Baseball: Eagles Win Fifth Straight With Sweep Of Norwich
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Webster (10-10) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 |
| Norwich (2-19) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| @ Northfield, Vt. | Garrity Field | ||||||||||
| Pitching |
|---|
| Win: David Wesson (1-0) - Daniel Webster |
| Loss: S. Yashinski (0-2) - Norwich |
| Daniel Webster Batting |
|---|
| 2B: Kyle Brigham 2 |
| 3B: none |
| HR: none |
| Norwich Batting |
|---|
| 2B: S. Knihtila |
| 3B: none |
| HR: C. Shearer |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Webster (9-10) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 1 |
| Norwich (2-18) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 3 |
| @ Northfield, Vt. | Garrity Field | ||||||||||
| Pitching |
|---|
| Win: Zack Hurley (2-2) - Daniel Webster |
| Loss: B. Kleiner (0-3) - Norwich |
| Daniel Webster Batting |
|---|
| 2B: Rich Lizotte |
| 3B: Kyle Brigham |
| HR: Darrik Marstaller; Erick Bourdeau |
| Norwich Batting |
|---|
| 2B: D. Shimkus 2; N. Gendron |
| 3B: J. Philbrook |
| HR: none |
NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Daniel Webster College won both games of a non-conference college baseball doubleheader against Norwich Tuesday, April 3, at Garrity Field. The Eagles captured game one, 11-6, before taking the nightcap 7-3 to spoil the Cadets' home opener.
Zack Hurley (2-2) picked up the win for Daniel Webster (10-10), which won for the fifth straight time. He went 5.2 innings, allowing five earned runs on 15 hits while striking out six. Kyle Brigham went 3-for-3 with a triple and two runs scored at the plate. Erick Bourdeau and Darrik Marstaller each had home runs for DWC.
Junior Ben Kleiner (Cheshire, Mass.) took the loss for Norwich (2-19) in the opener despite displaying great command in his fourth start of the season. The right-hander only walked one batter over six innings of work.
The Cadet offense pounded out a season-high 15 hits in the first game. Sophomore Nicholas Gendron (Alstead, N.H.) and junior catcher Stephen Beardsley (Olney, Md.) both went 3-for-4 with two RBIs to highlight the effort. Junior designated hitter Dustin Shimkus (Collinsville, Ill.) added two doubles and two runs scored.
Daniel Webster jumped out to an early 4-0 lead in the first inning of game two, scoring four runs on three hits and three Norwich errors.
Brigham stayed hot in the second game as he went 3-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs. David Wesson earned the win on the mound for the Eagles to move his record to 1-0, scattering six hits while striking out six and walking three.
Junior leftfielder Jonathan Philbrook (Rochester, Mass./Old Colony) went 2-for-3 in the nightcap. Senior second baseman Corey Shearer (Montague, Mass./Turner Falls) punctuated Norwich's offense on the day when he crushed a home run over the leftfield fence to lead off the bottom of the sixth.
Sophomore pitcher Scott Yashinski (Kintnersville, Pa.) went six-plus innings for the Cadets, allowing only three earned runs on eight hits. Senior Don DiBastiani (White Hall, Md.) worked a scoreless seventh.
