Baseball Tripped Up at Salve Regina
NEWPORT, R.I. - The Mitchell College baseball team suffered a 13-6
setback to Salve Regina University in non-conference action
Wednesday afternoon at Reynolds Field.
Nick Politelli launched a grand slam home run in the bottom of the
fifth inning to cap an eight-run outburst and propel Salve Regina
to victory. Nicholas Raj went 2-for-5 and drove in three
runs for the Seahawks, who won for the sixth time in the last nine
games and improved to 19-16 on the season.
Junior Paul Martinez drove in three runs on a bases-clearing
triple in the ninth for the Mariners. Mitchell dropped to 11-10
overall on the season.
With the game tied at three entering the bottom of the fifth, Gaj
drove in Tom Glynn and Riley Diaz with a single to give the
Seahawks a 5-3 lead. Two batters later, Dave Miller plated the
sixth SRU with a sac fly to left, and a single by Pat Quinn
made it a 7-3 contest. Later in the frame, Politelli’s first
round tripper of the year off sophomore Jason Dezotell cleared the
left field wall and made it 11-3. Salve Regina tacked on a pair of
runs in the eighth to cap the scoring on its side.
The Seahawks put up a ‘3’ spot in the first inning to
grab an early lead. Glynn drove in the first run of the game with a
single through the left side, followed two batters later by a
double off the bat of Jason Sluberski that brought home
the second SRU run. Gaj then laced a triple that brought home Glynn
and made it 3-0.
The Mariners got one back in the third on an RBI single by senior
Andrew Langlais that made it 3-1, and RBI hits from
juniors Jeff Perillo and John
McGarry evened the score at 3-3.
Politelli finished the afternoon with three hits and two runs
scored while Glynn, Diaz, Gaj, and Quinn each pounded out two hits.
Martinez, Perillo, Langlais, and freshman Justin
Szela each recorded two hits for the Mariners.
Nick Dettorre picked up his first collegiate win for the Seahawks,
allowing seven hits and three runs (one earned) while striking out
four in five innings of work. Michael Muise tossed three
scoreless innings, and Jay Nelson picked up the final three outs in
his first collegiate pitching appearance.
Junior Cody Faddis got the starting nod for the Mariners
and allowed three runs on five hits in 4.0 innings of work. He
struck out five and walked one but took a no decision.
Freshman Jason Dezotell (0-1 overall) took the loss,
allowing seven hits and eight runs in 3.0 innings. He walked two
and struck out two.
Mitchell will next play a doubleheader at Becker College
on Saturday, April 24 at 1 p.m.
