MANCHESTER, N.H. – The Saint Anselm College baseball team dropped a pair of Northeast-10 Conference games on Saturday afternoon to visiting Le Moyne College at Sullivan Park in Manchester, N.H. The Dolphins (18-9, 6-1 NE-10) won game one 4-0 before adding a 5-2 victory over Saint Anselm (6-16, 2-4 NE-10) in the night cap.
Le Moyne 4, Saint Anselm 0 | Box Score
Damian Powers scattered four hits over eight innings of work and struck out 14 batters en route to the victory for Le Moyne. Brett Charbonneau, Pat Wright, and Trey West each went 2-for-4 on the day, with Wright picking up a pair of RBI for the visitors.
Joseph Levasseur (Rowley, Mass.) suffered the setback for Saint Anselm, pitching 7.2 innings and allowing nine hits, four runs (three earned), with three strikeouts and four walks. Paul Trabucco (Salem, N.H.) went 2-for-4, while Allan McQuarrie (Salem, N.H.) and Jon McQuarrie (Salem, N.H.) each went 1-for-3.
The Dolphins struck first in the top of the first as Nick Place singled to left-center and was gunned out trying to stretch it to a double, but Gabe Levanti was able to score from first as Le Moyne took a 1-0 lead.
Saint Anselm put on a pair of runners in their half of the first as Tyler McKeon (Rutland, Mass.) reached on an error and Paul Trabucco singled up the middle. Unfortunately, Damian Powers struck out the final two batters of the inning to end the threat.
Wright extended the lead to 3-0 with a two-run double in the top of the eight, and he eventually scored on a wild pitch to make it a 4-0 ball game.
After the Hawks were held to only hit from the second through the seventh inning, the bats finally woke up in the bottom of the eighth as Allan McQuarrie opened the inning with a single to left and Jon McQuarrie followed with a single in the hole. After an out, Matthew Flynn (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) worked a walk and the Hawks had the bases loaded with a chance to tie the game. As he had done earlier in the game, Powers escaped trouble by striking out the next batter he faced and forced a tapper back to the mound to end the inning.
Neither team threatened in the ninth inning as the Dolphins took the opener 4-0.
Le Moyne 5, Saint Anselm 2 | Box Score
The Dolphins carried the strong pitching over into game two as Zach Place last seven innings and allowed only one run on five hits with nine strikeouts and two walks. Alex Dhionis pitched the final two innings and allowed one earned run on two hits.
Autrey Gates (Pembroke, N.H.) gave up five runs (two earned) on five hits with four walks and two strikeouts in 3.2 innings in the defeat. Zane Byrne (Franklin, Mass.) was strong out of the bullpen, tossing 4.1 innings and allowing only two hits with a pair of strikeouts and one walk. Adam Krol (Sunderland, Mass.) pitched the ninth and allowed only one walk.
Shaine Carpenter (Florham Park, N.J.) went 2-for-3 with a run with Connor Parent (Katy, Texas) adding a 2-for-4 day with an RBI. McKeon and Jon McQuarrie each went 1-for-3, and Max Wadington (Burlington, Conn.) was 1-for-1 with a run scored.
Le Moyne took advantage of a Saint Anselm error in the top of the second as Mark Martin reached on a throwing error, allowing JT Pittman to score and Martin to move into scoring position. Dylan Swetman made the Hawks pay in the next at-bat as he rolled a single through the right side, allowing Martin to score, and giving the Dolphins a 2-0 lead.
The visitors pushed the lead to 3-0 on a similar play in the top of the third as Wright reached on a throwing error and Gabe Levanti scored from third. Le Moyne got their final runs in the top of the fourth as Levanti drove in Donato DiNorcia with a sac fly and Nick Place drove in Brett Charbonneau with an RBI single to right.
Saint Anselm entered the scoring column in the bottom of the sixth after Carpenter led off the inning with a double to left center and he moved to third on a groundout by Jonathan Pierce (Methuen, Mass.). Carpenter came in to score on a sacrifice fly from Jon McQuarrie that made it a 5-1 game.
With two outs in the bottom of the ninth, Wadington pinch hit and dropped a single into right field. He advanced to second and eventually scored on a Connor Parent RBI single to left field that gave the game its final score of 5-2.
The Hawks wrap up a busy weekend with a doubleheader against the College of Saint Rose on Sunday afternoon starting at 12 p.m.
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