FELICIAN BOX SCORE | MERCY BOX SCORE

When and Where: February 21, 2020 – Myrtle Beach, S.C. (The Ripken Experience)
Game 1 Score: Southern New Hampshire University 11, Felician University 2
Game 2 Score: Southern New Hampshire University 10, Mercy College 1
Records: SNHU 2-3, Felician 0-1, Mercy 1-6

Senior Tom Blandini (Bow, N.H.) went 6-for-9 with three RBI, and senior Wesley Tobin (Portsmouth, N.H.) and redshirt-junior Alex Gomes (Peabody, Mass.) each turned in quality starts, to lead the 23rd-ranked Southern New Hampshire University baseball team to a pair of wins Friday in the opener of its Myrtle Beach trip at The Ripken Experience. SNHU defeated Felician University, 11-2, before following up with a 10-1 victory over Mercy College.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Blandini – 6-9, 3 RBI, 2 runs, stolen base
• Junior Idelson Taveras (Lawrence, Mass.) – 2-3, walk, 4 RBI, run, stolen base
• Junior Dakota Mulcay (Goffstown, N.H.) – 2-5, RBI, run, stolen base
• Senior Jake Coro (Johnston, R.I.) – 3-8, 3 runs, stolen base
• freshman Christian Mercedes (Providence, R.I.) – 2-7, 3 walks, home run, RBI, 4 runs, stolen base
• Junior Sam Henrie (Middleboro, Mass.) – 2-7, walk, triple, run
• Senior Phoenix Hernandez (Brooklyn, N.Y.) – 1-1, home run, 3 RBI, run
• Redshirt-junior Marcus Chavez (Queens, N.Y.) – 2-9, double, 2 RBI, run
• Tobin (1-1) – 7.0 innings, 2 runs, 6 hits, 6 strikeouts, 2 walks
• Gomes (1-1) – 8.0 innings, 1 runs, 3 hits, career-high 12 strikeouts, 2 walks

KEY MOMENTS - FELICIAN GAME

• After Southern New Hampshire took advantage of five Felician errors to score five unearned runs and build a 7-2 lead, Mercedes added to it in the sixth with a one-out, solo home run to center.
• Hernandez polished off the victory in the ninth with a one-out, three-run, pinch-hit home run to right that extended the SNHU advantage to 11-2.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE - FELICIAN GAME

• Graduate student Thomas Novick (Sudbury, Mass.) struck out a pair in a perfect eighth inning.
• Redshirt-sophomore Andrew Tache (Northborough, Mass.) recorded a punch out in a 1-2-3 ninth.
• Blandini went 3-for-5 with a walk and a run scored.
• Mercedes was 1-for-3 with two walks, a home run, an RBI and a pair of runs scored.
• Henrie finished 2-for-4 with a run.
• Mulcay went 2-for-5 with an RBI and run scored.
• Coro was 1-for-4 and scored a run.
• Hernandez made good on his one at bat, producing a 1-for-1, home-run, three-RBI, run-scored stat line.
• Freshman Michael LaRocca (Vero Beach, Fla.) was 0-for-3, but drew a walk and scored twice.

KEY MOMENTS - MERCY GAME

• After the Penmen turned a pair of fourth-inning errors into a three-run lead, Blandini's two-run single in the fifth, followed by another two-run base knock from Taveras in the sixth, broke it open at 7-0.
• SNHU put it away in the seventh, as Chavez' RBI double and another two-run single off the bat of Taveras widened the gap to 10-1.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE - MERCY GAME

• Redshirt-junior Scott Webster (Newburyport, Mass.) struck out a batter in a perfect ninth.
• Blandini went 3-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored.
• Taveras finished 2-for-3 with a walk, four RBI and a run.
• Coro turned in a 2-for-4 day and scored a pair of runs.
• Chavez was 2-for-5 with a pair of RBI and a run scored.
• LaRocca and graduate student Joshua Goldstein (Haverhill, Mass.) both went 1-for-3 with a walk and a run scored.
• Mercedes went 1-for-4 with a walk and two runs.

NOTES

• Southern New Hampshire begins the Myrtle Beach trip 2-0 for the second straight year
• Mercedes' home run was the first of his career.
• Hernandez' long-ball was his first of the season and fourth of his career.
• Coro has hit safely in all five games this season, while Mercedes owns a four-game hitting streak.

WHAT'S NEXT

• The Penmen continue their Myrtle Beach trip Saturday (Feb. 22) when they battle Dominican (N.Y.) College in doubleheader action that begins at 2:30 p.m..

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