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Trinity Baseball Clubs Five Homeruns in Season Finale Win Over Mass. Maritime

Hartford, Conn. – First-year INF Stephen Rogers (Watertwon, Mass.) hit two homeruns and senior OF James Wood (Windham, N.H.) connected for his 13th homerun of the year - the second highest single-season total in school history - as the Trinity College Bantams tied a school record with five homeruns in a 9-4 win over the visiting Massachusetts Maritime Academy Buccaneers.  Trinity closes its season with a 19-11 mark, finishing with a winning record for the 20th time in the past 21 seasons.  Mass. Maritime closes its season at 8-20 overall.   

Trailing 3-1 after the Buccaneers posted a two-run top of the fourth, the Bantams answered with two of their own in the bottom half of the frame on a homerun by freshman 1B Brad Runowicz (Cheshire, Conn.).  Trinity would take the lead on a Wood two-run shot in the bottom of the fifth, which also gave him sole possession of second on the all-time single season homerun list, passing Kurt Piantek (2003) and himself (2008).  In addition, the homerun was the 35th of Wood's decorated career, leaving him second on the all-time career homerun record list, behind Piantek's 38. 

Trinity padded their lead with a four-run seventh after Wood doubled and Rogers homered for two runs, before Runowicz followed with a double and first-year INF Joe Papa (Cambridge, Mass.) connected for another homerun to give the Bantams a 9-3 lead.  The Buccaneers added another in the top of the eighth on an RBI-single by Musk, but senior RHP Conor O'Sullivan Pierce (Cambridge, Mass.) finished with two shutout innings to seal the win for the Bantams.

First-year Ben Goldberg (Plainview, N.Y.) worked three hitless innings of relief for his third win of the season, while classmate Spencer Ward (New York, N.Y.) threw an effective three innings as the starter for Trinity, allowing just one run.  Mass. Maritime junior RHP Corey Murphy (East Wareham, Mass.) allowed five runs in five innings for the loss, while sophomore RHP Luis Ottino III (Plymouth, Mass.) picked up two scoreless innings of relief for the Buccaneers.

Trinity's 3-6 hitters accounted for nine hits, nine RBI, and eight runs, highlighted by Rogers, who finished 3-3 with three runs, three RBI and a walk.    Sophomore C William Shouldice (Rutland, Vt.) and junior INF Brad Musk (Dania, Fla.) collected two hits apiece to highlight the Buccaneers offense. 

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Players Mentioned

Ben Goldberg

#31 Ben Goldberg

P
5' 10"
Junior
Joe Papa

#5 Joe Papa

UT
6' 0"
Junior
Stephen Rogers

#23 Stephen Rogers

3B
6' 1"
Junior
Brad Runowicz

#25 Brad Runowicz

1B/OF
6' 4"
Sophomore
Spencer Ward

#44 Spencer Ward

P
6' 5"
First Year
James Wood

#22 James Wood

OF
6' 2"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Ben Goldberg

#31 Ben Goldberg

5' 10"
Junior
P
Joe Papa

#5 Joe Papa

6' 0"
Junior
UT
Stephen Rogers

#23 Stephen Rogers

6' 1"
Junior
3B
Brad Runowicz

#25 Brad Runowicz

6' 4"
Sophomore
1B/OF
Spencer Ward

#44 Spencer Ward

6' 5"
First Year
P
James Wood

#22 James Wood

6' 2"
Senior
OF