Vassar Takes Two from Baseball

AUBURNDALE, Fla. – The Wentworth Institute of Technology baseball team dropped a pair of games to Vassar on Wednesday as the Brewers took game one, 22-7, and won in the nightcap, 3-0.

GAME ONE:  Vassar 22, Wentworth 7

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Vassar took a 4-0 lead in the home half of the first inning, thanks to a two-run single, an RBI single, and a sacrifice fly. The Brewers scored one in the second on an RBI double and added four in the third before tallying four in the third inning.
• Wentworth battled back, cutting the lead to 9-6 in the fourth inning as graduate student Nolan McManus (Milton, Mass.) had an RBI double, freshman Matthew Favazzo (Lexington, Mass.) and junior Christian Peruzzi (Plymouth, Mass.) each had RBI singles, and junior Brandon Sullivan (Quincy, Mass.)( had a three-run double.
• In the top of the sixth, junior Zach Smith (Madison, N.H.) had a groundout RBI to plate Sullivan, making it 9-7.
• Vassar broke the game open in the home half of the inning, scoring 13 times.
• Junior Clayton Harper (Somerset, Mass.) took the loss (0-1). Favazzo and Smith had two hits each.

GAME TWO:  Vassar 3, Wentworth 0

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Vassar had runners at second and third with no outs before a fly ball to the outfield led to McManus firing the ball to the plate where senior Aaron Lundgren (Portsmouth, N.H.) applied the tag on a runner breaking for home to complete the double play. The Leopards turned their second double play in as many innings when, with one out, freshman Connor Whitehead (Southington, Conn.) got a ground ball to end the inning
• The Brewers scored a pair of runs in the third inning on a sacrifice fly and an RBI single. McManus led off the bottom of the inning with a double to left and, with one out, sophomore Jake Prisco (Bridgewater, Mass.) and Favazzo each drew walks to load the bases. However, a pair of groundouts ended the threat.
• Vassar upped it lead to 3-0 in the fourth, scoring a run on a wild pitch after a leadoff triple. With two outs, freshman Alec Peruzzi (Plymouth, Mass.) loaded the bases but got a strikeout to end the inning.
• Wentworth loaded the bases in the fifth inning with Smith and Prisco starting the inning with walks. Smith went to third on a Favazzo flyout and Christian Peruzzi walked to load the bases. However, an inning-ended double play left the Black & Gold off the scoreboard.

ALL-TIME SERIES:

• Today was third and fourth all-time meetings between the two teams.

NEXT UP:

• Wentworth plays Russell Sage in a doubleheader on Friday morning.

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