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Baseball Loses at Bryant, 8-5
March 18, 2009 | Baseball
March 18, 2009
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SMITHFIELD, R.I. - Bryant's Pat McKenna went 3-for-3 with two home runs and a double to lead the Bulldogs to an 8-5 win against Boston College Wednesday afternoon at the Bryant Baseball Complex. Sophomore Mickey Wiswall went 3-for-4 for the Eagles.
Wiswall had an RBI and a run in the game as did junior Robbie Anston who added a pair of hits. Freshman Brad Zapenas had the other two hits for BC.
Chris Foundas picked up the win on the mound after throwing 6.1 innings and allowing five runs on seven hits. He gave up four of those runs in the top of the first but settled in afterwards. Mike DelPonte had a 2-for-3 performance with an RBI and a run.
The Eagles got the first three batters of the game on to load the bases and scored four times to take an early lead. Anston led off the game with a single to center on the first pitch and then Zapenas singled into the hole between short and third to put the first two runners on. Sanchez sacrificed the runners over and reached base on a throwing error by the third baseman to load the bases.
Wiswall singled to left to plate the first run and then Belfiore drew a walk to force the second run home. Sanchez scored the third run on a fielder's choice for the first out of the inning and then senior Harry Darling plated the fourth run on a groundout to the right side.
The Bulldogs picked up a run in both the first and second innings to cut the lead in half, 4-2. Pat McKenna got the first run back in the bottom of the first with a leadoff home run to dead center and in the second, Mike DelPonte drove Vigurs home with a sac fly to left field after he reached third when a single he hit took a tough hop past the left fielder.
Boston College picked up a run in the top of the fourth to push the lead back to three. Redshirt freshman Andrew Lawrence got plunked in the leg and then sophomore Garret Smith sacrificed him into scoring position. With a 1-0 count on Anston who was the next batter, he singled up the middle for an RBI to put BC up 5-2.
Bryant scored three times in the bottom of the fifth to tie the game, 5-5. DelPonte singled up the middle to start the frame and after two outs were recorded, DelPonte still found himself on first. Consecutive doubles from McKenna and Dylan Stone brought home a pair of runs and then Nick Campbell drove in the tying run with a single to center.
The Bulldogs tacked on another run in the sixth to take its first lead of the day. Jordan English walked and then DelPonte grounded to Zapenas at second to set up a double play, but the umpire called Smith off the bag at second and the throw was off at first, allowing English to get to third. Jamie Skagerling then laid down a successful suicide squeeze, giving Bryant a 6-5 lead.
McKenna led off the seventh inning for the Bulldogs and took a pitch opposite field for his second homer of the game to extend the lead to 7-5. Bryant added its eighth run of the game in the bottom of the eighth inning when DelPonte scored on a wild pitch.
Boston College (11-5) will now head to College Park, Md. for a three-game ACC series at the Terrapins' Shipley Field. Game times are slated for 7 p.m. Friday and 1 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
