Turgeon Wins First Game As Shoremen Skipper

CHESTERTOWN, MD – Host Washington College split a two-game series with visiting Montclair State played over Friday and Saturday at Athey Baseball Park in non-conference baseball action.  The Red Hawks (1-1) won the first game played on Friday and concluded on Saturday afternoon, 12-4, while the Shoremen (1-2) took the Saturday contest, 4-2.  The win was the first victory for head coach Travis Turgeon.

In the Saturday game, Montclair State took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning when Anderson Rosa singled up the middle to plate Stephen Nappe with two outs.

The Shoremen scored four times in the bottom of the fourth to take the lead for good.  Sophomore Scott Matthews (Goshen, NY/Don Bosco Prep (NJ) scored on a sacrifice fly off the bat of freshman Brian Quadrino (Smithtown, NY/Smithtown East) to level the game at 1-1.  Washington took the lead for good when sophomore Dennis Thomas (Baltimore, MD/Archbishop Curley) scored on an RBI groundout by senior Joe Willis (Mullica Hill, NJ/Kingsway Regional) at 2-1.  Senior Sean Connole (Mt. Airy, MD/St. John's Catholic) concluded the four-run rally with a two-run single to left-center to plate junior Nick Marinelli (Ellicott City, MD/Marriotts Ridge) and freshman Garrett Richardello (Coventry, CT/East Catholic).

Montclair State got one run back in the eighth when with one out Nappe grounded out to Willis at third, but it scored Jose Carlos Padilla to trim the lead to 4-2.  The Red Hawks were retired in order in the top of the ninth to end the game.  Connole made a diving catch off the bat of Matt Moreno in shallow centerfield to end the game.

Matthews and Thomas had two hits each as WC had eight hits in the win.  Connole had a pair of RBI.  On the mound, senior pitcher Kyle Aldrich (Warren, NJ/Watchung Hills Regional) got the victory and is now 1-0.  He went five innings and allowed just one run on three hits.  He walked three and fanned five.  Freshman pitcher Pete Breslauer (Mountain Lakes, NJ/Mountain Lakes) pitched a perfect ninth for his first collegiate save.

Scott Glozzy had two of the five hits for Montclair State in the second game.  On the mound, Travis Della Volpe took the loss and falls to 0-1.  He allowed all four runs on five hits.  He walked two and struck out one. 

In the game that started on Friday afternoon, the Red Hawks scored in the top of the first inning when Mike Rizzo plated Padilla for the game's opening run.  Montclair State took a 3-0 lead in the top of the second on a two-run single up the middle scored Glozzy and Louis Martini.  The Red Hawks tacked on another run in the top of the fourth inning when Padilla scored on a RBI single to right-center off the bat of Cody Pace to lead 4-0. 

Washington took advantage of a Montclair State error to score two runs in the bottom of the fourth.  Freshman Bryan Baquer (Woodbridge, VA/Osbourn Park), who reached on the error, scored on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Marinelli to cut the lead to 4-1.  With two outs, Thomas scored on a base hit to left field by freshman Richardello to trim the lead to 4-2.

The Shoremen tied the game at 4-4 in the last of the sixth on two more unearned runs.  Matthews, who reached second due to a fielding error after getting on via a base hit, scored on an infield single off the bat of sophomore Kyle Mikula (Stafford, VA/Colonial Forge) to trim the lead to 4-3.  With one out, Richardello hit a sacrifice fly to left that plated Thomas to tie the game at 4-4.

In the top of the eighth, Glozzy launched a three-run home run over the left field fence to give the Red Hawks a 7-4 lead with one out.  Scoring ahead of him was Juan Perdomo Jr. and Stephen Nappe.  The Red Hawks tacked on five runs in the top of the ninth to provide the final margin.  Montclair State made it 9-4 before the game was suspended due to darkness.

The Red Hawks had 17 hits in the suspended game.  Pace was 4-for-6 with two RBI, Glozzy was 2-for-5 with three RBI, Padilla was 2-for-3 with three runs scored and Martini was 2-for-5.  On the mound, Dylan Papa got the win and is now 1-0.  He allowed two unearned runs in 4 1/3 innings of work.  He scattered two hits and fanned two. 

Richardello had two RBI for Washington and the Shoremen had six hits in the first game of the series.  On the mound, CY Daniel Wu (Kowloon, Hong Kong/International Secondary School) took the loss and falls to 0-1.  He allowed three runs, two earned, in one inning of work.

Washington travels to Cairn University (formerly Philadelphia Biblical) for a 2:30 p.m. game on Tuesday afternoon.