Massasoit CC 10 – Dean College 8

The Warriors picked up their third win of the season over the Dean Bulldogs in a game played in Franklin, Mass. The bats finally came alive and the Warriors established a 10-1 lead going into the seventh inning. Then the walls came tumbling down as an infield grounder was misplayed, a ground ball thrown into right field allowed runners to advance and the outfield airmailed a cut to second allowing runners to score. Before you could say “hold on” the Bulldogs plated six runs. The sloppy defensive play overshadowed strong pitching performances by Ethan Kelley, Brandon Quirk, Luke Nagle and Dave Tarr. What was supposed to be an inning to prep for Saturday, turned into a save situation for Dave in the bottom of the ninth. But a win is a win, it’s just that this win should not have required us to use four arms to seal the victory.

The upside is the hitting began to come around. Tyler Andrade had four hits including two doubles, he scored twice and knocked in three runs. Luke Nagle had a pair of hits, two walks and was hit by a pitch and scored three times. Chris Roumbakis walked three times and had a single. When you take into consideration that Dean handed us ten walks and hit three batters, we really should have scored a lot more runs. We let them hang in the game and it almost came back to bite us. The Warriors have to realize the game has three parts, defense, offense and pitching. We need to be balanced in all three areas.

Friday we travel for another Division II matchup with UCAP. Shane Holmes will have the ball and the challenge. Saturday we take on New Hampshire Tech for an 11:00 DH for our first home games of the season.

Tyler Andrade had a big day for the Warriors, with four hit,  three runs batted in and scoring twice in a 10-8 win over Dean College.

Tyler Andrade had a big day for the Warriors, with four hit, three runs batted in and scoring twice in a 10-8 win over Dean College.