Dartmouth, Mass. -- The Johnson & Wales University baseball
team dropped a 4-3 decision against UMass Dartmouth in a
non-conference contest on the road on Wednesday afternoon.
UMass Dartmouth took the early 2-0 lead in the bottom of the
second on an RBI single by junior Anthony Fiorita (North
Reading, Mass.). UMD added another run after a miscue by
Johnson & Wales. Johnson & Wales got on the board in the
top of the third when junior Mike Murphy
(Pawtucket, R.I.) singled home a run for the Wildcats. In
the top of the sixth, JWU tied the game when junior Brian Sayers
(Chelmsford, Mass.) tallied an RBI groundout that scored sophomore
Zach
Boyes (West Warwick, R.I.). Senior Jonathan
Melendez (Providence, R.I.) put JWU ahead when he led off
the top of the seventh inning with a home run, his 11th of the
season.
Sophomore Dan DeMello (Taunton, Mass.) tripled
home the tying run in the bottom of the eighth inning and scored
the go-ahead run on a sacrifice fly by senior left field
Tom LaDore (Milford, Conn.) to give UMD the 4-3
victory.
Murphy was 3-for-4 with an RBI for Johnson & Wales while
Melendez, Boyes and junior Matt Yaeger
(Glendale, Ariz.) each had two hits in the setback for the
Wildcats.
With the loss Johnson & Wales falls to 13-25 while UMass
Dartmouth improves to 16-11 for the season. The Wildcats will
return to action on Friday, April 23rd when they travel to Salve
Regina for a non-conference contest at 3:30 p.m.
