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Photo by: Adam Rubin
Massachusetts Sweeps Doubleheader at Stony Brook
March 07, 2021 | Baseball
Minutemen take two over America East preseason favorite
STONY BROOK, N.Y. – University of Massachusetts baseball picked up a pair of road victories at Stony Brook on Sunday at Joe Nathan Field, taking down the Seawolves in a 9-4 doubleheader opener and capping the day with a 3-1 victory in a darkness-shortened, five-inning tilt.
The Minutemen play next on Tues., March 9, traveling to Central Connecticut for a 2 p.m. game.
Game 1 (Box Score)
Massachusetts 9, Stony Brook 4 (7 innings)
Seven Minutemen combined for 10 hits and the squad used a four-run first inning to never look back.
It was a clutch display of two-out hitting in the first frame, as Stony Brook starter Jared Milch retired the first two batters of the game. From there Dylan Judd went opposite field for a single, Aidan Wilde used an infield squibber to reach base and Michael Rounds worked a walk to load the bases. Mike Gervasi was then hit by the first pitch he saw to give UMass a 1-0 lead, and Chris Pearsons followed up with a bases-clearing double down the left field line to move the score to 4-0.
After Stony Brook got two back in its half of the second, UMass countered with two more runs in the fourth inning. Collin Shapiro came home on a passed ball, then Eddy Hart scored thanks to a Gervasi single. Shapiro would score again on an error in the next frame.
The Minutemen tallied two more insurance runs in the seventh, coming on a Judd double to the gap in left center plating Hart and Kevin Skagerlind.
Pearsons' double gave him a career-high three RBI for the game, and both Gervasi and Judd added a pair apiece. Three Minutemen had two hits each in Hart, Judd and Gervasi.
On the mound, Ben Shields (1-0) earned the victory in 4.2 innings of work, allowing just one earned run on three hits with three strikeouts and four walks. Tucker Wittman contributed one-third of an inning, and Tyler Dalton made his collegiate debut taking the squad through the final two innings. Dalton worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the sixth, a sequence that included Dalton's first collegiate strikeout.
Game 2 (Box Score)
Massachusetts 3, Stony Brook 1 (5 innings)
Jack Steele (1-0) logged four strikeouts in a 3.2-inning start and Jack Pawloski earned his first collegiate save as the darkness cut this one short. Steve Luttazi had his second career multi-hit game, including a fourth-inning RBI single that scored Jack Whorf with what proved to be the game-winning run.
Massachusetts once again wasted no time getting on the board, using a Wilde sacrifice fly to bring in Shapiro in the top of the first. This time though, Stony Brook leveled the score at one-all in its half of the first, jumping on an errant pickoff attempt.
The score remained until Luttazi's knock in the fourth, and Wilde smacked a 3-1 pitch to right center in the fifth inning to bring in Hart with an insurance run putting the game away.
The Minutemen play next on Tues., March 9, traveling to Central Connecticut for a 2 p.m. game.
Game 1 (Box Score)
Massachusetts 9, Stony Brook 4 (7 innings)
Seven Minutemen combined for 10 hits and the squad used a four-run first inning to never look back.
It was a clutch display of two-out hitting in the first frame, as Stony Brook starter Jared Milch retired the first two batters of the game. From there Dylan Judd went opposite field for a single, Aidan Wilde used an infield squibber to reach base and Michael Rounds worked a walk to load the bases. Mike Gervasi was then hit by the first pitch he saw to give UMass a 1-0 lead, and Chris Pearsons followed up with a bases-clearing double down the left field line to move the score to 4-0.
After Stony Brook got two back in its half of the second, UMass countered with two more runs in the fourth inning. Collin Shapiro came home on a passed ball, then Eddy Hart scored thanks to a Gervasi single. Shapiro would score again on an error in the next frame.
The Minutemen tallied two more insurance runs in the seventh, coming on a Judd double to the gap in left center plating Hart and Kevin Skagerlind.
Pearsons' double gave him a career-high three RBI for the game, and both Gervasi and Judd added a pair apiece. Three Minutemen had two hits each in Hart, Judd and Gervasi.
On the mound, Ben Shields (1-0) earned the victory in 4.2 innings of work, allowing just one earned run on three hits with three strikeouts and four walks. Tucker Wittman contributed one-third of an inning, and Tyler Dalton made his collegiate debut taking the squad through the final two innings. Dalton worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the sixth, a sequence that included Dalton's first collegiate strikeout.
Game 2 (Box Score)
Massachusetts 3, Stony Brook 1 (5 innings)
Jack Steele (1-0) logged four strikeouts in a 3.2-inning start and Jack Pawloski earned his first collegiate save as the darkness cut this one short. Steve Luttazi had his second career multi-hit game, including a fourth-inning RBI single that scored Jack Whorf with what proved to be the game-winning run.
Massachusetts once again wasted no time getting on the board, using a Wilde sacrifice fly to bring in Shapiro in the top of the first. This time though, Stony Brook leveled the score at one-all in its half of the first, jumping on an errant pickoff attempt.
The score remained until Luttazi's knock in the fourth, and Wilde smacked a 3-1 pitch to right center in the fifth inning to bring in Hart with an insurance run putting the game away.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Shields, Ben (1-0)
L: Jared Milch (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Shapiro, Collin 1 ; Hart, Eddy 1 ; Judd, Dylan 1 ; Pearsons, Chris 1
RBI: Judd, Dylan 2 ; Gervasi, Mike 2 ; Pearsons, Chris 3
SH: Judd, Dylan 1 ; Gervasi, Mike 1 ; Pearsons, Chris 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Shapiro, Collin 2 ; Hart, Eddy 2 ; Judd, Dylan 1 ; Wilde, Aidan 1 ; Rounds, Michael 1 ; Gervasi, Mike 1 ; Skagerlind, Kevin 1
SB: Shapiro, Collin 1
HBP: Gervasi, Mike 1
Batting:
2B: John Tuccillo 1
RBI: John LaRocca 1 ; Chris Hamilton 1 ; Stanton Leuthner 2
Base Running:
RUNS: John Tuccillo 1 ; Shane Paradine 2 ; Stanton Leuthner 1
SB: Stanton Leuthner 1
CS: Chris Hamilton 1
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