CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Senior Nick Cunningham (Pembroke, Mass.) and junior Pete Oggeri (Sandy Hook, Conn.) each went 2-for-4 with three RBI as the Wentworth baseball team defeated Newbury, 10-3, in a non-league contest played at MIT’s Briggs Field.
The host Nighthawks threatened to score in their first at bat, placing runners on first and second with one out. However, freshman Adam Farrar (Newport, Vt.) got an unassisted double play to end the inning. The game would remain scoreless until the top of the third inning when sophomore Mike Diodato (Asbury, N.J.) led off the inning with his first career home run. After Oggeri walked and stole second, sophomore Jake McManus (Hopkinton, N.H.) drew a walk, placing runners at first and second. Freshman Conner Flisnik (Marcy, N.Y.) placed both runners in scoring position with a sacrifice bunt, which was followed by a two-run single off the bat of Cunningham, extending the lead to 3-0.
Newbury got a single run in the bottom of the fourth inning when freshman Patrick Curry (Hamsptead, N.H.) would score on an error, but the Nighthawks would leave the bases loaded. An inning later the score was cut to 3-2 when senior Evan Hudson (Sunapee, N.H.), who led off with a single, scored on a sacrifice fly from senior Billy Maddock (Marshfield, Mass.).
Wentworth did its damage in the sixth inning, scoring five times on four hits and drawing four walks. Oggeri had a two-run single, junior Doug Papuga (Branford, Conn.) drove in a run with a single, and Cunningham and freshman Joe Meucci (West Hartford, Conn.) drew bases-loaded walks. The Nighthawks added a run on a solo home run from freshman Alex Chetlat (Farmington, Conn.) in the last of the eighth before the Leopards would score two more in the top of the ninth – a sacrifice fly from Diodato that would score senior Mike Roberts (Chelmsford, Mass.) and a an RBI single by Oggeri that plated sophomore Matt Jordan (Concord, N.H.).
Roberts finished with a pair of hits and two runs scored, while Papuga also collected two hits. Farrar improved to 2-1, with both his wins coming against Newbury, by allowing two runs (zero earned) on five hits over five innings. Papuga, junior Matt Vezina (Uxbridge, Mass.), and senior Matt Chymbor (Meriden, Conn.) allowed one run on just one hit, while striking out four over the final four innings.
Curry led Newbury’s offense with two hits and one run scored. Freshman Shawon Cave (El Mirage, Ariz.) took the loss to fall to 0-5, allowing seven runs on seven hits and striking out a pair.
With the win, Wentworth improves to 18-6-1 and hosts Nichols in a The Commonwealth Coast Conference doubleheader on Saturday at Noon. Newbury falls to 2-18 on the year and hosts Becker in a New England Collegiate Conference twinbill Saturday at 1:00 p.m.
2009 Wentworth Leopards
Wentworth at Newbury
04/09/09 at Cambridge, Mass. (Briggs Field)
Wentworth 10 (18-6-1)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Jake McManus 2b.......... 4 2 0 0 2 0 1 3 1
Conner Flisnik ss........ 3 1 1 0 2 1 1 6 1
Nick Cunningham lf....... 4 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0
Joe Meucci 1b............ 4 0 0 1 1 1 15 0 2
Doug Papuga rf/p......... 5 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 2
Matt Vezina p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Chymbor p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Mike Roberts cf.......... 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 3
Anthony Carbone dh....... 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Matt Jordan rf.......... 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
Mike Diodato 3b.......... 2 1 1 2 2 0 2 2 0
Pete Oggeri c............ 4 2 2 3 1 0 5 1 1
Adam Farrar p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals................... 34 10 12 10 11 4 27 14 10
Newbury 3 (2-18)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Evan Hudson lf........... 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0
William Maddock cf....... 3 0 0 1 0 1 4 1 0
Alex Chetelat dh/p....... 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Patrick Curry c.......... 4 1 2 0 0 0 4 2 1
Michael Dean 3b.......... 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
Curran Shane ss.......... 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0
Joseph Herer 1b.......... 4 0 1 0 0 1 7 0 0
Nick Dunn 2b............. 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 2 1
Wayne Borden rf.......... 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3
Hayato Iwahori ph....... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shawon Cave p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Michael Gulla p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steven Saia p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 31 3 6 2 4 6 27 9 6
Score by Innings R H E
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Wentworth........... 003 005 002 - 10 12 2
Newbury............. 000 110 010 - 3 6 3
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E - Meucci 2(3); Maddock(3); Shane(16); Dunn(17). DP - Leopards 2;
Nighthawks 3. LOB - Leopards 10; Nighthawks 6. 2B - Curry(6). HR -
Diodato(1); Chetelat(3). SH - Flisnik(6). SF - Diodato(2); Maddock(3). SB -
Cunningham(1); Roberts(9); Carbone, A.(4); Oggeri(13); Hudson(4). CS -
Roberts(2).
