QUINCY, Mass. – Sophomore Austin Martin (Cranston, R.I.) pitched a complete game five hitter, while classmates Zachary Johnson (Wakefield, R.I.) and Matthew Whitman (North Plainfield, N.J.) each had a pair of hits as the Nichols College baseball team defeated Wentworth, 5-2, in a The Commonwealth Coast Conference game played at Eastern Nazarene College’s Bradley Field.
The visiting Bison took an early 2-0 lead when junior Al Montalto (Wilmington, Mass.) doubled in sophomore Joshua Clark (Brunswick, Maine),who had led off the game with a double. A wild pitch moved Montalto to third, and, after a flyout to left, a throwing error would score him.
Wentworth scored a single run in the third inning, as sophomore Matt Jordan (Concord, N.H.) drew a leadoff walk, was sacrificed to second, and moved to third on a wild pitch. He would score on an RBI groundout by junior Pete Oggeri (Sandy Hook, Conn.). A single by sophomore Jake McManus (Hopkinton, N.H.) and double by freshman Conner Flisnik (Marcy, N.Y.) placed runners at second and third with two outs, but Martin got a strikeout to end the inning.
The Bison distanced themselves in the fourth, scoring three times, as Whitman had an RBI single, junior Cale LaCasse (Danielson, Conn.) was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, and Clark had a sacrifice fly. LaCasse would steal second, but on the same play senior Robert Birkbeck (Worcester, Mass.) would get caught trying to steal home on the double steal.
Nichols left two runners on in both the sixth and seventh innings and would leave the bases loaded in the ninth inning. Wentworth would trim the lead to 5-2 in the home half of the eighth on an RBI single from senior Nick Cunningham (Pembroke, Mass.), but would leave runners at second and third.
Martin improved to 4-1 on the season with his complete-game effort. He threw 130 pitches, 78 for strikes, and struck out nine batters. Junior Doug Papuga (Branford, Conn.) suffered his first loss of the season (3-1), allowing five runs (two earned) on eight hits and striking out five. Senior Matt Chymbor (Meriden, Conn.), who would also have a hit and a run scored in the eighth, pitched two scoreless innings, allowing zero hits, walking three, and striking out four.
With the win Nichols improves to 12-13 overall and 7-7 in TCCC play. The Bison are back in action on Thursday against Worcester State. Wentworth suffered its second straight loss to fall to 20-8-1 overall and 9-4-1 in conference play. The Leopards are at Babson Thursday.
2009 Wentworth Leopards
Nichols at Wentworth
04/14/09 at Quincy, Mass. (Bradley Field)
Nichols 5 (12-13,7-7 TCCC)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Joshua Clark 3b.......... 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 3
Zachary Johnson rf....... 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Montalto 2b........... 5 1 1 1 0 1 0 5 0
Austin Martin p.......... 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0
George Sergi lf.......... 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1
John Rivers ph.......... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Jarred Syuczynski lf.... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Christopher Nemeskal 1b.. 5 1 0 0 0 2 15 0 2
Matthew Whitman ss....... 4 1 2 1 0 2 1 7 3
Robert Birkbeck c........ 2 0 1 0 2 0 10 1 0
Cale LaCasse cf.......... 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
Totals................... 33 5 8 4 6 9 27 16 11
Wentworth 2 (20-8-1,9-4-1 TCCC)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Jake McManus dh.......... 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Matt Chymbor p.......... 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
Conner Flisnik ss........ 3 0 1 0 1 1 2 6 0
Nick Cunningham lf....... 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 2
Ben Danker 1b............ 4 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 2
Anthony Carbone 2b....... 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0
Mike Roberts cf.......... 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
Matt Jordan rf........... 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0
Mike Diodato 3b.......... 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
Joe Meucci 3b........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin McKenzie ph....... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Pete Oggeri c............ 3 0 0 1 0 0 10 3 0
Doug Papuga p/ph......... 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
Totals................... 31 2 5 2 3 9 27 14 6
Score by Innings R H E
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Nichols............. 200 300 000 - 5 8 1
Wentworth........... 001 000 010 - 2 5 4
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E - Clark(6); Cunningham(4); Carbone, A.(6); Diodato(8); Meucci(4). DP -
Bison 1; Leopards 1. LOB - Bison 11; Leopards 6. 2B - Clark(4); Montalto(5);
Flisnik(1). HBP - LaCasse. SH - Whitman(2); LaCasse(1); Diodato(2). SF -
Clark(1). SB - Johnson(17); LaCasse(12). CS - Johnson(2); Birkbeck(2).
Nichols IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Austin Martin....... 9.0 5 2 2 3 9 31 35
Wentworth IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Doug Papuga......... 7.0 8 5 2 3 5 27 33
Matt Chymbor........ 2.0 0 0 0 3 4 6 10
Win - Martin (4-1). Loss - Papuga (3-1). Save - None.
WP - Martin 2(4); Papuga(4). HBP - by Papuga (LaCasse). Inherited
runners/scored: None.
