Posted: Apr 27, 2024
WEYMOUTH, Mass. – The Wentworth Institute of Technology baseball team dropped a pair of games to Western New England. The Golden Bears took the first game, 11-6, and grabbed a nightcap win, 10-6.
GAME ONE: Western New England 11, Wentworth 6
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Wentworth looked like it was going to grab an early lead, loading the bases with one out in the first inning. However, a strikeout and a ground out left the three runners stranded.
- Western New England scored three times in the top of the second, thanks to a pair of RBI singles and a run driven in on a fielder's choice. In the bottom of the inning, the Leopards got on the board, scoring a run with two outs. Sophomore Mike Sibert (Billerica, Mass.) walked and was driven home one a senior Christian Peruzzi (Plymouth, Mass.) RBI double.
- The Leopards tied the game in the bottom of the third, thanks to a two-run single from graduate student Aaron Lundgren (Portsmouth, N.H.). Sophomore Matthew Favazzo (Lexington, Mass.) led off with a single and went to second when senior A. T. DiPina (Pawtucket, R.I.) singled. Junior Jake Prisco (Bridgewater, Mass.) bunted both over before Lundgren delivered the game-tying hit.
- A sacrifice fly in the fourth gave the Golden Bears a 4-3 lead and the visitors tacked on four in the fifth to take an 8-3 lead. The Black & Gold pulled within three after five and, after a solo home run increased Western New England's lead to 9-5, Peruzzi plated Sibert with an RBI single in the sixth to make it 9-6.
- The Golden Bears added a pair in the ninth to make it 11-6.
- Freshman Nigel Cross (Worcester, Mass.) suffered the loss (4-1). Favazzo and DiPina were each 3-for-5 while Peruzzi and Lundgren were each 2-for-4 with two RBI.
GAME TWO: Western New England 10, Wentworth 6
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Western New England scored six runs in the top of the first inning, thanks to a pair of two-run singles, an RBI single, and an RBI double.
- Wentworth cut into the lead in the second inning as sophomore Matt Robinson (Mystic, Conn.), who reached on a fielder's choice, stole second and came home on a freshman Bennett Leary (Alamo, Calif.) single.
- The teams traded home runs in the fourth inning as a two-run shot from the Golden Bears made it an 8-1 lead, however freshman John Golebieski (Seymour, Conn.) launched his first career home run, scoring Leary, to make it 8-3.
- In the sixth inning, Wentworth cut the lead to 8-4 as Leary doubled in Robinson , who led off getting hit by a pitch.
- Western New England added a run in the top of the seventh on a sacrifice fly, but the Black & Gold kept pace, getting a run back in the bottom of the inning as Prisco doubled in Favazzo.
- Golebieski made it a 9-6 game with a solo home run in the eighth before the Golden Bears got an RBI single in the ninth.
- Freshman Jacob DeCoste (Medway, Mass.) took the loss (3-1). Leary went 3-for-4 with a pair of RBI while Golebieski was 2-for-4 with three RBI.
ALL-TIME SERIES:
- Today marked the 35th and 36th all-time meetings between the two teams.
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