EASTON, Mass. – The Bryant baseball team scored in each of the first six innings and pounded out 18 hits on its way to a 12-3 victory over Stonehill on Wednesday afternoon at Lou Gorman Field.
The Bulldogs improve to 23-16-1 overall with their 12th win in the last 13 games. Bryant finishes the month of April with a 12-2 record and will now turn its attention this weekend's America East series against Maine.
Drew Wyers led the way with four hits and three RBI, while
Zac Zyons (3-6, HR),
Gavin Noriega (3-5, 2RBI, 3R) and
Brandyn Durand (3-4, 2RBI, 2R) each posted three hits.
Gavin Greger had two hits and two RBI and
Matt D'Amato doubled twice.
Trey Deitelbaum earned his second win of the year with 3.0 scoreless on Wednesday.
Game Information
Bryant 12, Stonehill 3
Records: Bryant 23-16-1 | Stonehill 16-24
Location: Lou Gorman Field (Easton, Mass.)
W|L|S: Deitelbaum (2-3) | Weber
Key Moments
- Zyons set the tone early, hitting his fifth career leadoff home run on the first pitch of the game.
How it Happened
- Zyons clubbed the first pitch of the game over the wall in right center for his team-leading ninth home run of the year. Noriega would follow with a single and came around to score on a two-out double to left from Greger.
- In the second, Durand doubled and scored on a sac fly from Noriega. Wyers then brought home Cam Papetti with a single to left.
- Charlie Saul made it 5-0 after three as he drove in D'Amato with a two-out single up the middle.
- In the fourth, Greger drove in a run with a single to right and D'Amato followed with a sac fly. Durand made it 8-0 as he blooped an RBI single to right.
- Wyers picked up an RBI single in the fifth and then Durand, Noriega and Wyers all added RBI singles to make it 12-0 in the sixth.
- Stonehill extended the game with three runs in the bottom of the seventh.
Inside the Box Score
- Bryant finished with 18 hits.
- Zyons went 3-for-6 with a leadoff home run.
- Noriega finished 3-for-5 with two RBI and three runs scored.
- Wyers posted four hits and three RBI.
- Greger collected a pair of RBI singles.
- D'Amato doubled twice and scored twice.
- Durand had three hits, two RBI and two runs scored.
- Deitelbaum allowed one hit, walked two and struck out four over 3.0 scoreless.
- Dylan Scudder, Bradley Lewis and Jared Burrows all delivered a scoreless inning.
- Owen Birchard struck out four over 1.2 innings of relief before Ty Davis pitched a scoreless ninth.
Game Notes
- Bryant is now 3-2 vs Stonehill as DI foes.
- The Bulldogs have won 12 of their last 13 games and finished the month of April with a 12-2 record.
- Bryant hit .305 with 37 doubles and 22 home runs in 14 April games. The Bulldogs posted a 4.01 team ERA and held opponents to a .225 average in April.
- Bryant is now 7-2-1 in midweek games.
- Wyers extended his on-base streak to 22 games and is now hitting .407 with 33 RBI. He hit .438 with 20 RBI in April.
- Noriega extended his on-base streak to 18 games and is now hitting .331 with 42 RBI and 40 runs scored. He hit .412 (21-51) with 16 RBI and 21 runs scored in April.
- Zyons' home run was his team-leading ninth of the year and the 21st of his career. He has homered four times in the last four games. Zyons now has five career leadoff home runs.
- Zyons has hit safely in each of his last nine games, going 16-for 39 (.410). He hit .345 with 13 RBI in April.
- Durand collected his first multi-hit game since March 25 vs Sacred Heart.
- Deitelbaum matched his career and season high with 3.0 innings. He set a career high with four strikeouts.
- Birchard has now struck out 14 over 8.1 innings of relief.
Up Next
Bryant opens its three-game series with Maine on Friday afternoon at 3:00 p.m.
