Baseball Loses to La Roche in Season Opener
FORT PIERCE, Fla. – The Mitchell College baseball team opened
the 2010 season on Thursday with a pair of losses to La Roche
College, falling 12-3 in the first game and 12-4 in the second.
Junior Jeff Perillo led the Mitchell offense on the day, going
3-for-7 with a double and three RBI. Sophomore Ethan
Graynor added two hits and drove in a pair of runs while
freshman Connor Rochefort also finished with two hits in
his collegiate debut.
In the first game, La Roche scored four runs in the second inning
and two more in the third to vault out to a 6-0 advantage. The
Mariners finally got on the scoreboard in the fourth, with Perillo
and junior John McGarry drawing walks to start the frame. Graynor
then doubled home a run and sophomore Jason
Dezotell later drove in another as Mitchell closed the gap to
6-2.
The Redhawks answered with two more runs in the bottom of the
fourth and added three in the fifth and one in the sixth to seal
the victory. Pitcher Addison Schereth went the distance for La
Roche and gave up three runs on six hits while striking out and
walking five. Junior Paul
Martinez got the starting nod for the Mariners and yielded
seven earned runs on 10 hits while striking out five in four
innings of work.
In the second game, La Roche scored twice in the top of the first
to jump out to the early lead. Mitchell pulled even in the bottom
half of the frame behind a double from Perillo that plated two
runs. After the Redhawks opened up an 8-2 lead by the middle of the
fifth, the Mariners got back-to-back RBI singles from Graynor and
senior Jared Bishop to cut the deficit to four. However,
Mitchell managed only one more hit over the final two innings , and
La Roche put the game out of reach with a four-run seventh.
Senior Andrew Langlais made the start on the hill and threw
five innings, allowing eight runs on 12 hits and striking out
three. Grabill, Perillo and Rochefort each finished with two hits
in the game.
Mitchell will be back in action on Friday in a doubleheader against
Ursinus College. The first game gets underway at 10 a.m.