STONEHILL JUMPS ON AIC EARLY, POSTS 8-3 WIN
EASTON, Mass. (April 5, 2007)-- Senior Adam Pardo
(Hanover, Mass.) went 4-for-5 as part of a 15-hit attack as
Stonehill used a six-run first inning outburst to post an 8-3
Northeast-10 Conference baseball victory over American
International Thursday afternoon at Gorman Field.
AIC jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first as Jeff Rustico (Plantsville, Conn.) singled to score Kyle Paton (Westfield, Mass.), as Paton and Tyler Cooke (Brattleboro,Vt.) led off the game with back-to-back walks.
The host Skyhawks (9-14, 3-8 Northeast-10) then
batted around in their first as a two-run double off the bat of
sophomore Javier Guzman (San Juan, P.R.) highlighted a six-hit
Stonehill effort in the first frame. Senior Blake Marston (Concord,
N.H.) and junior Ryan Halloran (Tyngsboro, Mass.) also drove in
runs with a single and a fielder's choice for the hosts, who also
received a sacrifice fly off the bat of junior David Fradette
(Goffstown, N.H.) in the inning. The Skyhawks extended their lead
to 8-1 in the fourth on RBI singles by Pardo and senior Max
Vigliotti (Stamford, Conn.), and American International closed out
the scoring in the sixth with a pair of runs on a bases loaded walk
to senior Dominic Meattey (Fitzwilliam, N.H.) and an RBI single by
junior Jason Rustico (Plantsville, Conn.).
Guzman, senior Matt Vaughn (Bow, N.H.) and junior Matt Orr (Wilton,
Conn.) each had two hits in the win for Stonehill, as sophomore
Matt Giusti (Hopkinton, Mass.) picked up his second win on the
mound for the hosts, allowing four hits and three earned runs in 5
2/3 innings of work with three strikeouts. Sophomore Justin Perry
(Wilbraham, Mass.) allowed just two hits and fanned two in 3 1/3
scoreless innings of relief to pick up his first save of the spring
for the Skyhawks. Senior Brett Cooley (Somers, Conn.) allowed 12
hits and seven earned runs in five innings of work to fall to 0-2
on the mound for American International, as the Yellow Jackets
received a pair of hits off the bat of Jason Rustico.
American International hosts Bloomfield in a non-league
doubleheader on Saturday morning in Springfield, Mass. at 10:00
a.m.