Baseball Falls to Second Seed Salem State in Extra Innings
Salem, Mass. – The Salem State University baseball team scored the deciding run in the 10th inning on passed ball as the second seed Vikings defeated third seed Framingham State University 4-3 this afternoon in Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Baseball Tournament action this afternoon.
With the win the Vikings (27-14) advance to face top seed Worcester State University tomorrow afternoon in the tournament's winner's bracket, while the Rams (20-17) slip into the loser's bracket and will face Westfield State University tomorrow at Worcester at 10 a.m. in an elimination game.
Senior Billy Derosier (Shrewsbury, Mass.) went 2-for-5 for the Rams with a pair of RBI, while classmate Anthony Iafolla (Medfield, Mass.) went 2-for-4 with a double, a homerun, an RBI and scored a pair of runs.
Freshman Mike Andrews (Stoneham, Mass.) went the distance for the Rams suffering his first loss of the season. He went nine innings allowing four runs, three earned, on 11 hits with two strikeouts and four walks.
Salem State took a 1-0 lead in their first at bat of the day on an RBI single by McElroy and extended the lead to 2-0 in the second on a Trowt basehit. Another single run in the third on a Toomey RBI single pushed the Viking lead to 3-0.
The Rams got on the board in the top of sixth inning on Iafolla's solo homer to right. Derosier delivered a two RBI single to center in the top of the eighth to tie the game and force extra innings.