HARTFORD, Conn. – Sophomore
Sean Meth (Sands Point, N.Y.) recorded five RBIs while junior
Cooper McGrath (South Hamilton, Mass.) closed out the game with 11 strikeouts and senior
Colin Mann (Dedham, Mass.) ripped a grand slam in the bottom of the eighth to lead the Trinity College baseball team to an 11-5 win over the College of Mount Saint Vincent on Tuesday night at Murren Family Field. The Bantams improve to 2-1 while the Dolphins drop to 5-5. Trinity returns to Dibenedetto Stadium tomorrow for a 3:30 p.m. matchup against Brandeis University.
Meth singled to left center in the bottom of the first, driving in
Patrick Dillon and
Jack Mathews to give Trinity its first lead of the game at 2-1. The following inning, Meth doubled to left center and again brought in Dillon and Mathews to extend the Bantam lead to 5-1 after two. In the fifth, Michael Grisanti homered to left center to tie the game at five runs apiece but the Bantams would regain the lead in the sixth with
James Stefanowicz taking home on a wild pitch.
In the eighth, Meth tallied his fifth RBI of the game brining in Dillon from third on a sacrifice fly to left field and two batters later with the bases juiced up, Mann cracked a grand slam over the left field fence to add four more insurance runs.
Cooper McGrath had himself a career-night striking out 11 batters in just four innings on the mound for the Blue and Gold and earning his first win of the 2022 season. Grisanti knocked in three RBIs for Mount Saint Vincent while Jake Blinstrub tallied two of his own.