Swamp Bats hold on, defeat Ocean State 4-3
June 29, 2014 - New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL)
Keene Swamp Bats News Release
The Keene Swamp Bats notched their second straight victory on Sunday night, holding on to defeat the Ocean State Waves 4-3.
Keene improves to 8-10 on the year, while the Waves have now dropped three in a row and fall to 10-8.
With things tied at one apiece in the top of the sixth, Dominc Severino (Central Conn State) blasted a two-run shot to left center field that gave the Swamp Bats a lead they wouldn't relinquish, leading 3-1 at the time. Severino has now driven in six runs in his last two games.
Ocean State jumped ahead early in this one, scoring a run without the help of a hit in the home half of the second. Drew Ferguson (Belmont) was hit by a pitch, stole second, moved to third on a groundout and scampered home on a wild pitch by Swamp Bats starter Eric Lauer (Kent State).
Zach Lauricella (St. John's) tied the game at one with an RBI double to score Bret Dennis (St. John's) who had reached on an error to start the inning. Lauricella scored on Severino's home run later in the inning.
The Swamp Bats would add an insurance run in the top half of the eighth as Ryan Summers (Louisville) delivered an RBI single to plate Conner Simonetti (Kent State).
The Waves would cut it to 4-3 with a pair of runs in the home half of the eighth, as Ryan Blanton (Georgia State) singled to lead off and came around to score on a passed ball. The other run in the inning came on Ferguson's RBI groundout that scored Tim Caputo (Rhode Island).
Lauer got the win for Keene to go to 2-1 on the season, pitching the first six innings, allowing one run on one hit. The southpaw also walked three and struck out seven.
Mark Lukowski (Creighton) served up the two-run shot to Severino and allowed the pair of runs on two hits in an inning of work and was charged with the loss. Lukowski is now 2-1 on the season.
Sam Triece (Washington State) got the final five outs of the game for his first save of the season.
The Swamp Bats will enjoy an off day tomorrow and will next be in action on Tuesday night when they host the Vermont Mountaineers at 6:30.
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