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Mariani 25 WHEAT
12
Winner Wheaton (Mass.) WHEATON 22-17
1
Clark University CLARK UN 25-14
Winner
Wheaton (Mass.) WHEATON
22-17
12
Final
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Clark University CLARK UN
25-14
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Wheaton (Mass.) WHEATON 0 6 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 12 13 0
Clark University CLARK UN 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 3

W: B. Oliveira (6-1) L: Roth, Robby (5-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

No. 4 Baseball's Season Comes to an End in 12-1 Loss to No. 5 Wheaton

WORCESTER, Mass. – The No. 4 Clark University baseball team (25-14) hosted No. 5 Wheaton (22-17) in the NEWMAC Tournament, fell behind early, and couldn't recover in a 12-1 loss to the Lyons on Wednesday afternoon from Granger Field.

Clark's 25 wins this season were the most since 2018 when the team tallied 26 victories. Some highlights from the year include beating Wheaton, Babson, Salve Regina, and MIT in NEWMAC games and reached their fourth NEWMAC Tournament.

Wheaton will now travel to No. 1 Salve Regina tomorrow for a contest beginning at 3:00 p.m.

How it Happened
  • First-year Robby Roth retired the side in order in the top of the first and in the bottom of the inning, juniors Michael Soares and Dom Mariani each singled before Ben Oliveira got out of the jam.
  • Roth forced the first two outs of the second before Wheaton drew a pair of walks, loaded the bases with a single from Ray Toth, an RBI single from Declan Lush, two RBI's from Tommy Beauregard, and a three-run homer from Robbie Lamond pushed the lead to 6-0.
  • Junior Alfonso Jalil and sophomore Michael Salzillo drew walks in the bottom of the second before Oliveira forced a senior Carter Doran flyout to end the inning.
  • Roth retired the first two batters of the third and junior Tommy Flaherty got the final out of the inning in relief before Oliveira retired the side in the third.
  • Toth belted a leadoff homer to left in the fourth before Flaherty recovered by striking out two of the next three batters.
  • Graduate student Ryan Caulfield singled through the right side to open the fourth, but Oliveira retired the next three hitters to end the inning.
  • Flaherty and Oliveira each tossed scoreless fifth and sixth innings before the Lyons plated three more runs as Timmy Wagner belted a two-run homer and Tyler Bellan homered to extend the lead to 10-0.
  • Graduate student Anthony LoCasto opened the seventh with a homer to left for Clark's first run of the game before senior Tyler Jones and Doran each reached base, but reliever Jackson Walsh forced the final three outs of the inning.
  • Graduate student Casey Gorczyca struck out the final batter of the seventh before the Lyons plated a pair of runs in the top of the eighth as Wagner and Cali each hit balls that plated runs to push the edge to 12-1.
  • Jack Feltovic tossed a scoreless eighth before graduate student Benjamin Spencer came in to retire the side in order in the ninth and Joe Mulhern closed the door on the Cougars in the ninth.
Inside the Stats
  • Lamond, Wagner, Bellan, and Toth all hit homers in the contest for the Lyons.
  • LoCasto belted his sixth homer of the season and seventh of his career.
  • Mariani and Soares each tallied a pair of hits.
  • Doran ends his career with an All-NEWMAC Second Team accolade, 158 hits, 148 runs, and 100 RBI's.
  • Sullivan wraps up his career with 166 hits, 115 runs, 78 RBI's, and 70 steals.
  • Caulfield closes his career with an All-NEWMAC Second Team honor, 170 hits, 120 runs, 95 RBI's, and 55 steals.
  • Bonja ends his career with an All-NEWMAC First Team honor, seven homers, 38 hits, and 46 RBI's.
  • Farrell wraps up his career with 73 hits, 10 homers, and 40 RBI's.
  • Jones closes his career with an All-NEWMAC Second Team accolade, 98 hits, 68 runs, and 60 RBI's.
  • Gorczyca ends his career with 37 appearances, including 15 this season and posted five wins this season.
  • Spencer wraps up his career with 56 appearances, including 17 this year, tallied eight career saves, and 11 wins.
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