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4
Saint Anselm College STA 9-14, 3-4 NE10
9
Winner Saint Michael's STM 4-14, 2-3 NE10
Saint Anselm College STA
9-14, 3-4 NE10
4
Final
9
Saint Michael's STM
4-14, 2-3 NE10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Saint Anselm College STA 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 8 1
Saint Michael's STM 3 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 X 9 10 2

W: Jared Duquette (2-1) L: Hunter, Will (2-2) S: Matt Safer (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Falls in Series Finale at Saint Michael's, 9-4

COLCHESTER, Vt. – The Saint Anselm College baseball team fell to Saint Michael's College on Saturday afternoon by a final score of 9-4 in this weekend's series finale. The Hawks fall to 3-4 in Northeast-10 Conference play with the loss, while the Purple Knights improve to 2-3.
 
UP NEXT:
  • Saint Anselm has its first home game of the season next week on Friday, April 5th against Southern New Hampshire University at 4:00 p.m.

Score: Saint Anselm 4, Saint Michael's 9
Win: J. Duquette (2-1)  Loss: W. Hunter (2-2)  Save: M. Safer (1)
Records: Saint Anselm 9-14 (3-4 NE10); Saint Michael's 5-14 (2-3 NE10)
Location: Colchester, Vt. (Doc Jacobs Baseball Field)
Date: Saturday, March 30, 2024
Attendance: 135
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
  • In the top of the first inning, senior Zack Clough (Newbury, Mass.) singled up the middle to lead things off for Saint Anselm. Clough then stole second and with two outs, senior Aidan Dow (Lynn, Mass.) drove him home with an RBI single to center to put the Hawks in front, 1-0.
  • Saint Michael's plated three runs in the bottom half of the inning to take a 3-1 lead. After a double by Evan Balian put runners on second and third, Max Kolifrath drove a two-run double to center to make it 2-1. Colin Kinsella then singled to left, which scored Kolifrath to give the Purple Knights a two-run advantage.
  • Saint Anselm's starting pitcher, senior Will Hunter (Middletonm Mass.), responded well in the second inning by striking out three consecutive Saint Michael's batters.
  • In the bottom of the third, the Purple Knights tacked on three more runs. Balian walked and Kolifrath was hit by a pitch. Those two runners were pushed over to second and third after a groundout, and Kinsella drove them both home with a base-hit to center. Kinsella advanced to second on a passed ball and then scored after a double by  Dom Tetta, extending the Saint Michael's lead to 6-1.
  • In the top of the fourth, senior Nolan Elmore (Brentwood, N.H.) smoked a double down the left field line. However, the next three Hawks batters were retired to end the inning.
  • Junior Jared Reminder (Warwick, R.I.) relieved Hunter for the Hawks to begin the bottom of the fourth and got three quick outs including a double play.
  • After the Hawks went one-two-three at the plate in the top of the fifth, Kolifrath doubled for the Purple Knights and moved over to third base on a wild pitch. Kinsella then drove a sacrifice fly out to right field to make it a 7-1 game.
  • Saint Anselm answered by getting the bats going in the sixth. Clough and freshman Mavrick Bourdeau (Billerica, Mass.) started the inning with back to back singles and Elmore then got aboard after a fielding error committed by Saint Michael's, which loaded the bases with nobody out. Dow then grounded into what looked to be a double play, but another error by the Purple Knights allowed two runs to score as the Hawks cut the lead to 7-3.
  • The Hawks scored again in the top of the seventh to make it just a three-run game. Sophomore Brendan Harris (Altamont, N.Y.) led off with a double to right center field and then scored after sophomore Shea Howrigan (Enosburg Falls, Vt.) singled.
  • The Purple Knights responded in the bottom half of the seventh, scoring twice more to increase their advantage to 9-4. Kinsella recorded his fifth RBI of the game by singling to center. With the bases loaded, Saint Michael's added one more run on a wild pitch to pull back ahead by five runs.
  • In the final two innings, Saint Anselm put just one runner on base and could not cut into the lead, resulting in a 9-4 final score.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS: 
  • Saint Anselm had four runs on eight hits, while Saint Michael's finished with nine runs on 10 hits. The Hawks left seven runners on base and had one error, while the Purple Knights left eight baserunners stranded and had two errors.
  • Clough and Harris each recorded two hits and went 2-4 in the game. Dow finished with two RBIs, while Howrigan had the other. 
  • On the mound, Hunter went three full innings and gave up six hits and six earned runs while striking out four. Reminder threw two innings, allowing two hits and one earned. Senior Hunter Harris (Altamont, N.Y.) also came on in relief and threw two full innings, allowing two runs and striking out three. Freshman Matt Bianculli (Walpole, Mass.) tossed the last inning for the Hawks, allowing one hit and striking out one batter.
  • Since 1990, Saint Anselm holds a 40-22 overall record against Saint Michael's.
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