Endicott Runs Past Framingham State, 9-5

BEVERLY, Mass. – The Endicott baseball team stole a season-high 11 bases (second all-time) en route to claiming a 9-5 victory over Framingham State University on Thursday evening at North Field.

Junior reliever Colby Morris (Newburyport, Mass.) earned the win via 2 2/3 scoreless innings out of the pen after entering the game in the fifth with one out and runners on second and third. Endicott starter Brady Hall (Rockville, Md.) was handed the no-decision on four innings pitched, six hits, four runs (two earned), three walks and a career-high seven strikeouts.

Framingham State starter Chris Riga (Westfield, Mass.) took the loss on 3 2/3 innings, six hits, nine runs (six earned), four walks, and three punchouts. Blake Waters (East Sandwich, Mass.) was effective in relief as the freshman tossed 2 1/3 scoreless innings, alongside one hit, zero walks, and two punchouts.

Tied 3-3 in the bottom of the second inning, the Gulls rallied for four runs on three hits (one error) and five stolen bases and never looked back. Chris Seidl (Dracut, Mass.) broke open the tie with a two-run double to right center, while Anthony Serina (Portsmouth, R.I.) made it 6-3 with a double to left center.

Serina then came around to score on a throwing error down the left field line after he successfully swiped third base, for his second of four stolen bases on the day.

The Gulls also tacked on two runs in the fourth on a Mike Kochiss (Fairfield, Conn.) sacrifice fly to right field and a Corbin Hyde (Lewiston, Maine) RBI single to right field.

After Morris blanked the Rams for 2 2/3 innings, Victor Molle (Peabody, Mass.), Davarn Nova (Buzzards Bay, Mass.) and Nick Quattro (Canton, Conn.) closed out the remainder of the contest for Endicott (2 IP, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K combined).

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• Endicott's 11 stolen bases in today's win ranks second all-time in program history.
• Last season, the Gulls swiped a program-best 14 bases against Salem State in a 9-4 road win on April 9.
• Serina led all student-athletes with a career-high and program-best four stolen bases (tied w/ five other performances), while Cam Farnham (Andover, Mass.) had three stolen bases.
• Matthew Paola (Middlebury, Conn.), Kochiss, Hyde, and Hunter Boyce (Bangor, Maine) all registered one stolen base apiece in the victory to give the Gulls 11 total on the day.
• Seidl (2-for-4, 1 R, 3 RBI) is currently sporting a team-best eight-game hitting streak.
• Endicott is 6-0 against Framingham State in the all-time series, which dates back to 3/14/2010.
• The Gulls three-run first inning featured RBIs from Paola (single) and Seidl (sac fly).
• Endicott's final run in the first inning was scored by Serina on a wild pitch.

FOR THE FOES

• Cole Josselyn (Hampton, N.H.) and Ryan Wardwell (Hudson, Mass.) both had multi-hit games in the loss.
• The Rams jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the contest via Josselyn who notched an RBI single through the left side of the infield and later scored on two stolen bases and a throwing error.
• Wardwell had a run-producing double to right field in the second, while and an RBI ground out from Ryan Connelly (West Roxbury, Mass.) in the eighth highlighted the rest of Framingham State's scoring.
• The Rams' single run in the fourth scored on a throwing error.

WHAT'S NEXT

Endicott (6-3) takes on Amherst in a non-conference doubleheader this Saturday at 1/3:30 PM. Framingham State (3-5) travels to Babson on Friday at 3:30 p.m. 

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