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MICHAEL_LAROCCA_swinging_at_the_ball
Jim Stankiewicz
8
Winner Southern N.H. SOUTHERN 1-0
2
Post POST 3-2
Winner
Southern N.H. SOUTHERN
1-0
8
Final
2
Post POST
3-2
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Southern N.H. SOUTHERN 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 9 1
Post POST 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 1

W: Roberge, Josh (1-0) L: D. Raglievic (1-1) S: Anibal, Trevor (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

#6/9 Baseball Cements 8-2 Season-Opening Win Versus Post with Five-Run Ninth

Penmen win opener for fourth time in six seasons

When and Where: February 17, 2023 – Waterbury, Conn. (Municipal Stadium)
Score: Southern New Hampshire University 8, Post University 2
Records: SNHU 1-0, Post 3-2

Junior Mike LaRocca (Vero Beach, Fla.) drove in three runs and graduate student Josh Roberge (Chelmsford, Mass.) allowed just one earned run over five-and-two-thirds, as the No. 6/9 Southern New Hampshire University baseball team opened the season with an 8-2 victory against Post University on Friday evening at Municipal Stadium.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS
  • LaRocca – 2-3, 3 RBI, 3 BB
  • Roberge (win, 1-0) – 5.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
  • Junior Cam Caraher (Plymouth, Mass.) – 2-3, R, RBI, BB
  • Sophomore Jorge Burgos (Santo Domingo, D.R.) – 2-4, RBI, BB
  • Junior Cristian Mercedes (Providence, R.I.) – 1-3, R, BB
  • Junior Nick Schwartz (Massapequa, N.Y.) – 1-4, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB
  • Junior Danniel Rivera (New Britain, Conn.) – 1-4, R, RBI, 2 BB
  • Junior Trevor Anibal (Bedford, N.H.; save, 1) – 3.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 B, 5 K
KEY MOMENTS
  • Southern New Hampshire snapped a 1-1 tie in the top of the third when Mercedes and Schwartz opened the inning with a single and a double, respectively, before LaRocca came through with a two-run single to right that made it 3-1.
  • Post pulled within one in the sixth, with the game staying that way until the Penmen erupted for five in the top of the ninth. Caraher's RBI triple to center gave SNHU some breathing room, with Rivera's RBI fielder's choice and a wild pitching making it 6-2. Schwartz and LaRocca drew bases-loaded walks to cap the scoring.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • Junior Dylan O'Sullivan (Manchester, N.H.) and sophomore Gabe Passey (Moses Lake, Wash.) both went 0-for-3 with a run and a pair of walks.
NOTES
  • Southern New Hampshire, ranked sixth in the Collegiate Baseball Pre-Season NCAA Division II Poll and ninth in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) NCAA Division II Top 25, starts the season with a win for the fourth time in the last six years.
  • SNHU improves to 9-1 all-time against Post.
UP NEXT
  • The Penmen finish out the three-game set at Post on Saturday (Feb. 18) with a doubleheader that begins at 1 p.m.

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