Baseball Sweeps MASCAC Doubleheader with Westfield

Game One Box Score | Game Two Box Score

WESTFIELD, Mass. -- The Bridgewater State College baseball team recorded a doubleheader sweep of Westfield State, 5-0 and 11-4, on Friday, April 10th in Westfield.

Backed by the two-hit pitching of junior right hander Sean O'Neill (Norwood), the Bears took the opener, 5-0. In the second game, Bridgewater survived a late comeback by Westfield to post an 11-4 nine-inning victory.

It appeared the Owls were on their way to getting shut out in both games, but they mounted a big rally in the bottom of the seventh inning to send the second game into extra frames.

Pete Grillo led off with a walk and moved to third on a one-out double by Matt Kelly. Pinch hitter Will Garner then crushed a single to deep right field to score Grillo. Kelly scored on a sacrifice fly by Adam Franke to make it 4-2.

Brad King kept the rally alive with a two-out single and Ben Wagner worked his way on base with a full-count walk. Jeff Fields then ripped a two-run single to centerfield to tie the score at 4-4. But the rally ended with Ben Campbell flied out on a nice running catch by center fielder J.T. Mooney (North Attleboro).
 
Neither team threatened in the eighth inning, but Bridgewater broke loose for seven runs in the top of the ninth. The game-winning hit was a one-out, bases loaded, two RBI single by David Dole (West Bridgewater).

Bridgewater out-hit Westfield, 16-6, with six of the hits coming in the ninth inning. Shortstop Brian Medairos (Brockton) was 5 for 5 with two RBI and Mark Claffey (Bellingham) was 3 for 5 with an RBI.

Kelly LaDow (East Falmouth) and Matt Greenberg (Norwell) cracked back-to-back solo home runs in the first inning to stake the Bears to a 2-0 lead.

The Bears added another run in the third on an RBI single by Claffey who also scored a key run in the top of the seventh on a wild pitch with two outs.

In the opener, O'Neill only struck out one batter in his seven-inning complete-game shutout. He walked two along with his two hits.

Claffey was 2 for 3 and David Kiloski (Lowell) was 2 for 3, including the game-winning hit, a two-run single in the second inning.