WPI 7, Becker 4
Box Score
Worcester, MA --- Cody McGregor (Westfield, MA)
laced a two-run single in the bottom of the eighth to help WPI
rally for a 7-4 victory over Becker in non-conference baseball
action on Tuesday afternoon. With the win, the Engineers
improve to 17-15 while Becker dips to 7-16.
WPI trailed 4-2 before erupting for a run in the seventh inning
and four more in the eighth. The Crimson and Gray sliced the
lead to a run on McGregor's RBI groundout. The Engineers
produced the key seventh inning run without a hit or the ball
leaving the infield.
In the eighth, WPI tied the game on a Ryan
Rainone (Oakville, CT) single to second. After
McGregor's heroics gave the Engineers a 6-4 lead, pinch hitter
Lyle Miller (Milford, CT) added an RBI single to
right center.
Alex Hansen (Burlington, CT) was strong out of
the bullpen. The freshman (3-2) picked up his second relief
win in three days after allowing one hit and striking out four in 3
2/3 innings.
Both starters pitched well, especially Becker's Reed
Metz (Hudson, FL). Retz allowed just a pair of
earned runs in six innings plus while his counterpart, WPI's
Mike Swanton (Foxboro, MA), yielded three earned
runs in 5 1/3 innings of work. Eric Rock
(Pittsfield, MA) absorbed the loss for the Hawks to drop to 0-2 on
the season.
Becker was paced offensively by Jusuz Lopez
(Manchester, CT), who smashed a solo homer run in the fourth and an
RBI double in the fifth. Join Loper with a pair of hits for
the Hawks were George Triantafillakos (Leominster,
MA), Kevin Robinson (Pittsfield, MA) and
Jake Russo (Sandwich, MA).
Scott McNee (Falmouth, MA) and Paul
Galliagan (Weymouth, MA) would notch multiple base hits
for WPI while Ethan Brown (Leominster, MA) and
Rainone would score twice.
WPI will return to action on Thursday with a single-elimination
NEWMAC Tournament game. The second-seeded
Engineers will host seventh-seeded Coast Guard at 3:30pm with the
winner advancing to this weekend's double elimination portion of
the tournament. Becker will host Keene State in a
non-conference match-up on Wednesday at 4pm at Anna Maria.
