BOX SCORE
RAPID REACTION WITH REDSHIRT-JUNIOR ANDREW LALONDE

When and Where: April 23, 2017 – Manchester, N.H. (Penmen Field)
Score: Southern New Hampshire University 6, Bentley University 4
Records: SNHU 29-7 (15-2 NE10, 10-1 NE10 NE), Bentley 8-22-1 (6-9-1 NE10, 6-5-1 NE10 NE)

Redshirt-junior Andrew Lalonde (Bedford, N.H.) allowed one run over six innings as the fifth-ranked Southern New Hampshire University baseball team completed the three-game sweep of Bentley University on Sunday afternoon with a 6-4 win at Penmen Field.

Southern New Hampshire snapped a scoreless deadlock in the fourth inning. Junior Kyle Pangallo (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) led off with a single to center and stole second before moving to third on a double to deep right by redshirt-junior Ryan Sullivan (Hopkinton, Mass.). Pangallo had to hold up to make sure the ball was not caught, putting a pair in scoring position with one out. A grounder to short from redshirt-sophomore John Stanton (Sandwich, Mass.) brought in Pangallo and moved up Sullivan, who scored on a delayed double steal play when the throw went through to second to cut down the runner on the move from first.

Bentley sliced its 2-0 deficit in half in the fifth as it had the bases loaded with no outs when Justin Ashworth made a bid for a grand slam to left-center, but senior Derek Bauer (Millis, Mass.) went back, leaped and brought the ball back into the field of play. Nick Neshe, who began the rally with a leadoff walk, scored on the sac fly, while Bauer fired the ball back in as the Penmen were able to double up the runner at first. Lalonde was able to get out of the inning allowing just the one run.

The Penmen scored two more in the fifth. Sophomore Joshua Zbierski (Stafford Springs, Conn.) led off with an opposite-field double down the right field line and moved to third on a wild pitch. After sophomore Robert Fulkerson (Anaheim, Calif.) walked and was pinch run for by redshirt-junior Taylor Olmstead (Greenwich, Conn.) to put runners at the corners, junior Sean Webster (Boston, Mass.) laid down a sacrifice to move the runners up and bring in the third Southern New Hampshire run. Graduate student Zach Goldstein (Merrick, N.Y.) followed by slashing one to the gap in right-center that plated Olmstead before he was thrown out trying to stretch it into a double.

SNHU posted two runs for the third straight frame in the sixth as junior Caleb Potter (Mentor, Ohio) and Stanton began the inning with singles and moved into scoring position on a wild pitch before sophomore Kyle Ruth (Albany, N.Y.) shot one back through the middle to plate both runs and make it 6-1.

Bentley claimed a pair back in the eighth against freshman Nick Artymowicz (Seaville, N.J.) as two-out RBI singles from Jake Pierce and Neshe followed a pair of strikeouts and a flare to shallow right that was misjudged and fell in for a hit.

After redshirt-freshman Brendan Welch (Easton, Mass.) issued a pair of walks in the ninth, graduate student Stephen Fortuna (Metuchen, N.J.) came on with one and immediately struck out the first batter he faced. Max Troiani followed with a single through the left side that made it a 6-4 game before Fortuna ended it with another punch out.

Ruth finished 1-for-2 with a pair of RBI, while Goldstein (RBI), Pangallo (walk, run), Bauer (walk), Potter (run) and Zbierski (run) were all 1-for-3. Stanton (RBI, run) and Sullivan (run) were each 1-for-4.

Lalonde (3-1) allowed one run on four hits, while striking out four and walking three, over six innings. Artymowicz was charged with two runs on three hits as he fanned three and walked one. Welch relinquished a run on a pair of walks in a third of an inning, while Fortuna picked up his third save of the season, recording a pair of strikeouts and allowing two hits in two-thirds of a frame.

Notes:
- SNHU has now won 25 of its last 29, including 18 of 21 and 15 of 17.
- In his last five outings, which include three starts, Lalonde is 3-0 with a 1.32 ERA, having allowed six runs – four earned – on 14 hits, while punching out 34 and walking 12. He is holding opponents to a .152 batting average during that span.

Up Next:
The Penmen return to action Wednesday, April 26 (3:30 p.m.) when they play host to Saint Michael's College at Penmen Field.

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