Baseball Bounces Back to Split with Wentworth
Game 1
Game 1
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
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Wentworth | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 12 | 11 | 1 |
Game 2
Game 2
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Wentworth | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
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Mitchell | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 10 | 7 | 5 |
AUBERNDALE, Fla. – The Mitchell College baseball team split a doubleheader against Wentworth Institute of Technology on Friday evening at Lake Myrtle Park, falling 12-5 in the first game before bouncing back for a 10-4 win in the nightcap.
Game 2 – Mitchell 10, Wentworth 4
Mitchell (3-2 overall) broke the game open with a seven-run third inning and senior hurler Paul Martinez cruised to his second victory of the spring. The Mariners made the most of seven hits and drew eight walks in the contest.
Wentworth scored two runs in the top of the first inning to take a quick 2-0 lead. Mitchell cut the deficit in half in the second as Felix Colarte scored on a fielding error. Colarte went 2-for-3 in the game with a double and triple and scored four times.
The Mariners sent a total of 13 batters to the plate in the third and plated seven runs on only three hits. Senior Jeff Perillo and sophomore Osmer Collado each drove in a pair of runs with singles, but it was Wentworth's pitching which did the most damage with seven walks issued in the frame. Senior Carlos Hughes scored the final run of the inning when the Mariners pulled off a double steal of second and home.
Martinez pitched 4.1 innings and allowed four runs (two earned) on six hits while striking out eight and walking five. He improved to 2-0 overall on the season.
Game 1 – Wentworth 12, Mitchell 5
Mitchell got off to a good start in the first game as freshman Anthony Santiago led off with a triple and later scored on a ground out by Perillo. The lead was short-lived, however, as the Leopards pushed across five runs in the bottom of the first to go ahead for good.
The Mariners got two runs back in the third inning on a two-run homer by junior John Apostolo, his second long ball of the season. Apostolo also got the start on the mound for Mitchell but was chased from the game in the bottom of the third as Wentworth pounded out seven runs on five hits to take a 12-3 lead.
Apostolo allowed 12 runs (five earned) on eight hits in 2.2 innings while striking out two and walking four. Freshman Travis Gembecki threw 3.1 scoreless innings of relief and allowed only three hits.
Mitchell next begins conference play with a doubleheader at Newbury College on Saturday, March 19 at 10 a.m.
