Box Score
When and Where: February 29, 2020 – Old Westbury, N.Y. (Lorenzo Memorial Field)
Score: Southern New Hampshire University 4, New York Institute of Technology 1
Records: SNHU 6-3, NYIT 4-2
Redshirt-junior Alex Gomes (Peabody, Mass.) took a shutout into the eighth inning and the bullpen did the rest, as the 21st-ranked Southern New Hampshire University baseball team extended its winning streak to six games with a 4-1 victory against the defending East Region Champion and eighth-ranked New York Institute of Technology on Saturday at Lorenzo Memorial Field.
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
- Gomes (2-1) – 7.1 innings, 1 run, 5 hits, 7 strikeouts, 1 walk
- Redshirt-junior Nick Artymowicz (Seaville, N.J.) – 1.2 innings, 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 strikeout, 0 walks
- Redshirt-junior Marcus Chavez (Queens, N.Y.) – 2-3, walk, RBI, 2 runs
- Senior Tom Blandini (Bow, N.H.) – 2-4, walk, RBI
KEY MOMENTS
- Southern New Hampshire manufactured the game's first run in the top of the second, as graduate student Joshua Goldstein (Haverhill, Mass.) started a two-out rally by drawing a walk and stealing second, before Blandini knocked him in with a base hit.
- After a sacrifice fly from senior Jake Coro (Johnston, R.I.) gave SNHU some breathing room in the sixth, the Penmen would double their lead in the eighth on an RBI double from Chavez and a sac fly from junior Dakota Mulcay (Goffstown, N.H.) that made it 4-0.
- New York Tech finally broke through for a run in the home half against Gomes, but Artymowicz came in to nail down the final two outs of the frame, before firing a 1-2-3 ninth for his first save of the season.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Junior Sam Henrie (Middleboro, Mass.) was 1-for-3 with a walk.
- Junior Idelson Taveras (Lawrence, Mass.) and freshman Michael LaRocca (Vero Beach, Fla.) both went 1-for-4.
- Freshman Christian Mercedes (Providence, R.I.) finished 1-for-5.
- Goldstein (walk, run) and Coro (RBI) were both 0-for-3.
- Mulcay went 0-for-1 with a walk and an RBI.
NOTES
- Southern New Hampshire is now outscoring its opponents, 76-16, during its six-game winning streak.
- NYIT ended SNHU's season a year ago by taking two games in the NCAA East Super-Regional at Penmen Field.
- Mercedes and Blandini extended their respective hitting streaks to eight and seven games.
- In his last two starts, Gomes is 2-0 with a 1.17 ERA, allowing just two runs on eight hits over 15-and-a-third innings, while striking out 19 and issuing only three walks.
WHAT'S NEXT
- The Penmen finish up the shortened series with New York Tech on Sunday (March 1) with a doubleheader that begins at 11 a.m.
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