Colonels Collect Doubleheader

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 BRISTOL, R.I. - The Roger Williams University Baseball team dropped their doubleheader with Curry College. The Hawks fall to 7-16 overall and 4-6 in the Commonwealth Coast Conference while Colonels improve to 11-5 overall and 4-1 in the CCC.

Curry 6 - RWU 2

Curry struck first in the top of the second inning with one run. Phillip Perez (West Covina, Calif.) opened the inning with a walk. Matt Warren (Wilbraham, Mass.) singled to left field, putting runners on first and second. Nick Crivello (Millville, Mass.) punched a grounder to the pitcher, resulting in a double play that pushed Perez to third base. Derek Pizarro (Cambridge, Mass.) bunted, and reached first on an error that allowed Perez to score.

The Colonels kept the pressure on in the fourth inning. Crivello singled to short left field. William De La Cruz (Bronx, N.Y.) lined to center field to put runners on first and second. John Arens (Milton, Mass.) smashed an RBI double to deep sending Crivello home and putting De La Cruz at third base. Kyle Connors (Stoughton, Mass.) laid down a sacrifice bunt, bringing De La Cruz home to bring the game to 3-0.

The Hawks made a pitching change in the fifth inning, putting in Sam Bennett (Andover, Mass.) for Troy DeLeon (East Hampton, N.H.).

The Hawks scored their first run in the bottom of the fifth inning. Shane Nowak (Litchfield, Conn.) came out swinging with a triple to deep right center. Caulin Rogers (Gloucester, Mass.) hit a RBI grounder to short shop for a base hit, bringing Nowak home, making the score 3-1.

The Colonels scored three runs in the sixth inning, further advancing their lead over the Hawks. Pizarro reached on a walk to start the top of the sixth. De La Cruz laid down a sacrifice bunt to advance Pizarro to second. Arens drove a ball to deep right center, bringing home Pizarro. Connors grounded to second and reached first on an error, putting Arens in scoring position. Connors stole second with Alex McLean at bat. McLean hit a two RBI single to left field, then stole second and third but was left on base at the end of the inning with the score 6-1 in favor of the Colonels.

Kevin Baker (Wilbraham, Mass.) reached first on a walk to start the bottom of the sixth and stole second on a wild pitch with Reid Nelson (Wallingford, Conn.) at the plate. Nelson shot a ball to left field for a base hit, putting Baker in scoring position. Shawn Carliglio (Milford, Conn.) hit a sacrifice fly to right center, allowing Baker to tag up and score bringing the game to 6-2 for the Colonels.

The Hawks made another pitching change to start the seventh inning, putting in Stephen Bianco (Keene, N.H.) for Bennett.

The seventh inning remained scoreless for both teams, ending the game at 6-2.

Vincent LoPriore (Boston, Mass.) picked up the win pitching all seven innings giving up just two runs while DeLeon picked up the loss for the Hawks in four innings of work.

Curry 9 - RWU 2

The Colonels came out strong in the first inning. Connors drew a walk as the lead-off batter and advanced to third on consecutive groundballs resulting in an out and an additional base runner that arrived safely via an error. Tanner Givens picked up Connors on a blooper to right. Crivello hit a line drive double to center field, sending Givens home to set the score at 2-0.

In the second inning the Colonels built on their lead by adding three more runs. Pizarro advanced to second on ball in play by De La Cruz. Arens then reached on an error that pushed Pizzaro to third. Arens proceeded by stealing second to put runners at second and third. A wild pitch scored Pizzaro and advanced De La Cruz to third. Alex McLean reached on error and scored Arens. McLean stole second to put himself in scoring position and Morris singled to right to pick him up and put the score at 5-0.

The Colonels increased their lead with three more runs in the fifth. Tanner Givens led-off with a single and Crivello followed up with a single to center field that put the runners at first and second with no outs. Zach Bowden drove home Givens with a line drive to short center and Crivello advanced to third putting runner at the corners. Pizarro stroked a single that scored Crivello and advanced Bowden to third. De La Cruz hit into a double-play but Bowden made it safely home to put the game at 8-0.

The Hawks got their first run of the game in the bottom of the fifth with a home run by Bryan Terzian.

Each team added an additional run to put the final score at 9-2.

Brian Burke picked up the win for Curry going seven innings while Eric Prolux picked up the loss in two innings of work. A.J. Bashaw appeared for just over three innings in middle relief for the Hawks.

The Hawks will face UMass-Boston in Bristol, R.I. on April 15 at 3:30 p.m. while the Colonels will host at Nichols College at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, April 13.

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