Baseball Defeats Western New England 5-2 in Rain Shortened Game

Springfield, Mass. - Under a steady light rain through most of Tuesday's game, the Framingham State University baseball team defeated Western New England, 5-2 in five innings, in non-conference baseball action on Pat Ricci Field at Trelease Park.

The visiting Rams improve to 13-7 on the season while the Golden Bears fall to 6-10.

After Framingham took a 1-0 lead on a wild pitch in the top of the first inning, WNE struck quickly with two runs in the bottom half. Junior Kevin Marciano tied it when he scored on a throwing error after the catcher tried to get him out stealing third base. Classmate Connor Hayes put the Golden Bears on top, 2-1, as he had an RBI-single through the right side.

Framingham State tied it 2-all in the second on a one-out, run-scoring single by senior Mark Mainini with two runners on base. The WNE defense kept the Rams from potentially scoring another run in the stanza on that same play as junior pitcher Tom Mahoney was backing up home plate on a throw from sophomore right-fielder Kyle Maglio, firing to junior third to get junior RJ Gray out trying to advance two bases on Mainini's base hit and ending the inning.

A double-steal of second base and home gave the Rams the lead for good, 3-2, in the third. Framingham added two insurance runs in the next inning on a Mainini RBI-single through the right side and a sacrifice fly to left by senior Ivan Colon.

Sophomore Mike Andrews (2-1) got the win on the mound for the Rams, striking out seven and walking three in five innings. He allowed four hits just four hits in the game.

Western New England is scheduled to travel to Keene, N.H., on Wednesday to take on Keene State, while the Rams are back in action on Friday at Keene State as well.

Release courtesy of WNE Sports Information.