Skip To Main Content
Skip To Main Content
Schnitzer
19
Winner Trinity (Conn.) TRINITY 17-7
15
Nichols NICHOLS 14-11
Winner
Trinity (Conn.) TRINITY
17-7
19
Final
15
Nichols NICHOLS
14-11
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Trinity (Conn.) TRINITY 0 1 3 5 0 4 0 4 2 19 17 2
Nichols NICHOLS 3 0 3 0 5 3 0 0 1 15 13 4

W: Gabriel, Andrew (1-0) L: Nicholas Willand (0-1) S: Fahey, Tyler (1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Chris Kendrick

Baseball Offense Battles To 19-15 Victory at Nichols

DUDLEY, Mass. – The Trinity College Baseball team exchanged the lead eight times in a slugfest with Nichols College, capturing a 19-15 win over the Bison at the Nichols College Baseball Field Wednesday afternoon. The Bantams rise to 18-7 on the season, while the Bison slide to 14-12 overall.
 
What Happened:
  • Nichols grabbed the opening lead of the contest, plating three runs in the bottom of the first on a solo home run from Jack Raymond and RBI knocks from Ryan Keating and Kyle Birks.
  • Trinity responded with a sac fly from William Sawyer in the top of the second, along with an RBI double from Aidan Stevenson, a sac fly from Dylan Schnitzer and a solo blast from Timmy Domizio in the third to take a 4-3 lead.
  • Keating belted a solo homer in the third to even the game, and then two runs touched home on a passed ball and wild pitch to put Nichols ahead 6-4. The Bantams used a five-run fourth inning, featuring RBI singles from Schnitzer, Domizio and Luis Saldivia to push Trinity to a 9-6 advantage.
  • After knotting the game at 9-9 in the fifth, Keating brought home two runs on a double to left field, regaining an 11-9 edge for Nichols. In the top of the sixth, Trinity capitalized on a Nichols error, hit by pitch and a wild pitch to take a 13-11 lead. The Bison answered in the home half of the sixth with a two-run double from Tyler Ladouceur and an RBI groundout from Andrew Rocca to pull ahead 14-13.
  • Trinity took the lead for good in the eighth as Tyler Bernstein launched a two-run homer, Aidan Stern scored on a balk, and then Sawyer and Pete Beisel scored on errors in the ninth to send Trinity to the 19-15 victory.
 
Inside the Boxscores:
  • Trinity cranked out 19 runs on 17 hits, including seven extra-base hits with five doubles and two home runs. Nichols plated 15 runs on 13 hits with four errors.
  • Domizio, Saldivia and Sawyer all tallied three hits, while Domizio and Sawyer drove in two runs and Domizio scored four times.
  • Bernstein and Stern went 2-for-5 with two runs batted in, while Bernstein scored three times and Stern touched home twice. Stevenson recorded 2 RBIs and two runs scored on two hits.
  • Domizio and Saldivia added two stolen bases, while Bernstein swiped one bag in the win.
  • Andrew Gabriel (1-0) earned his first victory of the season in relief, tossing a scoreless seventh inning, and Tyler Fahey collected his third save of the season in two innings of work to close out the victory.
 
Up Next:
  • The Bantams will be back on the diamond when they travel to Colby College (16-8, 4-2 NESCAC) for a three-game NESCAC set, beginning Friday, April 17 at 4:00 p.m.
  • All-time, Trinity owns an 85-45 record against the Mules, dating back to their first meeting in 1937.
  • Last season, the Bantams took 2-of-3 against Colby in the regular season, but fell to the Mules, 8-6, in the NESCAC Championship Semifinals.
Print Friendly Version