Becker Tops Baseball in Series Finale
NEW LONDON, Conn. – The Mitchell College baseball team
dropped the rubber game of its series with Becker College by a 10-6
final on Wednesday afternoon.
Becker improved to 11-14 overall and moved into a tie with Mitchell
for second place in the conference standings at 7-5. The Hawks and
Mariners (12-12 overall) are a game behind Daniel Webster College
with three games to play in the regular season. The top team earns
the right to host the upcoming 2010 NECC Championship on May
7-9.
Todd Tompkins led Becker with a 3-for-4 day at the plate and drove
in three runs while scoring twice. Jheremy Brown picked up the win
on the mound, allowing four runs (two earned) on 12 hits over 6.0
innings. He also struck out two and walked one while evening his
record at 2-2.
Junior Jeff Perillo went 4-for-5 with an RBI for the Mariners,
who finished with 14 hits but also committed five errors in the
field. Senior Jared Bishop drove in a pair of runs and homered
for the first time this season. Junior Cody
Faddis got the starting nod for Mitchell and threw 5.0 innings,
giving up nine runs (four earned) on 11 hits while striking out
five and walking two.
Becker jumped ahead 2-0 in the first inning with a pair of unearned
runs. Keith Kandel scored the first run thanks to a throwing error
and Tompkins plated the second with a double to right field. The
Hawks added another run in the second on an RBI single by Joe Corey
to take a 3-0 lead.
Bishop hit a two-out home run over the right field fence in the
home half of the second to get the Mariners on the scoreboard.
Sophomore Tommy Derosier and junior Paul
Martinez followed with back-to-back singles, but Brown worked
his way out of trouble without allowing any more damage.
Becker added three runs in the fifth to take a 6-1 lead. LJ
Blomgren had an RBI single in the frame while Tony D’Addio
plated a run with a sacrifice fly to right. Mitchell, however, put
up three runs in the bottom of the inning to keep pace. Junior John
McGarry drove in a run with a single to center and Bishop
picked up his second RBI of the game with a sacrifice fly to
center.
The Hawks pushed across three more runs in the sixth, two of which
scored on a single up the middle by Tompkins. The support would be
all Brown would need, and he left the game after six innings with
his team in front 9-4.
Mitchell scored a pair of runs off reliever Jeff Dilorenzo in the
eighth to cut the deficit to 9-6. Perillo drove in a run with a
ground out to short before freshman Connor
Rochefort scored the team’s final run on a wild
pitch.
Becker tacked on an insurance run in the ninth on a double to right
by D’Addio for his second RBI of the game. Dilorenzo then
closed the door in the bottom of the frame to finish off a
two-inning relief stint. He allowed two runs—both
unearned—on two hits and struck out one. Martinez threw 4.0
innings of relief for the Mariners and gave up one unearned run on
one hit.
Mitchell will next host Newbury College for a doubleheader on
Saturday, May 1 at noon.