Baseball swept by Worcester State in MASCAC doubleheader

NORTH ADAMS, Mass.—After taking the first game of the weekend series against Worcester State yesterday the MCLA Baseball team was swept in a doubleheader today by the Lancers at Joe Wolfe Stadium. The visitors took the opener handily by a score of 14-1 then came from behind late in the nightcap to win 4-2. Worcester State improved to 8-12 (4-2 MASCAC) while MCLA dropped to 7-13 (1-5 MASCAC).

Game One         Worcester State 14        MCLA 1

After Joe Auger led off the top of the 3^rd with a solo homerun, an Anthony Iamarone two-run double and a Chris Ausiello RBI single would give the Lancers a 4-0 lead.

MCLA's Austin Rachiele would answer in the home-half with a solo shot of his own to make it 4-1 but that would be the last run the Trailblazers would score in the opener.

Worcester would plate four runs in the 6^th and six more in the 7^th to salt away game one, 14-1.

Cole Glassburn (W, 2-1) would go the distance allowing only one run on five hits for the Lancers. MCLA starting pitcher Bryan Rosario (L, 3-4) allowed 6 runs on seven hits, striking out six batters in the loss.

Game Two         Worcester State 4          MCLA 2

MCLA's Clarence Givhans would score on a wild pitch in the bottom of the 1^st but Worcester State would tie the game in the top of the 3^rd on a Tyler Smith RBI double that brough in Joe Auger.

That score would hold until the bottom of the 6^th when Jayco Pena singled in Randy Adams to give the Trailblazers a 2-1 lead headed to the final inning. But the Lancers would respond with three runs on RBI hits by Tom Halliwell, Alex Sorenti and Anthony Iamarone to go up 4-2.

MCLA would get the go ahead run to the plate in the bottom of the 7^th but Lancer reliever Danny DiMassimo (S, 1) registered the final two outs to preserve the win.

Worcester State staring pitcher Kevin Zarnoch Jr. (W, 2-3) claim the victory allowing 2 runs on four hits, striking out six batters in 6.1 innings of work. MCLA reliever Garrett Brunette (L, 0-1) took the loss for the Trailblazers allowing 3 runs in two innings.

Worcester State will next host Nichols College on Monday at 5pm while MCLA travels to Dean College on Tuesday for a 3:30pm nonconference tilt.