Wentworth IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Adam Farrar......... 5.0 5 2 0 4 2 18 23
Doug Papuga......... 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 6 6
Matt Vezina......... 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 4 4
Matt Chymbor........ 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3
Newbury IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Shawon Cave......... 5.1 7 7 7 6 2 20 27
Michael Gulla....... 0.1 0 1 1 3 0 1 4
Steven Saia......... 2.2 4 2 1 2 1 10 13
Alex Chetelat....... 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 3 3
Win - Farrar (2-1). Loss - Cave (0-5). Save - None.
WP - Farrar(1). Inherited runners/scored: Gulla 2/2; Saia 3/1; Chetelat 1/1.
Umpires - HP: Michael Roccia 1B: Alex Skandalis
Start: 3:25 pm Time: 2:25 Attendance: 30
Weather: M-Sunny, 64 degrees; Wind W 20
Game: WIT25
2009 Wentworth Leopards
Wentworth at Newbury - Play-by-Play
04/09/09 at Cambridge, Mass. (Briggs Field)
Score by Innings R H E
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Wentworth........... 003 005 002 - 10 12 2
Newbury............. 000 110 010 - 3 6 3
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Wentworth starters: 11/2b McManus; 2/ss Flisnik; 8/lf Cunningham; 9/1b Meucci;
10/rf Papuga; 20/cf Roberts; 17/dh Carbone, A.; 5/3b Diodato; 30/c Oggeri; 19/p
Farrar;
Newbury starters: 6/lf Hudson; 10/cf Maddock; 26/dh Chetelat; 18/c Curry; 20/3b
Dean; 2/ss Shane; 12/1b Herer; 16/2b Dunn; 14/rf Borden; 22/p Cave;
Wentworth 1st - McManus flied out to rf. Flisnik fouled out to 1b.
Cunningham singled to left field. Meucci fouled out to 1b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Newbury 1st - Hudson walked. Maddock grounded out to ss; Hudson advanced
to second. Hudson advanced to third on a wild pitch. Chetelat walked. Curry
lined into double play 1b unassisted; Chetelat out on the play. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Wentworth 2nd - Papuga popped up to ss. Roberts flied out to cf.
Carbone, A. flied out to 1b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Newbury 2nd - Dean grounded out to 3b. Shane grounded out to 3b. Herer
singled up the middle. Dunn reached on a fielder's choice to shortstop; Herer
out at second ss to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Wentworth 3rd - Diodato homered to left field, RBI. Oggeri walked.
Oggeri stole second. McManus walked. Flisnik grounded out to c, SAC, bunt;
McManus advanced to second; Oggeri advanced to third. Cunningham singled up the
middle, 2 RBI; McManus scored; Oggeri scored. Meucci struck out swinging.
Cunningham stole second. Papuga struck out looking. 3 runs, 2 hits, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Newbury 3rd - Borden struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b. Hudson
walked. Maddock grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b; Hudson out on the
play. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Wentworth 4th - Roberts singled through the right side. Roberts out at
second c to ss, caught stealing. Carbone, A. walked. Diodato popped up to 3b.
Carbone, A. stole second. Oggeri grounded out to p unassisted. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Newbury 4th - Chetelat popped up to 1b. Curry doubled to center field.