Umpires - HP: Norm Zaleski 1B: Lee Hutchens
Start: 3:28 pm Time: 2:05 Attendance: 47
Weather: M-Sunny, 56 degrees; Wind E-12
Game: WIT29
2009 Wentworth Leopards
Nichols at Wentworth - Play-by-Play
04/14/09 at Quincy, Mass. (Bradley Field)
Score by Innings R H E
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Nichols............. 200 300 000 - 5 8 1
Wentworth........... 001 000 010 - 2 5 4
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Nichols starters: 16/3b Clark; 13/rf Johnson; 11/2b Montalto; 24/p Martin;
10/lf Sergi; 19/1b Nemeskal; 33/ss Whitman; 12/c Birkbeck; 15/cf LaCasse;
Wentworth starters: 11/dh McManus; 2/ss Flisnik; 8/lf Cunningham; 13/1b Danker;
17/2b Carbone, A.; 20/cf Roberts; 25/rf Jordan; 5/3b Diodato; 30/c Oggeri; 10/p
Papuga;
Nichols 1st - Clark doubled to center field. Johnson singled through the
left side; Clark advanced to third. Johnson out at second c to ss, caught
stealing. Montalto doubled down the lf line, RBI; Clark scored. Montalto
advanced to third on a wild pitch. Martin lined out to lf; Montalto scored on a
throwing error by lf, unearned. Sergi struck out looking. 2 runs, 3 hits, 1
error, 0 LOB.
Wentworth 1st - McManus grounded out to c. Flisnik grounded out to 2b.
Cunningham grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Nichols 2nd - Nemeskal reached on a fielding error by 3b. Whitman
grounded out to c, SAC, bunt; Nemeskal advanced to second. Birkbeck grounded
out to ss; Nemeskal advanced to third. LaCasse struck out looking. 0 runs, 0
hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Wentworth 2nd - Danker grounded out to 2b. Carbone, A. struck out
swinging. Roberts grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Nichols 3rd - Clark walked. Johnson grounded into double play ss to 1b;
Clark out on the play. Montalto grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Wentworth 3rd - Jordan walked. Diodato grounded out to 3b, SAC, bunt;
Jordan advanced to second. Jordan advanced to third on a wild pitch. Oggeri
grounded out to ss, RBI; Jordan scored. McManus singled to shortstop. Flisnik
doubled to center field; McManus advanced to third. Cunningham struck out
looking. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Nichols 4th - Martin struck out swinging. Sergi walked. Nemeskal reached
on a fielder's choice to shortstop; Sergi advanced to second on a muffed throw
by 2b, assist by ss. Whitman singled to left field, RBI; Nemeskal advanced to
second; Sergi scored, unearned. Birkbeck walked; Whitman advanced to second;
Nemeskal advanced to third. LaCasse hit by pitch, RBI; Birkbeck advanced to
second; Whitman advanced to third; Nemeskal scored. Clark flied out to cf, SF,
RBI; Birkbeck advanced to third; Whitman scored, unearned. LaCasse stole
second. Birkbeck out at home c to ss to c, caught stealing. 3 runs, 1 hit, 1
error, 1 LOB.
Wentworth 4th - Danker struck out looking. Carbone, A. reached on a
throwing error by 3b. Roberts grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b;
Carbone, A. out on the play. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.
Nichols 5th - Johnson grounded out to 3b. Montalto flied out to rf.
Martin singled through the left side. Sergi struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Wentworth 5th - Jordan grounded out to p. Diodato fouled out to c.
Oggeri grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Nichols 6th - Nemeskal struck out swinging. Whitman singled to center
field. Birkbeck singled to left field; Whitman advanced to second. LaCasse
reached on a fielder's choice to pitcher; Birkbeck advanced to second; Whitman
out at third p to 3b. Clark flied out to rf. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2
LOB.
Wentworth 6th - McManus struck out swinging. Flisnik struck out
swinging. Cunningham grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Nichols 7th - Johnson singled to center field. Montalto reached on a
fielder's choice to pitcher; Johnson out at second ss to 2b. Martin flied out
to lf. Sergi reached on a fielder's choice to third base; Montalto advanced to
second. Nemeskal reached on a fielder's choice to shortstop; Sergi out at
second ss to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Wentworth 7th - Danker struck out looking. Carbone, A. walked. Roberts
struck out swinging. Papuga pinch hit for Jordan. / for Papuga. Papuga struck
out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Nichols 8th - Papuga to rf. Chymbor to p for McManus. Whitman struck out
swinging. Birkbeck walked. LaCasse grounded out to p, SAC, bunt; Birkbeck
advanced to second. Clark grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Wentworth 8th - Diodato struck out swinging. Oggeri grounded out to ss.
Chymbor singled to right field. Flisnik walked; Chymbor advanced to second.
Cunningham singled to left field, RBI; Flisnik advanced to second; Chymbor
scored. Cunningham advanced to second on a wild pitch; Flisnik advanced to
third on a wild pitch. Danker grounded out to 2b. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2
LOB.
Nichols 9th - Meucci to 3b for Diodato. Johnson reached on a dropped fly
by 3b. Johnson stole second. Montalto struck out swinging. Martin intentionally
walked. Rivers pinch hit for Sergi. Rivers walked; Martin advanced to second;
Johnson advanced to third. Nemeskal struck out swinging. Whitman struck out
swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB.
Wentworth 9th - Stuczynski to lf for Rivers. Carbone, A. grounded out to
ss. Roberts singled to left field. Papuga flied out to lf. McKenzie pinch hit
for Meucci. McKenzie grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Nichols 5, Wentworth 2 (04/14/09 at Quincy, Mass.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Nichols............. 200 300 000 - 5 8 1 (12-13, 7-7 TCCC) Wentworth........... 001 000 010 - 2 5 4 (20-8-1, 9-4-1 TCCC) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Pitchers: Nichols - Austin Martin and Robert Birkbeck. Wentworth - Doug Papuga; Matt Chymbor(8) and Pete Oggeri. Win-Austin Martin(4-1) Loss-Doug Papuga(3-1) T-2:05 A-47 Weather: M-Sunny, 56 degrees; Wind E-12 Game: WIT29