NORTHBOROUGH, Mass. – March 29, 2017 - The Colby-Sawyer baseball team earned a 3-2 victory over Lesley on Wednesday afternoon.
The Chargers even their record to 6-6 and will hope to get back to action sometime next week. Lesley falls to 9-4.
Colby-Sawyer senior first baseman
Justin Devoid (Quechee, Vt.) hit a solo homerun in the top of the ninth for the game-winner.
Senior right-hander
Chris Mitchell Jr. (Avon, Mass.) was dominant on the mound for the Chargers to earn his third win of the season. He pitched seven innings and struck out seven. Sophomore
Ryan Glendye (Litchfield, N.H.) earned his first save of the season by pitching the final two innings.
The Lynx opened the scoring in the home half of the fifth when sophomore Matthew Bavaro (Sayville, N.Y.) hit an RBI single into left field.
In the sixth, the Chargers struck for a pair of runs and never looked back. Junior
Joey Fenuccio (Keene, N.H.) opened the inning with a single into right-center. He then came around on a two-run homer run over the left field fence by senior
Nathan Frongillo (Haverhill, Mass.) to put the Chargers on top 2-1.
It stayed a one-run game until the top of the ninth when Devoid added an insurance run with a solo homerun to right-center.
The Lynx got one back in the bottom of the ninth on a Daniel O'Donnell, Jr. (Clark, N.J.) homerun, but Glendye shut the door to preserve the 3-2 Colby-Sawyer victory.
Colby-Sawyer junior
Connor Henry (East Boston, Mass.) went 3-for-3 at the plate.
Idevaio took the loss for Lesley after pitching four innings of relief allowing two runs on three hits.
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