BASEBALL OVER NEWBURY 17-1
NEW LONDON, CT-- Mitchell College (12-6) defeated
Newbury College (0-6) Thursday afternoon by the score of 17-1. The
win was the Pequots’ third in a row.
Mitchell’s offense was led by senior first baseman Sal Messina (Wolcott HS/Prospect,
CT) who went 2-for-5 with 3 RBI’s. Mitchell took advantage of
14 free passes given up by Nighthawk pitching. Of those 14 walks,
eight would come around and score. Senior Dan
Lanoue (Cranston HS/Cranston, RI) and junior
Shawn Guiney (New London HS/New London,
CT) each walked four times. Junior lefty Ryan
Marshall (Waterford HS/Waterford, CT) pitched five
solid innings striking out seven Newbury hitters to pick up his
first win on the season (1-2).
Junior pitcher Evan Hudson (Sunapee HS/Sunapee, NH) went 2-for-4
for the Nighthawks.
Mitchell’s next games will be on Saturday April 21st in a
doubleheader at John Jay with the first game starting at 12 noon.
Newbury travels to Salem State College on Friday April 20th for a
3:00 PM start time.
