Baseball Swept at NEC
Game 1
Game 1
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
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Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 0 |
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New England Col. | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 10 | 12 | 2 |
Game 2
Game 2
| Final (9) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
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New England Col. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
HENNIKER, N.H. -- The Mitchell College baseball team dropped a pair of games to New England College on Wednesday afternoon at Laurie Cox Memorial Field, losing by final scores of 10-7 and 2-1 in New England Collegiate Conference action.
The Mariners fell behind 8-0 in the opener but fought back to within striking distance. Lelo Martinez and Justin Adorno each homered in the game, with the former's blast sparking a three-run seventh inning that saw Mitchell bring the tying run to the plate before running out of outs.
In the second game, starting pitchers Tyler Daly and Shayne Audet battled through 8.0 scoreless innings. Mitchell went up 1-0 in the top of the ninth, but NEC rallied for two runs in the home half and walked off with the win on a single up the middle by Connor Morin.
Mitchell (23-9 overall, 6-4 NECC) will next play at Salve Regina University on Thursday, April 28 at 3:30 p.m.
Game 1 - NEC 10, Mitchell 7
JD Normand and Morin slammed back-to-back homers in the bottom of the first to stake NEC to a 4-0 lead. The Pilgrims then doubled the margin in the second inning on two-run singles by Brady Philibotte and Morin, chasing Mitchell starter Camren Varney in the process.
The Mariners took a chunk out of the deficit with three runs in the third, with Hunter Yaworski and Martinez each supplying RBI singles. Adorno then led off the fourth with a solo homer to center to make it an 8-4 game.
A two-run double by Morin gave the Pilgrims some more breathing room down the stretch. In the seventh, Martinez connected for a leadoff homer to bring life to the Mitchell dugout. Angel Galindez and Bo Yaworski each drove in runs to pull the Mariners to within three, bringing the tying run to the plate with two outs. However, NEC Reliever Corey O'Day got a four-pitch strikeout to end the game and earn the save.
NEC starter Wyatt Cameron struck out seven over 4.0 innings to earn the win. Varney (5-2 overall) yielded eight runs on six hits in 1.1 innings of work.
Game 2 - NEC 2, Mitchell 1
Hits and runs were hard to come by in the nightcap as both starters turned in stellar efforts, and neither team advanced a runner past first base until the ninth. Audet threw 133 pitches over his 8.0 scoreless innings and struck out 11 while allowing only two hits. Daly was more efficient, needing only 90 pitches in 8.0 innings of work. He struck out six without issuing a walk.
In the top of the ninth, a two-out single by H. Yaworski got things started for the Mariners. He then went from first to third on a single by Martinez and scored the game's first run on a wild pitch.
Daly came out to start the bottom of the ninth but hit the leadoff batter before yielding a game-tying double to Philibotte. After a pitching change brought Kevin Vining into the game, Morin singled up the middle to knock in his sixth run of the doubleheader.
