Box Score

Winter Park, Fla. – Senior first baseman #Kevin Farrell# (Wilbraham, Mass.) drove a 1-0 pitch over the right field fence with the bases loaded to give the American International College baseball team a 10-9 come-from-behind victory over Saint Anselm College Saturday afternoon in a non-conference game at Rollins College. The Yellow Jackets evened their record at 1-1, while the Hawks fell to 2-8.

AIC was down 9-5 heading into the bottom of the ninth and loaded the bases one out as junior #Brendan Blaschke# (Southington, Conn.) reached on an error as a pinch hitter, senior center fielder #Dan Fey# (Plymouth, Mass.) singled to right and sophomore #Dillon Fontaine# (Amenia, N.Y.) drew a walk as a pinch hitter.

Junior left fielder #Dan Bassani# (Naples, Fla.) then singled through the left side of the infield to plate sophomore #Chris Hewins# (Westfield, Mass.), who entered the game as a pinch runner for Blaschke, before Farrell crushed his second home run of the contest and give the Yellow Jackets the win.

Farrell got the scoring started in the bottom of the first inning when he sent his first home run of the season over the fence with two outs and Bassani standing on first base. Saint Anselm got on the board in the top of the third after receiving an RBI-double to left from sophomore center fielder T.J. Murphy (Reading, Mass.), who later scored while sophomore right fielder James Garrigan (Plymouth, Mass.) was caught in a rundown at first base.

The Yellow Jackets added a run in the fourth on an RBI-single off the bat of sophomore catcher #Anthony Arrichiello# (Yonkers, N.Y.) and Bassani hit a solo shot to left center field, his first of the season, to give AIC a 4-2 lead after five innings.

The Hawks then scored three times in the top of the sixth to take a 5-4 lead. Junior first baseman Matt Stone (West Roxbury, Mass.) sent a two-RBI double to right field to tie the game and then scored on a double to left field off the bat of sophomore catcher Matt Sucharewicz (Peabody, Mass.) to give Saint Anselm the lead.

Freshman pitcher #Nick DePaula# (Woodstock, Conn.) then walked each of the first three batters in the seventh and Stone started the scoring with an RBI-single right. Sucharewicz then drove in a pair of runs with a single to left center, giving the Hawks an 8-4 advantage.

AIC got one run back in the eight as senior designated hitter #Mike Massery# (Pittsfield, Mass.) plated Bassani from third on a ground out to second, but Saint Anslem answered when Stone scored on a Sucharewicz single to center field.

Farrell finished 2-4 on the day with a career-high six RBIs and three runs scored for the Yellow Jackets and Bassani went 3-5 with four runs scored and two RBIs. Stone went 3-5 with three RBIs and two runs scored for Saint Anselm and Sucharewicz went 3-4 with four RBIs.

Freshman reliever #John Hanna# (Westfield, Mass.) picked up the win for AIC after allowing one run on two hits over the final two innings. Junior relief pitcher David Giarrusso (Cranston, R.I.) took the loss after surrendering Farrell's grand slam in the ninth.

The Yellow Jackets will next take on Bentley University Sunday in a non-conference contest at Rollins College. First pitch is set for 11 a.m.