When and Where: March 17, 2024 – Waterbury, Conn. (Municipal Stadium)
Score: Southern New Hampshire University 10, Post University 2
Records: SNHU 11-8, Post 8-13
Senior
Jorge Burgos (Santo Domingo, D.R.) and freshman
Nater Wachter (Concord, N.H.) both homered, as the Southern New Hampshire University baseball team won the three-game set with Post University on Sunday with a 10-2 victory at Municipal Stadium.
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
- Burgos – 1-for-5, R, 3 RBI, HR
- Wachter – 3-for-5, 2 R, 3 RBI, HR, 2B
- Senior Dylan O'Sullivan (Manchester, N.H.) – 4-for-5, RBI, 2B
- Sophomore Dyrenson Wouters (Oranjestad, Aruba) – 2-for-5, 2 R, 2B, BB
- Sophomore Jake Pisano (Hamden, Conn.) – 2-for-2, 2 R, RBI, BB
- Sophomore Kyle Lavigne (Bedford, N.H.) – 1-for-3, R, RBI, 2 BB
- Sophomore Austin Trumpour (Jensen Beach, Fla.) – 6.0 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 7 K, 0 BB (win; 4-0)
- Sophomore Frankie DeMaro (Newburgh, N.Y.) – 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 K, 0 BB (save; 1)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Southern New Hampshire went on top, 1-0, in the top of the first on a sacrifice fly by Pisano.
- After Post tied it in the bottom of the inning, Burgos delivered a three-run blast in the third that put the Penmen back in front, 4-1.
- The Eagles made it a two-run game with an RBI single in the fifth, but SNHU would score six unanswered runs to pull away. Wachter sparked a two-run sixth with a solo shot to left, before, RBI singles from Wachter, Lavigne and O'Sullivan in the seventh stretched the SNHU lead to 9-2.
- A run-scoring double to left by Wachter in the eighth capped the scoring.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
NOTES
- Southern New Hampshire has won nine of its last 12 games.
- SNHU leads the all-time series with Post, 13-2, including 4-1 on the road.
- Burgos, who has gone deep in six of the last 10 games, leads the Northeast-10 conference with nine homers and 26 RBI.
- Wachter is fifth in the NE10 in home runs.
- Vargas Segura, who has hit safely in 15 of his last 17 games, leads the league in stolen bases (14), while ranking second in RBI (21), fourth in home runs (4) and seventh in batting (.394).
- DeMaro has allowed just three earned runs in 21 innings this season – good for a 1.29 earned-run average.
UP NEXT
- The Penmen open NE10 play Saturday, March 23 at Southern Connecticut State University in a doubleheader that begins at noon.