Myrtle Beach, SC – Day 2 in Myrtle Beach for the Colby-Sawyer baseball team was a match with the Falcons of the University of Mary Washington. 

Rapid Recap: 

• Zach Ferris (Stratham, NH) was the starting pitcher for the Chargers, and Jackson Beale was the starting pitcher for the Falcons. 

• Mike McLeer (Saco, ME) singled to center field in the top of the 1st inning. 

• George Rizzo scored a run for the Falcons in the bottom of the 1st. 

• Rizzo hit an RBI single in the 2nd inning to put the Falcons up by two. 

• Sean Smith and William Tuttle both earned RBIs in the 3rd inning for the Falcons. 

• The Falcons scored five runs in the 4th and 5th inning combined. 

• McLeer hit an RBI single in the 6th inning for the Chargers to score Jacob Putnam (North Haverhill, NH). 

• Mason Malloy hit an RBI single in the 7th inning for the Falcons. 

• The Chargers stayed strong as Jared Schmitt (Surry, NH) hit a single into left field in the 8th inning. In the 9th inning, Nick Johnson (Manchester, NJ) hit a single into left field. 

• The Falcons won the game 10-1. 

Inside the Numbers: 

• Ferris threw two strikeouts for the Chargers. 

• Simon Keary (Penacook, NH) pitched 2.1 innings. Hayden Goerlich (Amherst, NH), Colby Russell (Dover, NH), and Justin Powers (Peabody, MA) each pitched one inning for Colby-Sawyer. 

• McLeer ended the game on two hits and one RBI. McLeer is currently batting .360 on the season. 

• Johnson was 1-1 from the plate on Sunday. 

• Eric Powell ended the game on three RBIs for the Falcons. 

• This was the third of nine matches in Myrtle Beach for the Chargers. 

Up Next: 

On Monday, the Chargers will play two games against Western Connecticut State (11am and 2pm). 

WRITTEN BY ERIC DESCHNER