Lancers Edge out Bucs in Buzzards Bay

BUZZARDS BAY, MA -- The Worcester State University Lancers edged out the Massachusetts Maritime Buccaneers, 4-3 in MASCAC baseball play. The Lancers hit three home runs off of Buccaneer pitching, Worcester took game one of the three-game series, 4-3.

The Basics

Final: Lancers 4, Buccaneers 3

Records: Worcester (18-16, 12-7)

               Maritime (21-14, 13-6)

On the Mound

Worcester: Danny DiMassimo (W, 2-1): 4 IP | 3 H | 0 R | 0 BB | 4 K

Maritime: Justin Brown (L, 5-2): 6.2 IP | 9 H | 4 R | 4 ER | 3 BB | 2 K

                Sam Huffman: 2.1 IP | 1 H | 0 R | 0 BB | 0 K

At The Plate

Maritime

• Zach Sylvia and Michael Doyle both had two hits in the game.
• A.J. Luciano, Aidan Henderson, AJ Pietrafesa, and John Tropea all had one hit.
• Pietrafesa, Tropea and Doyle all drove in runs. 
• Sylvia, Brett Velzis and Henderson scored the three Buccaneers runs.
• Tropea drew two walks in the game. Alex Schlapak, and Velzis each walked once.

Worcester

• Mike Chaves Jr. and Tom Halliwell both had two hits in the game. Six other Lancers recorded hits.
• Chaves Jr., Alex Sorenti-Burns and Chris Ausiello all hit home runs in the game.
• Sean Devis had a double to his credit.
• Thomas DiBattista, Halliwell and Sean Dutton all walked once.

How It Happened

Worcester hit home runs in the top of the second and top off the third off the bats of Sorenti-Burns and Chaves Jr.

Down 2-0 in the bottom of the fourth, the Bucs scored on a bases-loaded walk of Tropea and an RBI single from Doyle to tie the game at 2-2. The Bucs added another run in the bottom of the fifth on a Pietrafesa single that scored Sylvia to give the Bucs a 3-2 lead.

In the top of the seventh, the Lancers got a third home run from Ausiello to tie the game. Devin then doubles down the right field line to bring DiBattista in to score and take a 4-3 lead.

Maritime were unable to erase the deficit and dropped game one of the three-game series to the Lancers.

What's Next

The two teams meet again tomorrow in Worcester for a conference doubleheader beginning at 1pm.

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