STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Burgos – 2-7, 4 RBI, 3 R, BB
• Caraher – 2-6, 2 RBI, 5 R, 3 BB, 5/5 SB
• Junior Nick Schwartz (Massapequa, N.Y.) – 3-7, 2 RBI, 2 R, 2 2B, BB
• Junior Danniel Rivera (New Britain, Conn.) – 2-6, RBI, 4 R, 4 BB, 6/6 SB

KEY MOMENTS – GAME 1

• Southern New Hampshire struck four times in the top of the first, with an RBI groundout from junior Mike La Rocca (Vero Beach, Fla.) and a run-scoring single back to the pitcher by Schwartz bringing home the first two runs. Burgos lifted a two-out pop-up to shortstop that was dropped and allowed the final two unearned runs to score.
• After American International scored one in the home half and two more in the second to pull within 4-3, SNHU grabbed two back in the third, with an RBI single to center by Caraher and a sacrifice fly to center off the bat of Burgos that pushed the lead back to 6-3.
• AIC scored one in the bottom of the inning, but an RBI single from La Rocca and a run-scoring double by Schwartz extended the Penmen advantage to 8-4 in the fourth.
• With the score 8-5 in the eighth, freshman Jake Pisano (Hamden, Conn.) led off with a solo home run and sophomore Anderson Moreno (Bronx, N.Y.) added a two-out, two-run single to make it an 11-5 game.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE – GAME 1

• Schwartz finished 3-for-4 with two RBI and a pair of runs scored.
• Rivera went 2-for-3 with a pair of walks and scored three times.
• Caraher (RBI, two runs) and Moreno (two RBI, run) were both 2-for-5.
• Pisano was 1-for-4 with the home run, RBI and run scored.
• La Rocca was 1-for-5 with a pair of RBI and a run.
• Senior Jeffrey Praml (Bridgewater, N.J.; 5-1) was charged with five runs – three runs – on eight hits, while striking out six and walking three, in eight innings.
• Freshman Parker Lendrum (Exeter, N.H.) gave up a pair of hits and struck out one over a scoreless inning of work.

KEY MOMENTS – GAME 2

• SNHU jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the second, with a walk, two errors and a fielder's choice scoring the four runs.
• The lead would be short-lived, as the Yellow Jackets struck for five in the bottom of the frame, with a two-run double from Yeudy Ramirez and a two-run single by Chad Lavelle doing the bulk of the damage.
• An RBI single to center from Burgos tied the game, 5-5, before freshman Jake Risedorf (Barkhamsted, Conn.) reached on an error to score a go-ahead unearned run for the Penmen.
• SNHU scored four seven times in the fourth, sending 11 batters to the plate. A wild pitch, error and a balk brought in the first three runs, before another RBI base knock to center for Burgos, a two-run triple to right by Risedorf and a run-scoring single to left by freshman Dyrenson Wouters (Oranjestad, Aruba) made it 13-5.
• RBI groundouts by sophomore John Chacho (Seymour, Conn.) and Burgos stretched the lead to 15-5 in the fifth before AIC added a single run in the sixth.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE – GAME 2

• Risedorf went 3-for-4 with two RBI and a pair of runs scored.
• Burgos finished 2-for-4 with a walk, three RBI and three runs.
• Chacho was 2-for-5 with an RBI and a run.
• La Rocca went 1-for-3 with a pair of walks and two runs scored.
• Wouters was 1-for-4 with two RBI and a run.
• Caraher was 0-for-1, but walked three times, collected an RBI and scored three runs.
• Graduate student Josh Roberge (Chelmsford, Mass.) went the distance, allowing six runs – five earned – on 10 hits over seven innings, while striking out 11 and walking two, to improve to 3-3.

NOTES

• Southern New Hampshire, receiving votes in both the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division II Top 25 and Collegiate Baseball Division II Poll, snaps a four-game skid.
• SNHU leads the all-time series with AIC, 34-8, and has won 13 of the last 15.
• Pisano's home run was the first of his career.

UP NEXT

• The Penmen play two more at American Int'l on Sunday (March 26), beginning at noon.
• The scheduled home opener for the Penmen is Friday, March 31 (3 p.m.) at Penmen Field against Saint Anselm College.