WEYMOUTH, Mass. – The Wentworth Institute of Technology baseball team scored a season-high 10 runs in game one of its Commonwealth Coast Conference doubleheader against Roger Williams. The Leopards were defeated in game one, 15-10, and fell, 7-2 in the nightcap.

GAME ONE:  Roger Williams 15, Wentworth 10

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Roger Williams scored in the top of the first on a sacrifice fly, giving the Hawks a 1-0 lead. An inning later, Roger Williams used a pair of RBI singles to score three runs and added a fourth on a double steal. The home half of the inning saw Wentworth get on the board as graduate student Nolan McManus (Milton, Mass.) led off the inning getting hit by a pitch, went to second on a junior Christian Peruzzi (Plymouth, Mass.) groundout and scored when senior Aaron Lundgren (Portsmouth, N.H.) reached on an error.
• The Hawks scored twice in the fourth on a pair of RBI singles to lead, 7-1, before freshman Matthew Favazzo (Lexington, Mass.) singled in Peruzzi, who led off the inning with a double.
• Scoring eight runs over the next two innings, Roger Williams extended its lead to 15-2, however, the Leopards mounted a comeback in the bottom of the seventh, scoring eight runs. Freshman Mike Siebert (Billerica, Mass.) led off with a walk and went to third on a freshman Nick Cullinan (Sandy Hook, Conn.) single. Freshman Matt Robinson (Mystic, Conn.) reached on a fielder's choice, which plated Sibert. Robinson advanced to second on a wild pitch and stole third, while McManus walked. On a double steal play, Robinson came home to score while McManus swiped second. With the bases loaded, junior Zach Smith (Madison, N.H.) was hit by a pitch to bring in Peruzzi, while Sibert hit a two-run double and Cullinan followed with a two-run single, cutting the lead to 15-10.
• Cullinan finished 3-for-6 with a pair of RBI, while Sibert and Peruzzi each had two hits. Siebert also drew a pair of walks. Senior Jon Campbell (Snohomish, Wash.) was saddled with the loss (0-4). Junior Clayton Harper (Somerset, Mass.) and sophomore Matt Silvia (Fall River, Mass.) combined to pitch three innings of one-hit, shutout ball.

GAME TWO:  Roger Williams 7, Wentworth 2

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Roger Williams did the bulk of its scoring in the first two innings as, in the first inning, the Hawks scored three times on a bases-load walk, an RBI single, and a wild pitch. An inning later Roger Williams got an RBI double and an RBI single to take a 5-0 lead.
• Wentworth got on the board in the bottom of the second when senior Chris Alcantara (Weymouth, Mass.) hit his first collegiate home run to make it 5-1. An inning later the Leopards made it 5-2 as Cullinan led off with a single and went to third on a Peruzzi double. McManus was hit by a pitch to load the bases and junior A.T. DiPina (Pawtucket, R.I.) reached on a fielder's choice, which plated Cullinan.
• An RBI double in the top of the sixth and a solo home run in the top of the seventh extended the Hawks' lead to 7-2.
• Peruzzi was 2-for-4 in the game, while freshman Alec Peruzzi (Plymouth, Mass.) took the loss (0-3). Junior Brodi Farinas (Lewiston, Maine) came in in relief of Peruzzi in the second and got an inning-ending double play. Farinas pitched 5.2 innings, allowing two runs and striking out seven. Sophomores Matt Ferrara (East Taunton, Mass.) and Brady Aubuchon (Westminster, Mass.) combined to allow just one hit and strike out two in two scoreless innings.

ALL-TIME SERIES:

• Today marked 70th and 71st all-time meetings between the two teams.

NEXT UP:

• Wentworth is at WPI on Monday afternoon.

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