The Framingham State Rams and the Westfield State Owls advanced to the quarterfinal round of the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament after winning their first round games on Friday.

#4 Framingham State 6, #1 Massachusetts Maritime 3 Box Score

BUZZARDS BAY, Mass. --  Junior R.J. Gray (Lowell, Mass.) drove in three runs to back a complete-game effort on the mound from sophomore Mike Andrews (Stoneham, Mass.) as fourth-seeded Framingham State posted a 6-3 victory over top-seeded Massachusetts Maritime in second round action of the 2015 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Baseball Championships Friday afternoon at Commodore Hendy Field.

The visiting Rams, who improve to 26-16 overall on the season, advance in the winner’s bracket and will take on second-seeded Salem State (23-12) Saturday afternoon at 12:30 p.m.  The host Buccaneers, who fall to 17-11 overall with the setback, will entertain the Worcester State Lancers in an elimination game on Saturday morning beginning at 9:30 a.m.

Framingham State grabbed a 2-0 second inning lead on an RBI double by freshman Jordan Pallazola (Rockport, Mass.) and a sacrifice fly by Gray, who extended that margin to 3-0 in the fourth with a run-scoring single.  Massachusetts Maritime evened matters with a three-run rally in the bottom of the fourth, as juniorEverett Walsh (Marstons Mills, Mass.) doubled and scored on a one-out error before freshman William Keane(Braintree, Mass.) plated the second Buccaneer tally with an RBI two-bagger.  Fellow freshman Tyler Chaisson (Newburyport, Mass.) tied the game with a single that scored Keane, but the Rams answered back with a three-run rally of their own in the fifth, as all of the runs came with two outs.  Singles by seniors Ivan Colon (Waltham, Mass.) and Billy Derosier (Shrewsbury, Mass.) sandwiched a walk to senior Mark Mainini(Hull, Mass.), and a bases-loaded walk to senior John Gill (Hudson, Mass.) plated the go-ahead run.  Pallazola followed with a bases-loaded walk on another 3-2 pitch that gave the visitors a two-run cushion, as Gray’s infield single capped the rally and accounted for the final score.

Andrews allowed eight hits and just one earned run while striking out seven in going the distance for Framingham State, as he threw 85 of his 131 pitches for strikes in improving to 5-4 on the season.  Junior Jake Wardwell (Hudson, Mass.) paced a 10-hit Rams’ attack by going 3-for-4 on the afternoon, while Gray collected two hits as well for the winners.  Keane rapped out two of Massachusetts Maritime’s eight hits in the setback, as both he and senior Bobby Rosano (North Reading, Mass.) joined Walsh with doubles on the day.  Junior Kevin Kwedor (Marshfield, Mass.) allowed six hits and walked four while striking out seven in falling to 6-3 on the mound for the Buccaneers, while senior Zac Cooney (East Bridgewater, Mass.) fanned eight in a 4 1/3 relief innings for the hosts.

#2 Salem State 6, #3 Worcester State 0 Box Score

Salem, Mass. -- Andrew Deloury (Andover, MA) launched two home runs and Mike Richardson (Belmont, MA) pitched seven innings of shutout baseball as #2 Salem State blanked #3 Worcester State, 6-0 in the second round of the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Baseball Tournament. The Vikings will now face off against # 4 seed Framingham State tomorrow at 1:00 PM at Mass Maritime the tournament host site. The Lancers play top seed Mass. Maritime in an elimination game at 10:00 AM. 

Salem State struck first in the bottom of the 2nd inning, when Ryan Beliveau (Lynn, MA) smashed a triple that brought home Jose Cedano (Lawrence, MA) for a 1-0 Vikings' lead.

Salem State (23-12) extended their advantage to 3-0 in the third when Dan Connors (Danvers, MA) singled through the infield, and Colton Fontaine (Newburyport, MA) added an RBI hit.

Meanwhile, Richardson halted the Worcester State (24-15) offense despite the Lancers stranding base runners in each inning after the first.

In the 4th inning Deloury crushed the first of his two homeruns, a two-run shot to left, to make it  5-0.

The Lancers threated in the sixth, but after Jeff Bolio (Oxford, MA) and Mike Powers (Weymouth, MA) singled following a fielder's choice to load the bases Richardson produced an easy groundball out to escape the inning. Right fielder Kevin Carens (Northborough, MA) opened the inning with an impressive over the shoulder catch off the bat of Adam Barry (Auburn, MA) in front of the warning track in right field to help prevent a big inning.

In the 6th, Deloury hit his second home run to put the Vikings up 6-0.

Richardson (6-2) went seven innings, scattering eight hits with two strikeouts to pick up the win. Peter Gonski (East Lyme, CT) pitched the final two innings for the Vikings and did not allow a hit while walking one and striking out two. 

Kris Doyle (Milbury, MA) went the distance for Worcester State. The sophomore gave up nine hits and four earned runs, and had five strikeouts in the loss. Doyle slip's to 3-4 on the season.  

Courtesy of Massachusetts Maritime and Salem State Sports Information