April 1, 2010
BASEBALL DEFEATS FAIRFIELD 18-8 THURSDAY BEHIND 24-HIT
ATTACK; BULLDOGS HOSTS HARTFORD FRIDAY AT 3:30 PM
BOXSCORE
FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Looking for a little run support
Thursday against Fairfield, Bryant pitcher Eric Polvani
(Wallingford, Conn.) certainly got what he wished for as
the Bulldogs exploded for 18 runs on 24 hits including four home
runs in an 18-8 non-conference victory over the Stags at Alumni
Diamond.
Coming off a brilliant performance last Friday against Monmouth
where he struck out 12 and walked just one in a 3-2 loss to the
Hawks in West Long Branch, N.J., Polvani had excellent command on
the mound once again Thursday at Fairfield. The senior righty
took a shutout into the seventh inning, but the Stags would finally
get on the board in the bottom of the inning on a two-out double to
score a pair of runs.
Polvani would get out of the inning with a strikeout – his
eighth of the day and improved to 1-4 on the year. Polvani allowed
just four hits through seven innings and walked only two.
Bryant (7-13), looking for their fourth-straight win, wasted
little time getting on the board in the top of the first . After
two quick outs, Jeff Vigurs (South Windsor, Conn.)
drilled his first home run of the season, a solo shot to right
field, to put the visitors up 1-0.
Nick Campbell (Raynham, Mass.) would follow
with a single to right and moved to second on an bunt single by
Dylan Stone (Portsmouth, R.I.). With two on,
Zakary Cianciolo (Prospect, Conn.) lined a double
to center to score both Campbell and Stone to make it 3-0.
Vigurs, who had three hits in the game, added an RBI single in
the second to make it 4-0.
The Bulldogs would add three more runs in the third to take a
7-0 lead.
After leadoff hits by Stone and Cianciolo to lead off the third,
first baseman Jamie Skagerlind (Holden, Mass.)
doubled to the right field gap to score both Bulldogs. The
sophomore would later come around to score on a ground out to
short by Colin Dougherty (Lowell, Mass.).
Fairfield (8-13) would pull to within 10-5 with three runs in
the eighth against the Bryant bullpen, but the Bulldogs' bats came
alive again in the ninth. Keyed by home runs by David
Soltis (Plainville, Conn.) and Scott Merritt
(Norwalk, Conn.) the Bulldogs stretched its lead to 18-5
with eight runs in the inning and never looked back.
In all, the Bulldogs finished with a season-high 18 runs on 24
hits including four home runs. Campbell was one of many who
had big day at the plate as the senior went 4-for-6 with
three runs scored while Cianciolo joined Vigurs with a three-hit
afternoon.
Bryant will return home to host Hartford on Friday at 3:30
pm.
