PROVIDENCE, R.I. (taken from an RIC press release) -Junior
pitcher/designated hitter Gary Levesque (East Providence, RI)
picked up his first win (1-0) and went 3-for-4 with three RBI as
Rhode Island College defeated Brandeis, 5-1, on Thursday afternoon
at Anchorman Field. He allowed just one run on four hits, while
striking out five, in seven innings of work.
The Anchormen (13-5) win their third straight game and for the
fifth time in their last six contests. The Judges (8-14) fall for
the fifth time in their last six.
Rhode Island College went up, 1-0, in the bottom of the fourth
as junior catcher Justin Corso (Cranston, R.I.) led off with a
infield single up the middle. He was moved over to second on a
ground out and advanced to third when a failed pickoff attempt
sailed into left field. Corso then trotted home on sophomore
shortstop Kyle Allaire¹s (Uxbridge, Mass.) RBI ground out to
shortstop.
The Anchormen added more in the fifth as with one down. Freshman
right fielder Kevin Carey (Wakefield, R.I.) tripled to the gap in
right center, Allaire was hit by a pitch and senior center fielder
Jared Rossi (Johnston, R.I.) walked to load the bases. That set the
stage for Levesque who crushed an 0-2 pitch to the gap in right
center and bring in all three runners.
The Levesque hit chased Brandeis junior starter John
McGrath (New York, N.Y./Trevor Day) from the game and
brought on rookie Stefan Weiss (Jericho,
N.Y./Jericho) who got senior first baseman Tim Schabowski (Pascoag,
R.I.) to ground out to second. Rookie Andrew
Weissenberg (Demarest, N.J./Northern Valley Regional) came
on and threw a wild pitch that allowed Levesque to score easily
from third to give RIC a 5-0 advantage.
Brandeis tried to get back into the game in the seventh as
rookie left fielder Chris Ferro (Walpole,
Mass./Walpole) led off the inning with a solo homer to left, his
third of the season. Levesque hit senior catcher Artie
Posch (Hopedale, Mass.), but he induced a 1-6-3 double
play and a ground out to shortstop to squash the rally.
RIC senior reliever Bobby Venditto (Cranston, RI) pitched a
scoreless eighth, and despite putting the two lead runners aboard,
junior Matt Thadeio (West Greenwich, RI) struck out the next two
hitters and forced a ground out to seal the win.
Ferro was the only offensive bright spot for the visitors, going
1-for-4 with a run scored and RBI. McGrath took the loss (0-3),
allowing all five runs on five hits in 4.1 innings before giving
way to the relief corp, which did a fine job for the second outing
in a row. Six relievers combined to allow just two hits in 3.2
innings of work.
Brandeis returns to Stein Diamond tomorrow at 3 p.m. to take on
Western New England College.
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