March 17, 2009

BRYANT BASEBALL SPLITS WITH HOLY CROSS TUESDAY AFTERNOON

BOX SCORES - GAME 1 - GAME 2

Jamie Skajerlind homered in game one against Holy Cross Tuesday afternoon to give the Bulldogs a 4-2 win over the Crusaders.  www.dspics.com

WORCESTER, MA - The Bryant University baseball team returned to the New England region for the first time this year and split a double-header with Holy Cross Tuesday afternoon. The Bulldogs won the opener, 4-2 before falling in the second 5-3.  Bryant (10-5) will host Boston College Wednesday afternoon in the home opener at the Bryant Baseball Complex.  First-pitch is set for 3:30 p.m.

The Bulldogs rode the strong arm of Kevin Cobb, who went seven innings in the opener allowing just two runs on nine hits and fanned 12 Holy Cross batters to picked up his third win of the season. Mark Andrews closed out the game to pick up the save, working two scoreless innings.

Jeff Vigurs went 3-for-4 at the plate with two RBIs while Dylan Stone went 2-for-5. Vigurs got the Bulldogs on the board with a two-run home run in the fourth inning. It was Vigurs fifth homer of the year.

After Holy Cross scored two in the bottom of the fourth to tie the game, Bryant regain the lead in the sixth.

Jordan English took first base after being hit by a pitch and Jamie Skagerlind blasted his first home run of the season to put the Bulldogs back on top 4-2 and Cobb took care of the rest.

In the second game, the Bulldogs scored three times in the top of the first inning but a five-run third by the Holy Cross (2-11) was all the scoring they would need to regain the lead and pull out the victory.

Pat McKenna led off the game with single to left and Stone followed with a walk.  After both runners moved up thanks to a sacrifice by Nick Campbell, Pat O'Connor laced a double to right field scoring both McKenna and Stone. Vigurs would plate O'Connor one batter later with a double of his own to right to give the Bulldogs a 3-0 lead right off the bat.

Stone, Campbell and Vigurs each had two hits in the nightcap as Tom Baker took the loss on the mound after being replaced by Matt Griswold in the third. Brian O'Neil worked the eighth inning allowing just one hit in relief.