Box Score - Game 1, Box Score - Game 2

WALTHAM, Mass. – The American International College baseball team split a Northeast-10 doubleheader at Bentley University Saturday afternoon, winning game-one 8-7 before dropping game-two 2-1. Sophomore third baseman Cam MacDonald (Weymouth, Mass.) went 3-for-5 with three RBIs and three runs scored in the game-one victory.

The Yellow Jackets are now 10-17 for the season and 4-9 in the Northeast-10, while the Falcons record moved to 8-19 overall and 2-9 in conference play.

AIC jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first when senior first baseman Dillon Fontain (Amenia, N.Y.) singled to center with the bases loaded to plate senior catcher Anthony Arrichiello (Yonker, N.Y.) and MacDonald. It was then MacDonald who stepped to the dish with two runner in scoring position and his single to right pushed across designated hitter Dave Clark (West Springfield, Mass.) and senior second baseman Paul Maza (Valencia, Venezuela) to give the Yellow Jackets a 4-0 lead.

Bentley pushed two runs across in the top of the third when freshman pitcher Nathan Witkowski (Melrose, Mass.) scored on an error and freshman center fielder Sean Keady (Norwood, Mass.) scored on a wild pitch to pull back within two and trailed by three after Arrichiello's single in the seventh scored Clark from third with what proved to be the game-winning run.

The Falcons pulled back within one with a pair of runs in the bottom half of the frame to make it 8-7 in favor of AIC, but managed just one hit in the eighth and ninth innings.

Sophomore Chris Goonan (Chicopee, Mass.) tossed and inning and a third of relief to earn the win for the Yellow Jackets, while Witkowski suffered the loss after allowing five runs on nine hits in 3.1 innings.

AIC led 1-0 in the top of the third in game-two after sophomore shortstop Chris Amate (Hanover, Mass.) singled to right to score senior Mike Tranghese (Springfield, Mass.) from second and Bentley tied it in the bottom of the fourth when designated hitter Greg Baggett (East Bridgewater, Mass.) doubled to center, scoring sophomore second baseman Logan Gillis (Merrimack, N.H.) all the way from first base.

The game then went to extra innings and Yellow Jackets had a golden opportunity to score in the top of the 10th, but stranded two runners and the Falcons took advantage in the bottom half of the frame as freshman third baseman Dante Padovani (Lynnfield, Mass.) scored after walking to start the inning and advancing on three wild pitches.

Junior Matt Sherman (Longmeadow, Mass.) got the win after pitching around two hits and a walk in the top of the 10th. Sophomore John Yohe (Merrick, N.Y.) wasn't a part of the decision after allowing one run on a six hits with eight strikeouts in nine innings.

Senior John Shivo (Ayer, Mass.) took the loss after allowing two runs on eight hits in nine-plus innings. He walked Padovani before being replaced by classmate Sean Stevenson (Holyoke, Mass.), who walked the only batter he faced and threw three wild pitches.

The Yellow Jackets will next host the University of New Haven Sunday for a 1 p.m. Northeast-10 contest.