SEAHAWK BASEBALL RESULTS
Salve Regina 11, Wentworth 1 [1]
Salve Regina 9, Wentworth 2 [2]
Newport, R.I. - Reynolds Field
Saturday, April 9, 2022

Summary
NEWPORT, R.I. - The Salve Regina University baseball team got 31 strikeouts from its pitching staff to help sweep Wentworth Institute of Technology in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) action Saturday afternoon.

Series and Streaks
The Seahawks improve to 50-20 all-time over the Leopards.

Turning Points
In Game 1 the Seahawks got a complete game from starter Dominic Perachi (Washington Depot, Conn.) who tossed seven innings and racked up a career-high 17 strikeouts while allowing just his first earned run of the season to improve to 6-0 on the mound. The Seahawks never trailed and broke the game open in the sixth with a three-run homer from Brandon Grover (Ashland, Mass.). Chris Veneruso (Westport, Conn.) followed that up with a two-run shot in the seventh, the first home run of his career, to give the Seahawks a 10-1 lead. A flyout from Dylan Ketch (Clinton, Conn.) scored Justice Welch (Hackensack, N.J.) in the eighth to give Salve Regina a 11-1 mercy-rule victory.

In Game 2 the Seahawks again got a dominant outing from their starting pitcher. This time it was graduate student Patrick Maybach (Saunderstown, R.I.) who went eight innings and struck out 12 batters while allowing just one run. The Seahawks never trailed and again separated themselves from the Leoapards in the sixth inning. Leading 2-0 the Seahawks put up five runs in the bottom of the sixth aided by back-to-back singles for Jared Beniers (Abington, Mass.) and Michael Breen (Auburn, Mass.) which brought in three runs, then a Leopard error and an RBI groundout for Tyler Petrosino (Beverly, Mass.) rounded out the scoring in the frame.

Ketching Records
Graduate student Dylan Ketch collected four hits on the day to set a new program record for hits in a career. Ketch surpasses former teammate Zack Smith's record of 238 set in 2019.

Quick Hits

• Brandon Sullivan (Quincy, Mass.) took the loss in Game 1 for the Leopards. Sullivan lasted 4.1 innings striking out four while allowing four runs.
• Brodi Farinas (Lewiston, Maine) took the loss in Game 2, surrendering seven runs on ten hits with four strikeouts to fall to 2-3 on the year.

Next up
Salve Regina (12-7-2, 6-0-2 CCC) hosts Amherst on Monday, April 11, at 3:45 p.m., while Wentworth (11-7, 1-4 CCC) returns home to host Nichols in another CCC matchup on Tuesday, April 12.