Baseball Rallies in 11th to Top MCLA in Extra-Innings

WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS – The Framingham State baseball team erased a deficit with a five-run outburst in the top of the 11th inning, holding on for a 7-5 victory over MCLA on Friday afternoon at Bobby Coombs Field.

THE BASICS:

• Score: Framingham State 7, MCLA 5 (11 innings)
• Records: Framingham State (3-17, 1-10), MCLA (8-11, 2-5)
• Location: Williamstown, MA (Bobby Coombs Field)

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• MCLA drew first blood in the bottom of the 1st when Roshan Warriar singled to center, plating Chris Vargas for a 1-0 lead.
• Framingham State answered in the 5th on a solo home run to left field by Rosco Palmer, then took the lead when Colin Johnson singled home Zachary Kern to make it 2-1.
• MCLA tied it at 2-2 in the bottom of the 5th on a Jake Jasminski RBI single, with the run scoring as unearned.
• The score remained deadlocked through the 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th innings in a tense pitchers' duel.
• Framingham State broke through in the 11th with a five-run rally: Nicholas Kutcher plated Massimo Mondi for the go-ahead run, Zachary Kern followed with a two-RBI single scoring Christian Cox and Kutcher, and Jakob Lindkvist capped the inning with a two-RBI single up the middle to push the lead to 7-2.
• MCLA mounted a threat in the bottom of the 11th, scoring three runs on RBI singles by Joe Sardo and Camden Zerbato, plus an unearned run on a pair of Rams throwing errors, but ran out of outs as Maximus Krasnow was retired on a fielder's choice to end the game.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• Rosco Palmer went 2-for-5 with a home run and an RBI; Jakob Lindkvist added 2-for-5 with two RBI; Zachary Kern drove in two with a key 11th-inning single; Colin Johnson chipped in two hits, an RBI, and two stolen bases
• Charlie Ambroult was excellent in a no-decision, allowing just one earned run over eight innings on 107 pitches; August Hayes earned the win (2-0), working the final three frames
• Roshan Warriar paced MCLA offensively, going 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI before being called on to pitch in the 11th, where he was tagged for four runs; Cam Harrington took the hard-luck effort, allowing just two earned runs over 7.2 innings

UP NEXT:

• Framingham State hosts MCLA in a doubleheader at Bowditch Field on Saturday, April 11, with first pitch set for 1:00 PM.