NEW LONDON, Conn. –
In a Sunday afternoon game vs league opponent WPI, Coast Guard came out victorious by a score of 9-4. With the loss, the Engineers fall to 11-15(0-7 NEWMAC). They will next travel to Nichols College, tomorrow at 3:30 PM.
On the mound to start for the Bears was
John DiMarsico(Severna Park, MD). The freshman lefty escaped a bases loaded no out jam in the first giving up just one. In the second, the Bears would tie it up at one when
Connor Cilento(Point Pleasant, NJ) did his job and put the ball in play with a runner on third to score the tying run.
Wyatt Duthu was the man to score, he led off the inning with a line drive triple over the centerfielders head for WPI.
In the bottom of the third,
Parker Madden(Ruston, LA) both made CGA history and gave the Bears the lead with one swing of the bat. His line drive shot over the left field fence was Madden's 100th career hit, putting him in rarified air in Coast Guard baseball history.
After WPI got one back with a homer of their own in the top of the 4th, CGA got right back with two more runs in the bottom of the frame. After a
Connor Cilento infield single,
Jack Steel(Medford Lakes, NJ) sac bunt, and
Kael Godshalk(Bangor, PA) HBP,
Luke Percifield(Pinellas Park, FL) sent a bloop single into right field to score Cilento. Steel would score on the next batter with
Carson Cho(Haymarket, VA) earning the RBI.
After WPI got two back in the top of the 5th, CGA again answered right away, this time with a bomb off the bat of
Rick Barkley. Barkley would get another RBI in the 6th when he walked with the bases loaded to score
Carson Cho.
In the 7th,
Connor Cilento would join the homer party with a shot over the left field fence for the Bears third of the game. CGA would tack on one more run in the 8th on a
Wyatt Duthu single to score
Nathan Stafford(Jupiter, FL) and make the score 9-4, which would be the final score.
Earning the win on the mound for Coast Guard was
Jackson Dorsey(Newark, DE). The sophomore earned his first victory of the season with 2.1 scoreless innings in relief, walking none and striking out two.
Ryan Karman(Sayville, NY) shut the door for the Bears with two innings of scoreless ball in the 8th and 9th.
Coast Guard improves to 16-9(5-2 NEWMAC). Their 5-2 conference record has them tied for 2nd in the NEWMAC. The Bears will next host first place Wheaton College on Tuesday April 15th at 3:30 PM.
