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Watson
10
Colby-Sawyer COLBY-SA 23-16
19
Winner Mitchell MITCHELL 29-10
Colby-Sawyer COLBY-SA
23-16
10
Final
19
Mitchell MITCHELL
29-10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Colby-Sawyer COLBY-SA 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 10 10 3
Mitchell MITCHELL 1 3 0 0 7 0 3 5 X 19 15 3

W: C. Varney (3-1) L: Rogers, Zach (3-4) S: J. Canelli (2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Chargers Can't Hold on Against Mitchell

NEW LONDON, Conn. – The Colby-Sawyer baseball team is on the verge of elimination in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) playoffs after falling to host Mitchell by a 19-10 final. 

Rapid Recap:
  • The Chargers jumped ahead by a 5-0 score in the top half of the first. It start with an RBI double by sophomore Cam Carignan (Rutland, Mass.) scoring sophomore Dylan Watson (Byfield, Mass.). First year Evan Dennis (East Ryegate, Vt.) plated the next run getting walked with the bases loaded to score Carignan. Sophomore Janai Cruz (Manchester, N.H.) cleared the bases to extend the lead to five with a huge double to right center. In the bottom of the first the Mariners got one run back on a fielder's choice RBI. In the second Michael Gajda lifted a solo shot to cut the lead to 5-2. The Mariners continued to chip away with two RBI singles as the lead was 5-4 Colby-Sawyer headed into the third. 
  • The Chargers added some insurance as sophomore Devin Montalvo (Coram, N.Y.) used a squeeze play to score Dennis. In the fifth Colby-Sawyer added one more run as Montalvo walked with the bases loaded to take the 7-4 lead into the fifth. Gajda continued to hurt the Chargers pitching with a RBI single, followed by three more runs on errors in the field. Cole Lalli blew the game open in the fifth with a three-run long ball to give the Mariners a 11-7 lead. 
  • Mitchell continued to add runs in the seventh getting three more as the lead blossomed to 14-7. Carignan cut into the deficit with a two RBI single to right field. The Mariners would put the game away in the eighth and ninth getting five more runs to win 19-10. 
On the Mound:
  • Senior Zach Rogers (Mashpee, Mass.) picked up the loss going 4.1 innings allowing six earned runs with a strikeout. Sophomore Marshall Donahue (Montpelier, Vt.) was next tossing 2.1 innings allowing three earned runs with two strikeouts. Sophomore Justin Powers (Peabody, Mass.) and first year Brady Young (Stratham, N.H.) each got one out while junior Josh Finkle (Littleton, N.H.) closed it out with two outs. 
At the Plate:
  • Cruz led the offense going 2-for-5, with a double and four RBIs. Carignan went 2-for-5 with three RBIs and a run scored. Watson added a 2-for-3 day with a run scored. 
Up Next:
The Chargers will play Saint Joseph's (Maine) at 3:40 to see who will advance to tomorrow's pod final. 

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