Baseball Splits With Babson On Saturday
Game 1: SC 1, Babson 0
Game 2: Babson 4, SC 1
WALTHAM, Mass., March 27, 2004 – Springfield College senior right-hander
Todd Royce (Chester, N.H.) fired a three-hit shutout as the Pride defeated Babson, 1-0, in the opening game of a New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) doubleheader this afternoon at Govini Field.
Royce, who struck out two and walked two in his first start of the ’04 campaign, won a spectacular duel with Babson’s Jason Kosow, who allowed just three hits and struck out seven. Junior centerfielder
Anthony Gorneault (Longmeadow, Mass.) drilled an RBI double in the first inning that proved to be the difference.
With one out in the opening frame, SC sophomore rightfielder
Joe Sgaglione (Massapequa, N.Y.) walked and stole second. With two out, Gorneault ripped a double to score Sgaglione.
In game two, Babson’s Jim Burke yielded six hits and struck out six as the Beavers (7-6) won, 4-1, to earn a split.
For the Pride, sophomore catcher
Adam Tarquini (Fishkill, N.Y.) was 1-for-3 with an RBI.
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Former Springfield College standout
Mark Simeone will enter his 17th season as the head baseball coach at his alma mater in 2013 . The reigning NEWMAC Coach of the year is coming off a successful 2012 campaign in which the Pride went 20-15.
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