesday’s regularly scheduled matchup at Lou Gorman Field in Easton, Mass., which will no longer be played at home. The Skyhawks home opener is now Wednesday with a non-conference clash with Merrimack College at 3:30 p.m. Pace (4-9, 0-4 NE-10) hosts Dominican College for a non-conference doubleheader tomorrow starting at noon.
