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Wil McCarthy exhorts his teammates at the College World Series
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Salve Regina SALVE RE 9-3
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Winner Mitchell MITCHELL 5-12
Salve Regina SALVE RE
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Final
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Mitchell MITCHELL
5-12
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Salve Regina SALVE RE 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 7 2
Mitchell MITCHELL 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 4 5 0

W: E. Kaftan (2-2) L: Keating, James (1-1) S: C. Gibbs (1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Ed Habershaw '03M

Mariners spring upset on #5/#6 Seahawks, 4-3

NEW LONDON, Conn. - #5/#6 Salve Regina University baseball took a 1-0 lead after batting in the top of the first at Mitchell College on Thursday afternoon at Alumni Field in New London, Connecticut, but the Mariners rallied for a 4-3 victory with the help of a couple of unearned runs. The Seahawks (9-3) outhit the Mariners (5-12), 7-to-5, but could only muster single runs in the first, fourth, and sixth innings, and were fighting from behind since the second.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Finals: Mitchell 4, Salve Regina 3
Records: Salve Regina (9-3, 0-0 NEWMAC), Mitchell (5-12, 0-0 GNAC)
All-Time Series: Salve Regina entered today's game with a 13-3 mark in the all-time series since 2010. The Seahawks had won the last the last four meetings including a record-setting (since broken) 27-2 triumph in Newport one year ago to the date. The Mariners had last won on the back end of a doubleheader in May 2021 when both teams had qualified for the NCAA postseason and still had room for games to add before the championships began.

SUMMARY

  • T1 - Brandon Grover led off with an opposite-field double and, after a walk to Evan O'Rourke, moved to third on a fielder's choice grounder. Former Mariner Hunter Yaworski singled down the right field line for an RBI. | SEAHAWKS 1, MARINERS 0
  • B2 - Kenneth Miller Jr. and Thai-ler Sestokas, both righty batters, were hit by Keating pitches. After a Louis Collazo infield single, the Mariners scored on a Seahawk throwing error. An infield ground out drove in the go-ahead run for Mitchell which never trailed after the second. | MARINERS 2, SEAHAWKS 1
  • B3 - Michael Ficodelli reached base on an infield error and after a series of fielder's choice grounders changed the base runners, Michael Gadja stole home while Chas Terni Jr. stole second. | MARINERS 3, SEAHAWKS 1
  • T4 - With one out, Wil McCarthy reached base on a hit by pitch and advanced to third on Shane Williams' single through the right side. Tyler Petrosino's sacrifice fly to center brought McCarthy home. | MARINERS 3, SEAHAWKS 2
  • B4 - Nicholas Bracale struck a two-out, solo home run. | MARINERS 4, SEAHAWKS 2
  • T6 - Christian Homa led off with a single up the middle and advanced to second on a Yaworski ground out. Wil McCarthy was hit by another pitch. Shane Williams drove in the final run of the game with a single through the right side. | MARINERS 4, SEAHAWKS 3

NOTEWORTHY

  • James Keating (L, 1-1) started and took the loss after working four frames and allowing only two earned runs.
  • Keating (4), James Tobin (2), Nick Callano (2), and Andrew Wertz (3) combined for 11 strikeouts of the Mariner batters.
  • Shane Williams led the Seahawks with two base hits.
  • Brandon Grover led off the game with a double and scored the first run.
  • Tyler Petrosino had a ground rule double in the eighth that would have tied the game with a teammate running from first base.
  • Seahawks stranded the bases loaded in the top of the eighth and left 10 runners on base over the nine frames.

NEXT UP
Salve Regina hosts Husson University in a non-league doubleheader on Saturday, March 22, with a live stream on FloCollege.
 

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