Baseball Drops Two at Johnson & Wales In GNAC Twin Bill

East Providence, R.I. – The Johnson & Wales University baseball squad posted two wins against Anna Maria College in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) double header at Pierce Field on Saturday afternoon.  JWU grabbed a 14-3 victory in the opener and finished the day with an 8-2 win in the nightcap.

In the opener, Anna Maria opened up the scoring for the day with an RBI single by freshman Andrew Montiverdi (Worcester, Mass.) in the top of the fourth. Johnson & Wales erupted for eight runs in the bottom of the inning, including a two RBI double by senior Zack Boyes (West Warwick, R.I.) and a two-run single by fellow senior Tyler Newell (Westerly, R.I.). The Wildcats put up six runs in the sixth inning to take a 14-1 lead. Anna Maria scored twice in their final at-bat but Aaron Fenstermacher (Dixfield, Maine) shut the door to give JWU the 14-3 victory. Boyes went 2-for-4 with four RBI and a run scored while sophomore Kory Ferullo (Rochester, N.H.) went 2-for-3 with two runs scored for the Wildcats. Lucas Davis (Spencer, Mass.) went 3-for-3 in the loss for the AMCATS. Shawn Haugh (Tampa, Fla.) improved to 2-0 on the season after five innings of work and one earned run and five strikeouts. Davis picked up the loss for AMC with three and two-thirds innings pitched giving up eight runs on five hits.

In the nightcap, Jack Hocking (Hanover, Mass.) got the Wildcats on the board in the bottom of the first with an RBI single scoring Boyes. Junior Jake Dickerson (Garnet Valley, Pa.) extended the lead to 2-0 in the bottom of the second after scoring on a fielder's choice. James Reyes (Providence, R.I.) crossed the plate in the third to give JWU a 3-0 lead after three full. The AMCATS answered in the fourth after a Wildcat miscue cut the lead to two runs before Justin Hyland (Spencer, Mass.) singled in classmate Mike Guarnieri (Wallingford, Conn.) to bring AMC within one. JWU used a five run fifth to take the 8-2 lead and the Wildcats then cruised to the win. Senior Pete Rosa (Amber, Pa.) went 2-for-3 with three RBI in game two while Dickerson went 2-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored. Kevin Wodatch (Wallingford, Conn.) went 2-for-3 Anna Maria while Montiverdi was 2-for-2 in the nightcap. Aldo Morales (Miami, Fla.) pitched six innings giving up four hits and one earned run while striking out two. Tyler Stuart (Oxford, Mass) suffered the loss for the AMCATS throwing four and one third innings and striking out two.

With the two victories Johnson & Wales improves to 9-2 for the season and 2-0 in the GNAC while Anna Maria falls to 2-9 on the year and 0-2 in conference play.  The AMCATS will return to action on Sunday, March 24th when they travel to Mitchell College for a non-conference contest at 12:00 p.m.

Recap courtesy of Johnson & Wales Sports Information Department