Golden Bears Get By Baseball

HOLYOKE, MA - The Elms College Baseball team hosted the Western New England University Golden Bears in a non-conference game Tuesday afternoon at Mackenzie Stadium.

BASICS
Score: Elms College 2 | Western New England University 10
Record: Blazers 14-14, 4-5 (GNAC) | Golden Bears 10-10, 1-2 (CCC)

HOW IT HAPPENED

Sophomore Justin Saad (Waterford, CT) would get the nod to start the game for the Blazers, throwing four strikeouts and two scoreless innings in his four innings pitched. Western New England started off the game by scoring two early runs during the first inning to take the lead over Elms. The Blazers responded during their half of the inning, as senior Justin Miller (Prospect, CT) recorded a sacrifice fly, scoring junior George Chaya Jr. (Methuen, MA). This gave Elms a run and made the score only 2-1 in favor of the Golden Bears.The Bears added two more runs in the top of the second, and then shut the Blazers bats down. With no offense, Elms could do nothing but sit back and watch the Bears lead grow in the fifth inning when Western New England scored two more runs to have a 6-1 lead. The Blazers added another run off of a first-year Griffen Levesque (Agawam, MA) sacrifice fly, scoring sophomore Chase Prestia (Newington, CT), but Elms could not score any more runs after that. The Blazers struggled on defense again and watched the Golden Bears score four more runs, handing Elms the loss 10-2.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Chaya Jr.: one hit, one run scored, and one run batted in.

• Levesque: one run batted in. 

• Miller: one hit and one run batted in.

UP NEXT: The Blazers will be on the road at Colby Sawyer College on Sunday, April 14th at 12:00 P.M.

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