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Bloomfield BCBBB 5-8-1
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Winner American Int AIC 11-10
Bloomfield BCBBB
5-8-1
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Final
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American Int AIC
11-10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Bloomfield BCBBB 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 5 2
American Int AIC 7 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 12 12 4

W: Brittain, Zac (1-1) L: Patrick Haas (1-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball breezes past Bloomfield

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts - The American International College baseball team used a seven-run first inning to cruise past Bloomfield College, 12-4, in home nonconference action on Thursday, March 29.

FAST FACTS:
Final score: AIC 12, Bloomfield 4
Winning pitcher: Zac Brittain, AIC (1-1). Losing pitcher: Patrick Haas, Bloomfield (1-1).
Records: AIC improves to 11-10 overall; Bloomfield falls to 5-8-1.
Location: Bedard Field

STATS LEADERS:
AIC:
Matthew Elliott (2-for-2, two RBI, one double, three walks)
Angel Mendez (1-for-2, one double, three RBI)
Sam Eagan (2-for-5, one RBI)
Ian O'Brien (2-for-5, two RBI)
Matt Krause (2-for-3, two RBI, two walks)
Zac Brittain (5.0 innings pitched, one earned run, two hits, five strikeouts)

Bloomfield:
Harry Montero (2-for-3, one home run)
Anthony Elefante (1-for-3, one double)

HOW IT HAPPENED:
  • The Yellow Jackets showed up early at the plate and on the basepaths. After junior shortstop Brendan Carter was hit by a pitch to lead off the bottom of the first, he stole second and then third base. Sophomore right fielder Matt Krause then drew a walk and subsequently stole second. Junior left fielder Reed Phillips then had a sacrifice fly to center to score Carter, and junior first baseman Sam Eagan had an RBI single to put AIC up 2-0.
  • AIC continued the trend in the first inning, as junior center fielder Matthew Elliott walked and freshman catcher Will Johnson singled to load the bases. In the next at bat, freshman second baseman Angel Mendez had a double to score two more, and freshman designated hitter Ian O'Brien notched a two-RBI single to push the Yellow Jackets' lead to 6-0. By the inning's end, AIC led 7-0 thanks to an RBI single from Krause.
  • Bloomfield got three runs in the top of the second inning, coming within 7-3.
  • However, the Yellow Jackets answered back in the bottom of the second, adding three more runs in the frame to extend their lead to 10-3. After Phillips and Eagan reached on a walk and a single, respectively, Elliott sent both home with a double through the left side. He later found his way home after a sacrifice fly from Mendez.
  • The Bears got one more run back in the top of the fifth, but AIC answered with two more; Mendez was hit by a pitch, redshirt junior third baseman Trent Dillon walked and Carter had a single to load up the bases. Mendez was able to score on a wild pitch, and Krause then had a single to score Dillon, giving AIC a 12-4 lead that would hold for the rest of the game.

BUZZWORTHY:
  • AIC's seven-run first was the most runs AIC has scored in a single inning this season.
  • Elliott has now walked 15 times this season in just 10 games played.

COACH'S CORNER:
  • "It's always important to get off to a good start," said AIC baseball coach Nick Callini. "You don't really expect that good of a start, to put up seven runs in the first inning, but it certainly takes some of the pressure off the situation."

PLAYERS' CORNER:
  • "It's pretty big," Mendez said about the team's win. "We expect to win a lot of gamesIt's a big boost for our team."
  • "I was just seeing the ball really well today," Elliott said. "Today, I just wanted to come out and really focus on picking up the offspeed ball that I had a lot of trouble with yesterday, and I really pride myself on making sure I'm not swinging at those close pitches that are balls, or just swinging at a bad pitch. Everything worked out todaywe had a big win yesterday, and carrying the momentum into today where now we have three away games at New Haven, I think it's really good for us to be able to build off that success."

NEXT UP:
  • AIC travels to face a tough opponent in national No. 6 University of New Haven, for a three-game series.
  • On Friday, March 30, the Yellow Jackets and Chargers will play a single game, with first pitch set for 3 p.m.
  • The teams will then play a doubleheader on Saturday, March 31, set to get underway at 12 p.m.

STAY CONNECTED:
  • For more updates about the AIC baseball team, follow @AIC_baseball on Instagram. For updates on all AIC Yellow Jackets teams, follow @AICAthletics on Twitter and Instagram, and like AIC Yellow Jackets on Facebook.

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