EASTON, Mass. (March 20, 2022)- The Stonehill College baseball team split their last two games against The College of Saint Rose, winning the first game, 3-0, and then falling in the second game, 7-2. Overall in the four-game series, the Skyhawks took three out of four from the Golden Knights. 

Game 1: Stonehill 3, Saint Rose 0

Standout Performances:

• Trey Ciulla-Hall: two hits, RBI
• Blaine Lidsky: two hits
• Matt Farragher: two hits
• Peter Haas: complete game (7 IP), four hits, career-high 11 strikeouts

Key Moments:

• Right away Stonehill struck first after Ciulla-Hall singled through the right side to score to Lidsky who had singled earlier in the inning. 
• From that point on, Saint Rose could not get anything going offensively as Haas shut down the offense including a stretch where he retired seven straight batters from the first through third innings. 
• Later in the fifth, the Skyhawks added on two more insurance runs (3-0) after Ciulla-Hall hit a hard grounder to third where the third basemen had a wild throw which allowed Farragher and Noah Lucier to take advantage and score. 
• In the top of the sixth, the Golden Knights threatened with runners on first and second with no outs. However, Haas shut down the rally when induced a double play to get the first two outs and then forced a groundout to end the frame. 
• Haas then finished off the side in the seventh with two ground outs and a strikeout for the complete-game shutout. 

Pitching Records:

Win: Stonehill-Peter Haas (3-1)

Loss: Saint Rose-Chris Palmer (0-1)

Game 2: Stonehill 2, Saint Rose 7

Standout Performances:

• Conor Kiely: two hits, RBI
• Matt Farragher: RBI

Key Moments:

• Game two saw Saint Rose strike first this time in the first (2-0) highlighted by an RBI single for Jack McDonald who got the scoring started in the inning for the Golden Knights. 
• After adding on two more runs (4-0) in the second from a Vince Venditti two-run home run, Stonehill cut the lead in half during the bottom of the third (4-2). Kiley drove in the first run with his RBI single that scored Taylor Gaspar who had singled earlier in the inning. Later in the inning, Farragher ripped a single to right that allowed Kiely to score. 
• However, the Golden Knights added three runs in the sixth (7-2) to ultimately put the game out of reach which featured a two-run RBI by Niko Mokanos. 

Pitching Records:

Win: Saint Rose-Jared Restmeyer (3-1)

Loss: Stonehill- Matt Smith (0-2)

Up Next:

Stonehill starts Northeast-10 Conference divisional play traveling up to Southern New Hampshire University for a four-game series starting on Friday, March 25 at 3 p.m. Saint Rose returns home to host Southern Connecticut State in a four-game series starting on Saturday, March 26 at noon. 

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