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13
Winner Southern N.H. SOUTHERN 10-4
0
Fairmont St. FAIRMONT 1-12
Winner
Southern N.H. SOUTHERN
10-4
13
Final
0
Fairmont St. FAIRMONT
1-12
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Southern N.H. SOUTHERN 0 0 2 2 2 1 6 0 0 13 16 0
Fairmont St. FAIRMONT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3

W: Praml, Jeffrey (3-1) L: Z. Loveday (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Blanks Fairmont State, 13-0, to Sweep Series

Burgos, Passey each homered

When and Where: March 12, 2023 – Marietta, Ohio (Schaly Field at Pioneer Park)
Score: # 9/15 Southern New Hampshire University 13, Fairmont State University 0
Records: SNHU 10-4, Fairmont State 1-12

Sophomore Jorge Burgos (Santo Domingo, D.R.) homered and drove in three runs as one of eight Penmen to collect an RBI, and senior Jeffrey Praml (Bridgewater, N.J.) hurled six shutout innings to lead the No. 9/15 Southern New Hampshire University baseball team to a 13-0 victory over Fairmont State University on Sunday afternoon at Schaly Field at Pioneer Park.  
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
  • Burgos – 2-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, HR
  • Praml – 6.0 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
  • Junior Mike LaRocca (Vero Beach, Fla.) – 2-4, 2 RBI, BB
  • Sophomore Gabe Passey (Moses Lake, Wash.) – 2-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, HR
  • Junior Nick Schwartz (Massapequa, N.Y.) – 3-4, R, RBI, 2B
  • Junior Dylan O'Sullivan (Manchester, N.H.) – 2-3, 2 R, RBI, 2B
  • Junior Danniel Rivera (New Britain, Conn.) – 1-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB
  • Freshman Kyle Lavigne (Bedford, N.H.) – 2-2, RBI
KEY MOMENTS
  • Southern New Hampshire grabbed a 2-0 lead in the third on RBI singles from redshirt-junior Cristian Mercedes (Providence, R.I.) and Schwartz.
  • Passey doubled the lead in the fourth with a two-run home run to score O'Sullivan, who led off the frame with a double.
  • The Penmen added two more runs in the sixth on RBI singles from Burgos and O'Sullivan.
  • A run-scoring single in the sixth from LaRocca made it 7-0.
  • SNHU broke it wide open by hanging a six-spot in the seventh. Burgos' two-run homer extended the lead to 9-0, before a two-run Rivera single stretched it to 11-0. An RBI groundout by LaRocca and a Lavigne pinch-hit, RBI single brought the score to 13-0.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • Mercedes was 1-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored.
  • Junior Cam Caraher (Plymouth, Mass.) went 1-for-4 and scored a run.
  • Graduate student Zachary Gitschier (Lowell, Mass.) allowed one hit, walked one and struck out one in a scoreless inning of work.
  • Sophomore Frankie Sanchez (Kendall Park, N.J.) struck out a batter in a perfect eighth.
  • Junior Trevor Anibal (Bedford, N.H.) struck out the side and allowed a hit in the ninth.
NOTES
  • Southern New Hampshire is ranked 15th in the Collegiate Baseball  NCAA Division II Poll and tied for ninth in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) NCAA Division II Top 25.
  • The Penmen sweep the three-game series from Fairmont State in the first meeting between the two programs. The second game of Sunday's scheduled doubleheader was canceled due to weather.
  • The home runs for Burgos and Passey were their second of the year in their first season with the Penmen.
UP NEXT
  • The Penmen are back in action Saturday, March 18 for a noon doubleheader at Goldey-Beacom College in the first two of a four-game set.
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