Baseball Extends Winning Streak To Four
SC 12, Clark 4
SC 8, WPI 6
WORCESTER, Mass., April 18, 2004 – Springfield College extended its winning streak to four games on Sunday in impressive fashion, beating Clark, 12-4, and WPI, 8-6, in New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) baseball action.
Against Clark, the Pride jumped out to a 9-0 lead after five innings. Sophomore third baseman
Derek Yvon (East Longmeadow, Mass.) went 2-for-4 with a home run, and junior
Mike Burns (Wynanstkill, N.Y.) collected three hits and scored four times. Junior
Anthony Gorneault (Longmeadow, Mass.) was 4-for-5 with a double and a triple.
SC erupted for five runs in the fifth, including a three-run blast by junior
John Beattie (Longmeadow, Mass.).
Senior right-hander
Todd Royce (Chester, N.H.) pitched 7.1 innings to pick up his third win. He extended his streak with out allowing an earned run to 29 innings before giving up two in the eighth inning. Royce is 3-0 with an 0.61 earned-run average.
In game two, Yvon was 3-for-5 with four runs batted in and Burns collected three hits as the Pride took an 8-6 decision. Junior left-hander
Kevin Davidson (Claremont, N.H.) scattered seven hits over eight innings to even his mark at 2-2.
SC jumped out to a 3-0 first inning lead, sparked by a two-run single by Yvon. Yvon added a critical two-run double in the ninth inning that proved to be the game-winning hit.
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Head Coach Mark Simeone
Former Springfield College standout
Mark Simeone will enter his 18th season as the head baseball coach at his alma mater in 2014. The 2012 NEWMAC Coach of the Year, Simeone will lead a veteran squad this spring.
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