Baseball Wraps up Spring Break Trip

LAKELAND, Fla. – The Wentworth Institute of Technology baseball team wrapped up its annual spring break trip with a doubleheader against the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. UMAss Dartmouth defeated the Leopards, 5-4, in nine innings in game one and won, 7-5, in the nightcap.

GAME ONE:  UMass Dartmouth 5, Wentworth 4 (9)

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• UMass Dartmouth struck first in the opener, scoring twice in the bottom of the first inning. The Corsairs scored on an RBI double and sacrifice fly.
• With two outs in the top of the second, Wentworth scored four times to take a 4-2 lead. Freshman Matthew Favazzo (Lexington, Mass.) reached on an error and went to third on a graduate student Nolan McManus (Milton, Mass.) single. Senor Chris Alcantara (Weymouth, Mass.) singled in Favazzo and sophomore Jake Prisco (Bridgewater, Mass.) singled in McManus. Junior Christian Peruzzi (Plymouth, Mass.) delivered a two-run double to score both Prisco and Alcantara.
• The Corsairs got a run back in the third inning on an RBI single and tied the game in the fifth, when, with the bases loaded, a wild pitch allowed the tying run to score. UMass Dartmouth threatened in the sixth inning, leaving runners on second and third as senior Jon Campbell (Snohomish, Wash.) got a flyout to end the threat.
• UMass Dartmouth nearly won the game in the bottom of the seventh, as the Corsairs had runners on first and second with one out. Freshman Alec Peruzzi (Plymouth, Mass.) got a strikeout and a groundout to send the game to extra innings.
• The Corsairs drew a leadoff walk in the eighth but a strikeout/caught stealing double play erased the runner from the basepaths and Peruzzi got a flyout to end the inning. With two outs and runners on first and second in the bottom of the ninth, the Corsairs got an RBI single to win the game.
• Campbell pitched six strong innings, allowing two earned runs on five hits and striking out six. Peruzzi allowed one run on three hits and struck out two in 2.1 innings. At the plate, Prisco and McManus had two hits each while Christian Peruzzi drove in two.

GAME TWO:  UMass Dartmouth 7, Wentworth 5

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• McManus led off the second inning of game two with a single and came around to score on a junior Michael Petit (Sandwich, Mass.) home run. With one out, freshman Mike Sibert (Billerica, Mass.) singled and went to second on a passed ball before Prisco drove him in with a single.
• An inning later, the Leopards took a 5-0 lead. Favazzo led off with a single and went to third on a McManus double. Alcantara drove in Favazzo with a sacrifice fly, which also moved McManus to third. An errant throw on a pickoff attempt of Petit allowed McManus to score.
• UMass Dartmouth pulled within one with a four-run fourth inning as the Corsairs scored on a RBI triple and a two-run double with an error. The Corsairs took the lead in the sixth inning, scoring three times on a pair of RBI singles and a sacrifice fly.
• Petit delivered a two-out single in the bottom of the seventh to put the tying run at the plate, however, a groundout ended the game.
• Freshman Connor Whitehead (Southington, Conn.) took the loss (0-2), allowing two unearned runs in two innings of relief of junior Brodi Farinas (Lewiston, Maine), who went the first four and struck out four. At the plate, Sibert went 3-for-3 while junior Zach Smith (Madison, Conn.), Favazzo, McManus, and Petit each had three hits.

ALL-TIME SERIES:

• Today marked the 10th and 11th times the two teams have squared off, however, the first time since the 2010 season.

NEXT UP:

• Wentworth opens its northern schedule on Wednesday at WPI.

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