Baseball Walks Off In Game Two as Rams Sweep MCLA

Framingham, Mass. - The Framingham State University baseball team took game one of a double header by a score of 9-1 before walking off with a 2-1 victory in game two over MCLA in Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference action at Bowditch Field.   

THE BASICS: 

- Scores:  Framingham State 9, MCLA 1/Framingham State 2, MCLA 1 

- Records:  Framingham State (6-17, 4-10), MCLA (8-14, 2-8) 

- Location:   Bowditch Field – Framingham, Mass.   

INSIDE THE NUMBERS 

• The Trailblazers took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning on a sacrifice fly to right, but the Rams plated six in the bottom of the inning to lead 6-1.  Nicholas Kutcher, Roscoe Palmer, Jakob Lindkvist and Zachary Kern delivered RBI base hits and Scott Paquette added a sacrifice fly.  

• The Rams added to the lead in the bottom of the third on a sacrifice fly by Kern and plated two more in the fifth on a single from Kutcher and a ground out from Kern to reach the final score. 

• Connor Thibault earned the victory on the mound going seven innings, allowing one earned run on five hits with four strikeouts. 

• Kutcher and Palmer finished the game with two hits apiece and two RBI, while Kern finished 1-for-2 with three RBI. 

• In game two, after three scoreless innings, the Trailblazers loaded the bases in the fourth and scored the game's first run on a walk. 

• The Rams tied the game in the bottom of the sixth when Colin Johnson walked and then scored on an RBI single from Christian Cox. 

• The game remained tied until the bottom of the seventh when Kutcher led off the inning with a triple to right and Palmer followed with a game winning single to center scoring Kutcher with the winning run. 

• Joshua Sunderland earned the victory in game two tossing seven innings and allowing just one run on five hits with 11 strikeouts. 

UP NEXT: 

The Rams are back in action Tuesday when they travel to Mass. Maritime at 4 p.m.