NO. 2 WORCESTER STATE
WINS 2008 MASCAC BASEBALL TOURNAMENT TITLE
Lancers down Westfield State 9-4 to earn third tournament crown
since 2002
First Round (at Westfield State, Worcester State)
Thursday, May 1
Game 1: No. 1 Westfield State defeats No. 4 Bridgewater
State, 8-3 Box
score
Game 2: No. 2 Worcester State defeats No. 3 Salem State, 7-6
(10 inn.) Box score
Second Round (at Westfield State)
Saturday, May 3
Game 3: No. 4 Bridgewater State defeats No. 3 Salem
State, 9-3 Box
score
Game 4: No. 2 Worcester State defeats No. 1 Westfield State,
6-1 Box
score
Game 5: No. 1 Westfield State defeats No. 4 Bridgewater
State, 5-2 Box
score
Championship Round (at Westfield State)
Sunday, May 4
Game 6: No. 2 Worcester State defeats No. 1
Westfield State, 9-4 Box
score
WESTFIELD, MA, May 4, 2008
- Worcester State snapped a 4-4 tie with a four-run,
seventh-inning uprising in a 9-4 victory over Westfield State in
the Massachusetts State College Athletics Conference (MASCAC)
baseball tournament championship game on Sunday, May 4.
Worcester State, 23-16 and riding a nine-game winning streak, earns
and automatic berth to the NCAA Division III Tournament. The
Lancers also claimed tournament titles in 2002 and 2005.
Westfield State, the 2007 tournament champion and 2008 regular
season co-champion with Worcester, is 22-15-1.
Despite being out-hit 14-6, the Owls - the designated visiting team
- held a 4-3 lead after six and a half innings. Several of
Worcester's five errors helped contribute to two unearned Westfield
runs.
Westfield took a 1-0 first-inning lead when Brad
King led off with a walk, stole second, advanced to third
on a groundout and scored on Scott McIntyre's
groundout on a close play at the plate.
Worcester scored three runs on four hits to take a 3-1 third-inning
lead. Key hits were an RBI double by Chris Logan and an RBI single
by Corey Abbascia.
Westfield tied the score with two runs in the fifth. The Owls
loaded the bases on a fielding error, a walk and a bunt single by
King. Justin Parr then ripped an RBI single to
right field, with the second run scoring when the right fielder
mishandled the ball.
The Owls took a 4-3 lead in the sixth. Pinch hitter Garrett
Kendziera rapped a single to center field and advanced to
second on Mike Trachtenberg's sacrifice bunt.
Peter Hogan then laced an RBI single to center
field.
Worcester tied the score in the home half of the sixth on an RBI
double to deep center field by Matt Hart.
In Worcester's key four-run seventh inning, Abbascia continued his
fine tournament play by delivering the game-winning hit, an RBI
single to left field. The other big hit was a two-run single thru
the right side by Ryan Raleigh.
Hart led the Lancers at the plate, going 4-for-5 with a double and
RBI. Chris Logan was 3 for 5 with a double and two
runs scored. Abbascia and Raleigh both had two singles and two
RBI.
Hogan was 2 for 4 with an RBI for Westfield.
Pat Good was the winning pitcher in relief of
starter Bob DeVito, who hurled five complete
innings. Good threw three complete frames.
