Box Score BOX SCORE
When and Where: March 12, 2018 – St. Petersburg, Fla. (Turley Athletic Complex)
Score: Eckerd College 9, Southern New Hampshire University 1
Records: Eckerd 10-10, SNHU 9-4
The 18th-ranked Southern New Hampshire University baseball team dropped a 9-1 decision to Eckerd College on Monday evening in its first true road game of the season at the Turley Athletic Complex.
Eckerd jumped out to an early lead in the first inning, striking five times against junior starter Matthew Messier (No. Troy, Vt.). Jamaal Chaney's leadoff home run to right-center began the scoring, with Keith Leavitt Jr. following three batters later with a two-run drive that made it 3-0. A two-out, two-run double from Bryan Torres put runs No. 4 and 5 on the board for the Tritons and all but ended Messier's outing.
A run-scoring single from Garrett Hiott in the second inning made it 6-0, with Shane LeMaster extending the lead to seven with his own RBI base hit in the fifth.
Southern New Hampshire found its way on to the scoreboard in the sixth inning, as senior Caleb Potter (Mentor, Ohio) reached on an infield single and moved up to second on a throwing error before scoring when sophomore Ethan Harris (Middleton, Mass.) hit a two-out fly ball that was dropped by the right fielder.
Eckerd would tack on two more in the seventh on RBI singles from LeMaster and Torres.
Sophomore Tom Blandini (Bow, N.H.) went 1-for-2 with a pair of walks, while redshirt-sophomore Joshua Goldstein (Haverhill, Mass.) was 1-for-3. Potter finished 1-for-4 with a run scored.
Messier (2-1) relinquished five runs on five hits and a walk over two-thirds of an inning. Sophomore Wesley Tobin (Portsmouth, N.H.) came on in relief and worked three-and-a-third innings, giving up one run – unearned – on two hits, while striking out four and not issuing a walk. Junior Hayden Manning (Portland, Conn.) tossed two innings and allowed a run on one hit and a pair of walks, punching out one. Redshirt-sophomore Brendan Welch (Easton, Mass.) was charged with two runs on a hit and two walks, as he struck out the only batter he retired. Redshirt-junior Cameron Scotia (Dudley, Mass.) struck out two and allowed one hit in an inning-and-a-third of scoreless ball. Freshman Sam Henrie (Middleboro, Mass.) fanned the only batter he faced.
Notes:
- Blandini extended his hitting streak to nine games.
Up Next:
The Penmen wrap up their Florida trip Tuesday, March 13 (6 p.m.) when they take on Nova Southeastern University.
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