Box Score BRISTOL, R.I. – The Roger Williams baseball team fell to Curry College 13-12, on Tuesday afternoon at Paolino Field in Bristol, R.I.
In a game that saw 13 different pitchers take the mound, it was Jack Keane who recorded the win for the Colonels, working through four innings, allowing two runs in the process. For the Hawks,
Matthew Donovan will take the loss, pushing his record to 2-2 on the season.
Offense was easy to come by in the matchup, with the two teams combining for 25 runs on 30 hits. Curry would provide 14 hits, reaching base eight times via the walk as well. The Hawks tallied 16 hits, walking five times.
Three different Hawks batters recorded three hits, in
Sam Arcieri,
Owen Hibbard and
Luke Miele. For the opponent, two hitters would tally four hits in Kyle Doolin and Erik Leonard, while Tommy Marshall added three of his own.
After putting away Curry in the top of the first in four batters, the Hawks bats got right to work in the bottom half of the first inning.
Sam Arcieri got things going with a single up the middle, followed by a walk to put runners on first and second with no out. Following a strikeout,
Will Florio would draw a walk to load the bases for Baeden Ventura, who would cash in a two RBI single.
Luke Miele kept the hot hitting going with a single of his own driving in another run. A fielder's choice followed by a walk would force a pitching change for the Colonels. Roger Williams was not done yet, as they would tack on five more before closing out the inning. They would hold a monster 8-0 lead heading into the second inning.
In the top of the third, the Curry bats would provide some damage control, putting up three runs that came via a Kyle Doolin three run home run. The Hawks would go scoreless in the bottom half, bringing the score to 8-3.
In the top half of the fifth, Curry would continue to chip away at the Hawks lead, this time adding two more to their total via a RBI single by Erik Leonard, followed by a sacrifice fly by Tino Gagliardi. The Hawks would respond with two more of their own in the bottom half via an
Owen Hibbard RBI single and a
Will Florio sacrifice fly. Roger Williams would lead 10-5 after five innings of play.
In the top of the sixth, Curry added another two runs via a throwing error and a RBI from Kyle Doolin that would bring the score to 10-7. The Colonels would hold the Hawks scoreless in the bottom half of the inning.
In the top of the seventh, Curry would get hot once again, this time putting up five runs and taking over the lead from the Hawks, 12-10. They would tally four hits (three singles and a double) in the process. They would hold the Hawks scoreless once again in the bottom half of the frame, taking a two-run lead into the eighth.
Curry would add one more for insurance in the top of the eighth, pushing it to 13-10. In the bottom half, the Hawks would rack up three hits to go along with a hit by pitch, however they were only able to put two runs up on the board, leaving them trailing heading into the ninth.
After a scoreless top of the ninth, Curry's senior ace Tommy Marshall would close things out, striking out two Hawk batters enroute to his first save of the season and securing the 13-12 for the Colonels.
Following the loss, Roger Williams moves to 8-11 overall and 2-4 in CNE action. They will take on Umass Boston on the road on Thursday afternoon, before traveling back home for a double header series against Gordon College on Saturday afternoon.
