Baseball Edges Salve, 4-3, as Guillotte Fans 13

NEWPORT, R.I. -- Senior Brian Guillotte (New Bedford, Mass.) pitched a complete game while striking out a career-high 13 batters to lead visiting Bridgewater State University baseball to a 4-3 victory over Salve Regina University in a non-league meeting.

Salve Regina (12-14) had opened its season in Vero Beach, Fla., against the Bears and that game featured 10 pitchers combined from both teams and a total of 29 runs as Bridgewater State (10-10) ended its Florida schedule with a 15-14 walk-off win in the bottom of the ninth.

Daniel Kehew (Portsmouth, R.I.), who has been used exclusively as a reliever prior to today, got the start and went five innings with five strikeouts. The Bears reached him for a single run in the third when Ian Williams (Taunton, Mass.) singled with two out and came home on a Tyler Dennis (Stoughton, Mass.) base hit to right field.

A leadoff walk in the fifth came around to score on an RBI single by junior Joshua Ferreira (Fall River, Mass.). Ferreira later scored on a sacrifice fly by senior Matt Greenburg (Norwell, Mass.).

Salve Regina got those two runs back in its fifth inning. Senior Patrick Quinn (Middletown, N.J.) doubled in Anthony Conte (Georgetown, Mass.) who had reached base on an error. Quinn was doubled in by classmate Jason Sluberski (Verona, N.J.).

Guillotte did not issue a walk in his nine innings of work. Dennis added another RBI single in the seventh for the Bears who took a 4-2 into the last at-bats for the Seahawks.

Nicholas Dell'Anno (Reading, Mass.) started a rally with a one-out single in the ninth. Brendan Tapley (Narragansett, R.I.), the third Seahawk catcher of the day, singled through the left side. With two outs, senior shortstop Alexander Melcher (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) brought the Seahawks within one with his RBI single to right field.

Junior shortstop Corey Batista (Fall River, Mass.) made a fine play to stop a Devin Flynn (Auburn, Maine) fielder's choice grounder to end the game.

The Bears banged out 12 hits in the win and also stole a season-high four bases.  Dennis led the way with a 3-for-5, two-RBI effort, while Greenberg went 2-for-3.  Ferreira and Williams both finished 2-for-5 at the plate.