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Nater Wachter greeted by teammates after crossing home plate
Jim Stankiewicz
2
St. Michael's SMC 9-27, 6-16 NE10
16
Winner Southern N.H. SNH 28-15, 17-7 NE10
St. Michael's SMC
9-27, 6-16 NE10
2
Final
16
Southern N.H. SNH
28-15, 17-7 NE10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Michael's SMC 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 2
Southern N.H. SNH 2 1 2 0 0 3 7 1 X 16 21 0

W: Risedorf, Jake (4-1) L: J. Duquette (4-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Runs Continue to Pile Up, as Baseball Finishes Off Sweep of Saint Michael's with 16-2 Win

60 runs are the most in a three-game series since 2015

When and Where: April 28, 2024 – Hooksett, N.H. (Penmen Field)
Score: Southern New Hampshire University 16, Saint Michael's College 2
Records: SNHU 28-15 (17-7 NE10), SMC 9-27 (6-16 NE10)

Freshman Nater Wachter (Concord, N.H.) drove in five runs and sophomore Jake Risedorf (Barkhamsted, Conn.) tossed three-and-two-thirds hitless innings in relief, as the Southern New Hampshire University baseball team completed the three-game sweep of Saint Michael's College on Sunday afternoon with a 16-2 victory at Penmen Field.
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
  • Wachter – 2-for-4, 5 RBI, R, 2B
  • Risedorf – 3.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 5 K, 1 BB (win; 4-1)
  • Senior Jorge Burgos (Santo Domingo, D.R.) – 5-for-6, 2 RBI, R, 2B, SB
  • Graduate student Jaime Roldan (Boston, Mass.) – 2-for-4, 2 RBI, 2 R, HR, 2B
  • Sophomore Dyrenson Wouters (Oranjestad, Aruba) – 4-for-5, RBI, 3 R, 3B, BB
  • Junior Harry Vargas Segura (Bronx, N.Y.) – 3-for-5, RBI, 2 R, 2B, BB, 2 SB
  • Sophomore Jake Pisano (Hamden, Conn.) – 2-for-5, 4 R
  • Sophomore Kyle Lavigne (Bedford, N.H.) – 2-for-4, RBI, 2 R, BB
  • Senior Dylan O'Sullivan (Manchester, N.H.) – 1-for-4, 2 RBI, R, 2 BB
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Saint Michael's struck first against sophomore starter Zach Brassill (No. Hampton, N.H.) in the top of the first, using an RBI single to left to make it 1-0. The Purple Knights would strand a pair in scoring position.
  • Southern New Hampshire went ahead with two in the bottom of the inning. Wouters tripled to right-center and then scored on a Wachter base hit to left to tie the game. Three batters later, with runners at the corners, Burgos stole second and the throw down allowed Pisano to come home and give SNHU the 2-1 lead.
  • The Penmen capitalized on an error in the second, with Wachter being hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to nudge the lead to 3-1.
  • SNHU extended its advantage to 5-1 in the third on a two-run blast to center off the bat of Roldan.
  • A fielder's choice ground out with the bases loaded trimmed the Saint Michael's deficit to 5-2 after a pair of hit batters and a walk knocked Brassill from the game in the fifth.
  • A Wachter sac fly to left and a two-run single to center off the bat of O'Sullivan made it 8-2 in the sixth.
  • The Penmen hung a seven-spot in the seventh, with five runs scoring before an out was recorded. Two-run doubles from Wachter and Burgos, followed by a run-scoring single from Lavigne, brought the score to 13-2. After the ninth batter to hit in the inning made the first out, Vargas Segura jumped on base for the second time in the frame with an RBI single to center. An RBI fielder's choice from Wouters widened the SNHU advantage to 15-2.
  • A bases-loaded walk to redshirt-freshman Ruben Fernandez (Providence, R.I.) in the eighth brought the score to 16-2.
INSIDE THE BOX
  • Brassill was charged with two runs on two hits in four-and-a-third innings, while striking out four and walking four.
  • Graduate student Zachary Gitschier (Lowell, Mass.) struck out a pair in a perfect ninth.
  • Fernandez (RBI) and sophomore Steven Kienzle (Holbrook, N.Y.) both walked in pinch-hitting appearances.
NOTES
  • Southern New Hampshire has now won four straight and outscored its opponents, 71-13, during the stretch. The 71 runs are the most in a four-game span for the Penmen since they put up 74 April 16-19, 2015 in a game against Saint Anselm College and three versus Assumption University.
  • SNHU also outscored Saint Michael's in the three-game sweep, 54-11. The 54 runs are the most in a three-game series since April 18-19, 2015 when the Penmen posted 60 runs in a sweep at Assumption.
  • The Penmen improve to 45-2 all-time versus Saint Michael's and have won 37 straight meetings. They are a perfect 25-0 at home versus the Purple Knights, who last won a game in the series April 17, 2013 (8-2) on its home field.
  • Roldan's home run is the second of his first season with the Penmen and the seventh of his career.
  • Burgos has at least one RBI in seven consecutive games. During that stretch he is 16-for-31 (.516) with three home runs, 16 RBI and nine runs scored.
  • Wachter has an RBI in five straight, going 9-for-19 (.474) with a home run, 16 RBI and seven runs scored during the stretch.
  • Burgos and Wachter are tied atop the NE10 leaderboard with 52 RBI. Vargas Segura is fifth with 42 RBI.
  • Vargas Segura continues to pace the league in steals (38).
  • Vargas Segura extended his hitting streak to nine games, while Burgos has a base knock in seven straight.
  • O'Sullivan, and fellow seniors Parker Hansen (Granby, Conn.) and Griffin Gilbert (Concord, N.H.) were honored in a Senior Day ceremony prior to the game.
UP NEXT
  • The Penmen play their regular-season home finale Tuesday (April 30) at 3:30 p.m. against Post University at Penmen Field.
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