MANCHESTER, N.H. – The Saint Anselm College baseball team split its home doubleheader against Adelphi on Friday. In game one, the Hawks stormed back from a five-run deficit to come away with a 9-8 win. The Panthers answered with a comeback of their own in game two, erasing a two-run gap to earn a 7-5 victory in the seven-inning contest.
UP NEXT:
- Saint Anselm prepares for its last home doubleheader of the season, which is also Senior Day, against Pace on Sunday, April 27th. Game one begins at 12:00 p.m., with game two slated to follow at 3:00 p.m.
GAME ONE
Score: Saint Anselm 9, Adelphi 8
Win: Hagen (1-2) |
Loss: Tufo (1-4)
Records: Saint Anselm (10-28, 4-14 NE10), Adelphi (18-21, 9-12 NE10)
Location: Manchester, N.H. (Sullivan Park)
Date: Friday, April 25th, 2025
HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME ONE):
- With two outs in the top of the first inning, Adelphi took advantage of an inning-extending error by Saint Anselm to bring home the opening run. Joe Pellegrino brought a run home with an RBI single and then came around to score from first on a double by Johnny Catuosco, making it 2-0.
- Saint Anselm got a run back in the bottom of the first as sophomore Mavrick Bourdeau (Billerica, Mass.) launched the second pitch he saw over the left field fence and into the parking lot, cutting the deficit in half.
- Senior Jared Reminder (Warwick, R.I.), who started on the mound for the Hawks, struck out the side in the top of the third
- That allowed Saint Anselm to tie the game in the bottom half. A sacrifice fly by sophomore Brendan Gonzalez (Mechanicville, N.Y.) brought home freshman Luke Douglas (Bellingham, Mass.) to make it 2-2.
- The Panthers regained control in the fourth as Bryan McCleary blasted a solo home run on the first pitch of the inning to left field. Greyson Pizzonia followed with an RBI single, and Pellegrino then broke the game open with a three-run homer, pushing the score to 7-2.
- The Hawks chipped away again in the fifth. Freshman George Slauson (Plymouth, Mass.) beat out a throw on an RBI fielder's choice to score Bourdeau, and freshman Jackson Powers came around on a passed ball to trim the deficit to 7-4.
- Saint Anselm completed the comeback in the seventh. Gonzalez's second sacrifice fly of the game brought in Bourdeau, and Slauson followed by living up to his cleanup role. He smacked an opposite-field home run out to left, which tied the game at 7-7.
- Adelphi briefly regained the lead in the eighth after recording three straight two-out singles, with the last from Jack Tate that scored Pizzonia for the go-ahead run.
- The Hawks did not go away, and in the bottom of the eighth, Douglas drove in both the tying and go-ahead runs with a clutch single to give Saint Anselm its first lead of the game at 9-8.
- Sophomore Cooper Hagen (Grand Rapids, Mich.) slammed the door in the ninth with a one-two-three inning. He struck out the final two batters he faced to seal the come-from-behind win for Saint Anselm.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS (GAME ONE):
- Saint Anselm scored nine runs and had eight hits in the game. They walked five times, left five runners on base, and committed two errors defensively.
- Adelphi scored eight runs on 12 hits while leaving nine runners on base.
- Hagen picked up the win for the Hawks, pitching 1.1 innings in relief. He allowed only a single base runner via a walk and recorded two strikeouts.
- Freshman Jake Schoenburg (Holliston, Mass.) had a solid outing out of the bullpen for Saint Anselm as well. He pitched 3.2 innings in relief, struck out three batters, and allowed just one earned run.
- Bourdeau scored three times for the Hawks in the win, the sixth time he has done so this season. He has scored 35 times this season, 13 more times than his next closest teammate.
- Slauson recorded his team-leading seventh home run of the season. He also totaled three RBIs, marking the third time in the last four games he has done so. Slauson has 11 multi-RBI games on the season, four more than the next closest Hawk.
- Douglas recorded two hits and two RBI for the home team. It was his fourth multi-hit game in his last six starts. He is currently batting .323, good for second on the team among players with at least 30 at-bats.
- This marked the 20th all-time meeting between the two programs, with Saint Anselm improving to 8-12 in the series.
GAME TWO
Score: Saint Anselm 5, Adelphi 7 (7 inn.)
Win: Graff (1-2) |
Loss: Q. MacDonald (0-3) |
Save: Forman (2)
Records: Saint Anselm (10-29, 4-15 NE10), Adelphi (19-21, 10-12 NE10)
Location: Manchester, N.H. (Sullivan Park)
Date: Friday, April 25th, 2025
Attendance: 152
HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME TWO):
- Adelphi gained an early lead in the top of the first after a solo home run to left by Tate.
- Saint Anselm responded in the bottom half of the inning. Powers got on base with a double and came around to score later in the inning on an RBI groundout by Slauson.
- The Panthers reclaimed the lead in the second, using a double by James Eden followed by an RBI single from Albert Ramos to go up, 2-1.
- Once again, the Hawks stormed back in the bottom of the inning. Senior Daniel Scolaro (Quincy, Mass.) ripped a single down the left field line, and then freshman Peter Fischer (Marshfield, Mass.) launched a two-run homer over the right field fence. It was the first career home run for Fischer and it gave Saint Anselm a 3-2 lead.
- Gonzalez added to the Hawks' lead in the third with a solo home run to left-center. It was his first homer of the season and the second of his career.
- Adelphi responded with a big fourth inning. Tate got things started with an RBI double and Catuosco followed that up with a two-run single as the Panthers reclaimed the lead. The visitors added another run on a single by Ramos, making it 6-4.
- Saint Anselm cut into the deficit in the bottom of the frame as sophomore Austin Brune (Billerica, Mass.) scored on a groundout by Scolaro that made it 6-5.
- Tate added an insurance run for the Panthers in the sixth, crushing his second solo home run of the game out to left to stretch the lead to 7-5.
- Neither team scored the rest of the way as Adelphi secured a 7-5 win in game two to split the doubleheader.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS (GAME TWO):
- Adelphi scored seven runs and tallied 11 hits in the game. They drew five walks and left nine runners on base while committing a pair of errors in the field.
- Saint Anselm finished with five runs, eight hits, and a couple of walks. They stranded seven base runners and had a clean game defensively.
- Gavin Graff started on the mound for the Panthers and earned the win. He went four innings, allowed four earned runs, and struck out five.
- CJ Forman earned the save for Adelphi by tossing three scoreless innings in relief. He allowed three hits and walked a batter while also recording a strikeout.
- Senior Marko Gibbons (Delmar, N.Y.) started on the bump for the Hawks. He threw three innings and surrendered four hits, three walks, and two earned runs while striking out one.
- Freshman Josh Bryant (Plymouth, Mass.) came on in relief for Saint Anselm and kept the game within reach. He tossed a one-two-three top of the seventh and recording a strikeout.
- Fischer had a standout day at the plate for the Hawks, going 3-3 with his first career home run. He is now batting .373 on the season.
- Gonzalez also went deep, hitting his first home run of the season and the second of his career. He recorded two hits in the game, marking his team-best 12th multi-hit performance of the year.
- Powers notched a hit to extend his on-base streak to 19 games, the longest active streak on the team and tied for the third longest this season.
- This marked the 21st all-time meeting between the two programs, with Adelphi improving to 13-9 in the series.
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