MANCHESTER, N.H. – The Saint Anselm College baseball team suffered a pair of Northeast-10 Conference Northeast Division contests to Bentley University on Friday, Apr. 28.
The Hawks drop to 10-31 on the season with a 6-13 record in conference contests while the Falcons improve to 19-18 and 8-11 in NE10 play. The teams wrap up their four-game series on Saturday, Apr. 29 with a 10:30 a.m. first pitch. Prior to the start of the contest, Saint Anselm will honor its Class of 2023 with a pregame Senior Day ceremony.
Senior
Mike Borrelli (Salisbury, Mass.) was five-for-seven on the day at the plate with one home run and five runs batted in. Sophomore
Ryan Scialabba (Cheshire, Conn.), senior
Mike Pierro (North Andover, Mass.), and junior
Richie Williams (Georgetown, Mass.) all registered two hits apiece in the twinbill.
Junior
Dallas Vaughan (Haverhill, Mass.) suffered the loss in game one after allowing just two runs on five hits in a seven-game complete game effort. Senior
Taylor French (Goffstown, N.H.) was issued the loss in game two with sophomore
Adam Betty (Lowell, Mass.) and senior
Mark Monahan (Quincy, Mass.) seeing action in the contest.
GAME ONE: Bentley 2, Saint Anselm 1
The Hawks opened the scoring in the bottom of the first inning as Williams registered a one-out single. After a fly out, he would steal second and come around to score on a single from Borrelli to give the Hawks a 1-0 lead.
The Falcons got runners on first and second with no outs in the top of the second but Vaughan managed to pick off the runner on second before rolling a double play ball to get out of the inning.
After reaching on a hit by pitch, senior
Brady Doran (Seneca, S.C.) would steal second and advanced to third on a fly out. However, he would be stranded on third as a fly out got the visitors out of the trouble.
Bentley would take the lead in the top of the fifth inning on a two-run home run from
Eddy Beauregard.
Steve Rizzuto singled with one out before reaching second on a ground out.
In search of at least one run to extend the game, the Hawks would get runners on first and second on walks from junior
Zack Clough (Newbury, Mass.) and senior
Matt Collins (Beverly, Mass.). However, the Falcons closed the contest with a pop up, closing game one by a 2-1 score.
GAME TWO: Bentley 18, Saint Anselm 5
Bentley got on the scoreboard in the top of the first frame as
Liam Sears sent a two-run home run over the left center field fence. The Falcons added a third run on a single from
Brian Lindsay to score Rizzuto who doubled earlier in the inning.
The Hawks responded with four runs in their half of the first as Borrelli slugged a three-run home run, scoring Collins and Doran who reached via single and walk. Scialabba followed the big fly with a single and would reach second on a stolen base. Pierro doubled down the left field line to score the sophomore, giving the Hawks a 4-3 lead.
The Falcons tied the score in the top of the second on an RBI ground out from
Tommy Bolton.
Bentley regained the lead in the top of the third frame as
Stan DeMartinis III scored on an error before
Kyle Halloran singled home one run. The Falcons attempted to plate a second on the single but
Joe Cacciatore was thrown out at the plate to close the top of the third.
The Falcons tacked on three more runs in the top of the fourth. Rizzuto registered a two-run double before Lindsay doubled home another to push the Bentley lead to 9-4.
Saint Anselm loaded the bases in the bottom of the fourth inning with two outs but Bentley got out of the jam unscathed with a fielder's choice.
Rizzuto pushed the Bentley lead to seven at 11-4 with a two-run home run in the top of the sixth inning.
Bentley added seven runs in the top of the seventh inning. However, the Hawks would push across one run on a double from Borrelli to push the score to its final of 18-5.
