Baseball Drops Two at MASCAC Foe Framingham State

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. – The MCLA Baseball team took to the highway this afternoon, heading east to meet up with the Framingham State Rams at Bowditch Field. Framingham got complete game showings from starters Connor Thibault and Josh Sunderland, who combined for 15 strikeouts while allowing only two runs in 14 innings to complete a series sweep.

THE BASICS:

• Date: Saturday, April 11, 2026
• Game #1: MCLA 1, FSU 9
• Game #2: MCLA 1, FSU 2
• Records: MCLA Trailblazers 8-14 (MASCAC 2-8) | Framingham State University Rams 6-17 (MASCAC 4-10)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Game #1
  • MCLA needed only two hitters to get on the scoreboard after Roshan Warriar (Pittsfield, MA) opened the game with a triple into right field before scoring on Joshua Bissaillon's (East Greenbush, NY) sac fly to right field.
  • The Rams responded with an early statement, scoring six runs in the bottom of the first inning. Needing only five hits to score the six runs, the big swings were an RBI double to left by Nicholas Kutcher, a two-run single by Rosco Palmer, and back-to-back triples by Zachry Kern and Jakob Lindkvist.
  •  Framingham added another run in the third inning on a Palmer triple and a Kern sac fly.
  • The Rams finished the scoring in the fifth, plating two runs on a Kutcher RBI single and a Kern RBI ground out.
  • Connor Thibault went the distance for Framingham, scattering five hits across seven innings, allowing one run and striking out four to level his season record at 1-1. Jake Jasminski (Milford, CT) took the loss for the Trailblazers to fall to 1-3.
• Game #2
  • The Rams and MCLA engaged in their second pitchers' duel in two days, following yesterday's matchup that had been tied at two before the teams combined for eight runs in the 11^th inning.
  • The Trailblazers broke through for the first run of the game in the fourth inning, pushing a run across with a bases-loaded walk by William Whitcomb (North Haven, CT) to score Gavin Pettit (Southington, CT).
  • FSU was able to level the score in the bottom of the sixth inning by stringing together a walk by Colin Johnson, a sac bunt by Massimo Mondi, and a single by Christian Cox.
  • The home team then only needed two batters in the bottom of the seventh to win in walk-off fashion behind a lead-off triple by Kutcher and an RBI single to center by Palmer.
  • Josh Sunderland threw a complete game, five-hitter, striking out 11 against two walks to level his record at 1-1. Bissaillon allowed only two hits across six innings but only came away with a no-decision. Chase Wendling (Pittsfield, MA) relieved in the seventh, allowing one run on two hits and dropping to 0-2 for the season.

UP NEXT:

On Monday, MCLA will be back in action when it travels to Riccards Field and Fitchburg State University for a MASCAC matchup with the Falcons. The first pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m.

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