Box Score WORCESTER, Mass. – Holy Cross defeated the Bryant baseball team, 7-6, on a walk-off squeeze bunt in the bottom of the 10^th inning on Wednesday night at Fitton Field.
 
With the loss, the Bulldogs fall to 22-19 overall. Bryant's 11-game road trip this weekend in New Jersey with three games against NJIT.
 
Bryant trailed 5-0 after three innings before rallying to take a 6-5 lead with single runs in the fourth and fifth and four runs in the sixth. Holy Cross tied the game in the seventh and teams traded zeroes until the 10^th.
 
After a leadoff single opened the Holy Cross 10^th, a throwing error on a back pick advanced the runner to second. A sac bunt moved the runner to third and Alex Sandell's squeeze bunt hugged the first base chalk before rolling over the bag fair to win the game.
 
Gavin Greger finished a double shy of the cycle for Bryant, going 4-for-5 with a triple, home run, two RBI and two runs scored. Carlos Irizarry added three hits and two RBI.
 
Game Information
Holy Cross 7, Bryant 6 (10)
Records: Bryant 22-19 | Holy Cross 20-25
Location: Ballpark at Fitton Field (Worcester, Mass.)
W|L|S: Nesson | Mulholland
 
Key Moment

• Sandell scored the winning run with a squeeze in the bottom of the 10^th.

How it Happened

• Holy Cross scored five times in the first two innings to build a big lead early. In the first, three-straight two-out hits plated three runs.
• In the second, Liam Daly led off with a home run and Owen Stelzer walked and came around to score on a wild pitch to make it 5-0.
• Bryant loaded the bases in two of the first three innings but couldn't plate a run. In the first, a fly ball to right turned into an inning-ending double play as Nick Anderson's throw to the plate nabbed Casey Wensley. A called third strike stranded the bases loaded in the third.
• Greger got Bryant on the board in a big way in the fourth as he launched a 3-2 pitch off the top of the scoreboard in deep right center.
• The Bulldogs tacked on a second run in the fifth as Irizarry singled and came around to score as Hunter Kingsbury slashed a two-out double into the left center gap.
• Bryant came all the way back to take the lead, 6-5, with four runs in top of the sixth. Cam Papetti was HBP and raced all the way around to score as Greger tripled into the right field corner. Justin Hackett followed with a line drive to short that caromed off the fielder's glove and into shallow center for an RBI double.
• Dylan Prince was HBP to put two on and both runners advanced on a fly out. Irizarry plated both with a chopper through the left side (6-5).
• Holy Cross rallied to tie the game in what turned into a wild seventh. A walk and a single put two with one out before Jackson Vanesko got a big strikeout. Van Coughlin followed with a nine-pitch at-bat, eventually lining one inside the bag at third and towards the Holy Cross bullpen. It appeared to give the Crusaders the lead but the second runner was sent back to third after it was ruled the ball touched a member of the Holy Cross bullpen. A walk loaded the bases but Vanesko ended the rally with a strikeout.
• The teams then traded zeroes in the eighth and ninth before Holy Cross won it in the 10^th. Daly singled to start the inning and then took second as Papetti's throw behind him at first got into right field. He moved to third on a sac bunt and then scored on Sandell's bunt.

Inside the Box Score

• Holy Cross outhit Bryant, 12-11.
• The Bulldogs collected five extra-base hits in the game.
• Zev Salsberg allowed five runs on six hits over 1.1 innings in his first start.
• Greg Gorman walked two and struck out two over 2.2 scoreless innings.
• Bradley Lewis and Owen Birchard each tossed scoreless innings. Birchard struck out the side in the sixth.
• Vanesko pitched the seventh, allowing one run and striking out two.
• Billy Mulholland allowed one unearned run over 2.1 innings of relief. He struck out three and didn't walk a batter.
• Greger finished 4-for-5 with a triple, home run, two RBI, two runs scored and a stolen base.
• Irizarry had three hits and drove in two.
• Kingsbury posted a pair of hits, including a double.

Game Notes

• Bryant falls to 3-1 in four meetings with Holy Cross. The two teams split the home-and-home series this season.
• Bryant is now 8-11 over its last 19 games.
• The Bulldogs stole three bases and now have 124 in 41 games.
• Wensley stole his 27^th base of the season and is now four shy of tying the DI single-season program record held by Carl Anderson.
• Irizarry matched his season high with three hits and he now has 12 multi-hit games this season and 50 in his collegiate career.
• Greger posted the second four-hit game of his career and his 45^th career multi-hit game. The four hits match his career high set against UAlbany in 2025.
• Greger's home run was his second of the year (6^th career) and the triple was the first of his collegiate career.
• Kingsbury collected his 10^th multi-hit game of the season.
• Birchard made his first appearance since April 3 at Maine.
• Lewis has recorded five-straight scoreless outings (5.1 innings).
• Gorman's outing was the longest of his collegiate career.

Up Next
Bryant returns to America East play this weekend when it travels to Little Falls, N.J., for three games against NJIT. The series begins Friday night at 6:00 p.m.