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Baseball Drops Road Contest Against Worcester State

Box Score

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Clark University baseball team (13-11) traveled across town for an early week contest against Worcester State (9-12) and battled for nine innings before falling 9-8 to the Lancers from Kevin D. Lyons Diamond on Monday afternoon.

How it Happened

  • Clark opened the game with a pair of runs scored to take a 2-0 lead as senior Ryan Caulfield scored and senior Connor Rulnick scored on a sacrifice fly from first-year Brayden Hollinrake.
  • The Lancers answered back with a run in the bottom of the first, but Clark answered with a run in the third as sophomore CJ Johnson singled to drive in sophomore Carter Doran to take a 3-1 lead.
  • Worcester State plated three runs between the third and fourth to take a 4-3 edge, but again the Cougars regained the lead as Hollinrake hit his second sacrifice fly of the game that plated Rulnick and graduate student Steven Mooney singled to drive in Doran and take a 5-4 lead.
  • The Lancers plated three runs in the bottom of the sixth and after a scoreless seventh, Clark responded with two runs off RBI's from first-year Dom Mariani and Caulfield to make it an 8-7 contest.
  • In the top of the ninth, Johnson singled to drive in Doran to tie the game at 8-8, but in the bottom of the ninth the Lancers scored to win the game 9-8.

Inside the Stats

  • Doran went 2-3 with three runs scored, a stolen base, and a double.
  • Johnson and Hollinrake each recorded two RBI's.
  • Belt was 3-4 with a double and a run scored.

What's Next

Clark will return to the field tomorrow with a NEWMAC game at Wheaton beginning at 3:30 p.m.   

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Players Mentioned

Ryan Caulfield

#46 Ryan Caulfield

OF
6' 0"
Senior
Carter Doran

#6 Carter Doran

OF
5' 10"
Sophomore
Brayden Hollinrake

#5 Brayden Hollinrake

C
6' 0"
Freshman
CJ Johnson

#9 CJ Johnson

1B
6' 3"
Sophomore
Dom Mariani

#51 Dom Mariani

INF
5' 9"
Freshman
Steven Mooney

#16 Steven Mooney

C
6' 0"
Graduate Student
Connor Rulnick

#2 Connor Rulnick

OF
5' 10"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Ryan Caulfield

#46 Ryan Caulfield

6' 0"
Senior
OF
Carter Doran

#6 Carter Doran

5' 10"
Sophomore
OF
Brayden Hollinrake

#5 Brayden Hollinrake

6' 0"
Freshman
C
CJ Johnson

#9 CJ Johnson

6' 3"
Sophomore
1B
Dom Mariani

#51 Dom Mariani

5' 9"
Freshman
INF
Steven Mooney

#16 Steven Mooney

6' 0"
Graduate Student
C
Connor Rulnick

#2 Connor Rulnick

5' 10"
Senior
OF