SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Senior
Patrick Dillon (Bronx, N.Y.) had two hits, including the 100th in his career, as the visiting Trinity College Bantams to a 5-1 victory over the Western New England University Golden Bears in baseball action this evening at Trelease Park. Trinity improves to 20-12 and the Golden Bears fall to 23-10-2. The Bantams will close the regular season on Tuesday at 6 p.m. against Wesleyan. Trinity pitchers
Michael Aceto (Hamden, Conn.) and
Tyler Griffin (Milford, Conn.) combined to scatter eight hits and allow one run with one walk and two strikeouts.
Trinity trailed, 1-0, after the first inning but tied it in the third when first-year
Tyler Bernstein (Ponte Vedra, Fla.) drew a leadoff walk followed by singles from Dillon and senior
Andrew Tuozzolo (Pittstown, N.J.). In the fourth frame, Trinity rookie
Jason Gaudio (Redding, Conn.) singled and scored the game-winning run on a groundout by junior 1B
Sean Meth (Sands Point, N.Y.) and first-year
Dylan Schnitzer (Huntington, N.Y.) scored later in the inning on a double steal. Meth added an RBI single in the sixth inning and co-captain
Colin Mann (Dedham, Mass.) drove in the game's final run on a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning.