NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA (courtesy Umass-Dartmouth sports info) - The
visiting Brandeis University Judges scored five runs in the seventh
and eighth innings and came from behind to defeat the University of
Massachusetts Dartmouth’s baseball team, 9-8, in a
non-conference game at the UMass Dartmouth Athletic Complex
Saturday.
The Judges took the lead for good in the seventh when sophomore 2B
John O’Brion (Portland, Maine) reached on catcher’s
interference with the bases loaded, and classmate 1B Drake Livada
(Cape Elizabeth, Maine) followed with a sacrifice fly. Junior DH
Nick Gallagher (Southboro, Mass.) singled in two runs in the eighth
and scored on an error.
Senior first baseman Dylan Zygmont’s (Swansea, MA) RBI single
in the first inning staked the Corsairs to a 1-0 lead. Brandeis
rookie 3B Pat Nicholson (E. Walpole, Mass.) doubled in a run in a
two-run sophomore catcher Artie Posch (Hopedale, Mass.) made it 4-1
Judges in the third.
UMass Dartmouth rallied, getting a run in the fourth on junior DH
Casey Askeland’s (Dartmouth, MA) run-scoring single and three
more in the fifth on Askeland’s two-run single and a
run-scoring hit by sophomore LF Tom LaDore (Milford, CT) to take a
5-4 lead. The Corsairs scored three in the eighth on senior catcher
Kevin Narey’s (Lynn, MA) RBI single and a two-run single by
sophomore center fielder Jeff Macchi (Franklin, MA), but Nicholson
moved to the mound from third base and escaped a bases-loaded jam
by getting Zygmont to ground out, then retired the side in order in
the ninth to earn his second save of the season.
Senior Rocco Toppi (Portland, Maine), the fourth of seven Brandeis
pitchers, earned the victory with two scoreless innings and
improved to 2-1, while senior right-hander Brian Vanasse (Sterling,
MA), who started and pitched into the ninth inning, took the loss
and dropped to 0-3.
The Corsairs dropped to 1-12 with the loss, while Brandeis improved
to 7-6 with the victory. UMass Dartmouth will return to action when
they host Southern Maine Sunday in a Little East Conference
doubleheader, while the Judges will visit Babson Monday.
Baseball rallies to defeat UMass-Dartmouth, 9-8
Posted: Mar 29, 2008