HOW IT HAPPENED
In the early going, Saint Joseph's employed the long ball as junior second baseman Taylor Black led
off the bottom of the first with a solo home run down the left field line and senior left fielder Taylor Reuillard lifted the Monks to a 4-0 lead with a two-run jack over the right field wall in the third.
In the bottom of the fourth, St. Joe's all but put the game away with eight runs off four hits and a Husson error. Junior designated hitter Jameson Collins accounted for four of the runs on one swing by launching a grand slam well beyond the left field fence.
PITCHER OF RECORD
With five days off – and today's game being the Monks' second in the last 10 days - Saint Joseph's utilized a "Charlie whole-staff" approach in an effort to get as many pitchers back in action as possible. With this in mind, seven different pitchers saw time in the lopsided victory.
Sophomore Travis Godbout was credited with his first collegiate victory after tossing two innings of one-hit ball with a pair of strikeouts while throwing 17 of 24 pitches for strikes. Junior Nick Malatesta started the game but did not factor into the decision after allowing a hit and a walk with three K's over two innings.
Freshman Grayson Jennings, junior Matt Wojciak, sophomore Chris Gerossie, and seniors Riley Cox and Corey McNamara tossed an inning apiece and combined to yield two runs off three hits and two free passes with eight punch-outs. McNamara looked particularly sharp in the top of the ninth, throwing all 10 of his pitches for strikes en route to striking out the side.
For the Eagles, sophomore starter Tommy Burns falls to 1-1 on the season after allowing eight runs (four earned) off six hits and a walk with one strikeout over 3.1 innings. Connor Maguire, Matt Smith, Kyle Bourget, Joe Skoczylas, and AJ Purcell combined to give up eight runs (four earned) off eight hits and seven walks with one K over 4.2 innings of collective relief.
SJC HIGHLIGHTS
• Collins was 3-4 with two runs, a homer, and four RBI
• Black went 2-4 with a run, a home run, and four RBI
• Freshman third baseman Noah McDaniel (Eliot, Maine) reached base five times with two hits and a pair of walks and scored three runs
• Reuillard added two runs, a homer, and three RBI in two plate appearences
• Junior right fielder Dennis Meehan went 2-3 with two runs and a double
• Freshman center fielder Jared Gagne scored a pair of runs and was 1-3 with an RBI
HUSSON HIGHLIGHTS
• Freshman shortstop Mike Wong accounted for three of the Eagles' five hits and was 3-4 with a run, a double, and an RBI in the loss
• Junior outfielder Cam Archer scored a run and worked a pair of walks
NEXT!
Saint Joseph's kicks off conference play this Saturday with a pair of games at Suffolk University, the first starting at 12:00 PM. Husson hosts Lyndon State College in a NAC doubleheader on Friday at 3:00 PM.
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