Swamp Bats unload six runs in fourth inning to defeat Muskrats 10-2
Published on June 28, 2011 under New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL)
Keene Swamp Bats News Release
KEENE, NH - The Keene Swamp Bats pounded out 10 runs on 15 hits to beat the Laconia Muskrats, 10-2, in New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) action on Tuesday night at Alumni Field.
Keene's record moves to 8-3 on the season and 7-0 overall when scoring first. Laconia falls to 5-8.
Right-hander Tyler Skulina (Strongsville, OH/Kent St.) earned his first win of the season bringing a no-hitter into the fifth inning. Laconia right fielder Regan Flaherty (Portland, ME/Vanderbilt) broke up the no-hit bid on a two-out single through the left side. Skulina wrapped up his first win in two starts going six innings, yielding two runs (one earned) on three hits, no walks and one punchout.
Muskrats left-handed starter England Smith (Nashville, TN/Walters St. CC) suffered the loss on three-and-one-thirds innings pitched, 10 hits, seven runs (all earned), one walk and three strikeouts.
Ahead 2-1 headed into the bottom of the fourth, the Swamp Bats posted a six-run frame highlighted by a leadoff home run from first baseman Esteban Gomez (Houston, TX/San Jacinto Coll.) - a laser to right centerfield for his first of the season - and a two-run double to left field off the bat of Alex Chittenden (Independence, MO/Louisville) and Keene never looked back.
Centerfielder Michael Burruss (Marietta, GA/Georgia Southern) also notched an RBI single in the frame while Brett DeLoach (Blackshear, GA/Georgia) plated a runner on a groundout to short.
Laconia cut its 2-0 deficit in half in the top of the fourth as Will Johnson (Elm City, NC/UNC-Wilmington) scored from second base on a fielding error by Gomez.
Keene third baseman Ryan Fuller (Lyme, CT/UConn) gave the Swamp Bats a 2-0 lead in the third with a single to left centerfield scoring Tom Conley (Quincy, MA/UMass-Amherst) from second base.
In the first inning, left fielder Kevin Brown (Northborough, MA/Bryant Univ.) opened up the scoring as he drilled a triple down the right field line plating Chittenden who reached base on a single with one out.
Burruss led all Swamp Bats in the RBI department knocking in three runs including two on a single to left field in the fifth. Burruss finished the night going 2-for-5 with one run scored.
Chittenden went 3-for-5 with two runs scored and two runs batted in from the two-hole while Conley was 2-for-2 with two runs scored. Gomez was 2-for-4 with a run scored and one RBI.
The Swamp Bats bullpen brass of Anthony Cervone (Beacon, NY/St. John's), David Mahoney (Colchester, CT/UConn) and TJ Ferguson (Westmoreland, NH/Franklin Pierce) held the Muskrats scoreless over the last three innings on two hits, two walks and two strikeouts.
Keene returns to action tomorrow at home against the North Adams SteepleCats at 6:30 pm.
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