Dean singled to pitcher; Curry advanced to third. Shane walked; Dean advanced
to second. Herer reached on a fielding error by 1b; Shane advanced to second;
Dean advanced to third; Curry scored, unearned. Dunn struck out swinging.
Borden reached on a fielder's choice to third base; Herer advanced to second;
Shane out at third 3b unassisted. 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB.
Wentworth 5th - McManus walked. Flisnik walked; McManus advanced to
second. Cunningham fouled out to 1b. Meucci flied into double play cf to 2b;
McManus out on the play. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Newbury 5th - Hudson singled to center field. Hudson stole second,
advanced to third on a throwing error by 1b. Maddock flied out to rf, SF, RBI;
Hudson scored, unearned. Chetelat grounded out to 2b. Curry singled to right
field. Dean grounded out to p. 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Wentworth 6th - Papuga singled through the left side. Roberts reached on
a fielder's choice to second base, bunt; Papuga out at second p to 2b. Carbone,
A. singled to left field; Roberts advanced to second. Diodato walked; Carbone,
A. advanced to second; Roberts advanced to third. Oggeri singled up the middle,
2 RBI; Diodato advanced to second; Carbone, A. scored; Roberts scored. Gulla to
p for Cave. McManus reached on a fielder's choice to third base; Oggeri
advanced to second; Diodato out at third 3b unassisted. Flisnik walked; McManus
advanced to second; Oggeri advanced to third. Cunningham walked, RBI; Flisnik
advanced to second; McManus advanced to third; Oggeri scored. Meucci walked,
RBI; Cunningham advanced to second; Flisnik advanced to third; McManus scored.
Saia to p for Gulla. Papuga singled through the left side, RBI; Meucci advanced
to second; Cunningham advanced to third; Flisnik scored. Roberts flied out to
lf. 5 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Newbury 6th - Papuga to p. Jordan to rf for Carbone, A.. / for Farrar.
Shane grounded out to ss. Herer grounded out to ss. Dunn grounded out to 2b.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Wentworth 7th - Jordan walked. Diodato walked; Jordan advanced to
second. Oggeri flied out to cf. McManus grounded into double play ss to 2b to
1b; Diodato out on the play. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Newbury 7th - Borden struck out swinging. Hudson struck out swinging.
Maddock struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Wentworth 8th - Flisnik singled through the left side. Cunningham
grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b; Flisnik out on the play. Meucci
reached on a fielding error by ss. Papuga struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1
hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Newbury 8th - Vezina to p for Papuga. Chetelat homered to left field,
RBI. Curry grounded out to ss. Dean flied out to rf. Shane flied out to cf.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Wentworth 9th - Roberts singled to left field. Roberts stole second.
Jordan singled to third base, bunt; Roberts advanced to third. Diodato flied
out to cf, SF, RBI; Jordan advanced to second on a throwing error by cf;
Roberts scored. Chetelat to p. / for Saia. Oggeri singled through the right
side, RBI; Jordan scored, unearned. McManus reached on a fielder's choice,
advanced to second on a throwing error by 2b; Oggeri out at second 3b to 2b.
Flisnik struck out looking. 2 runs, 3 hits, 2 errors, 1 LOB.
Newbury 9th - Chymbor to p for Vezina. Herer struck out swinging. Dunn
grounded out to p, bunt. Iwahori pinch hit for Borden. Iwahori fouled out to
3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Wentworth 10, Newbury 3 (04/09/09 at Cambridge, Mass.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Wentworth........... 003 005 002 - 10 12 2 (18-6-1) Newbury............. 000 110 010 - 3 6 3 (2-18) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Pitchers: Wentworth - Adam Farrar; Doug Papuga(6); Matt Vezina(8); Matt Chymbor(9) and Pete Oggeri. Newbury - Shawon Cave; Michael Gulla(6); Steven Saia(6); Alex Chetelat(9) and Patrick Curry. Win-Adam Farrar(2-1) Loss-Shawon Cave(0-5) T-2:25 A-30 HR WIT - Mike Diodato (1). HR NCB - Alex Chetelat (3). Weather: M-Sunny, 64 degrees; Wind W 20 Game: WIT25