FRANKLIN, Mass. – The JWU (Providence) baseball program piled up 36 runs in sweeping a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) doubleheader from Dean College Saturday afternoon at the Longley Athletic Complex.
Game One: Wildcats 17, Bulldogs 5 (7 inn.)
Junior
Trevor Juan went 3-for-4 with a three-run home run and five RBI as the Wildcats hung crooked numbers in each of the first four innings. Junior
Nicolas Fortes laced a two-run single in the first before senior
EJ Leone and junior
Xavier Botelho each plated a run in the second to push the JWU lead to 7-1. Juan's round tripper in the third made it 10-4 and run-scoring hits from Juan and Botelho extended the lead to 16-4 after four. Junior
Ben Fosberg came on in relief of sophomore
Aidan Vining to earn the win, holding the Bulldogs to three hits and one run in four innings of work, striking out three.
Game Two: Wildcats 19, Bulldogs 8
The Wildcats put up a '12' spot in the fourth to turn a six-all game into a blowout. The innings was highlighted by a two-run home run from Juan, two-run singles from Fortes and junior
Owen Davis, and RBI singles from senior
Jack Magane and
Riley Hasson, and Davis again later in the frame. Hasson closed the contest 3-for-3 with three runs scored and two RBI while Davis drove in four and Juan, Hasson, Leone, Fortes, and junior
Zachary Amero each had two RBI. Junior
Nick Calenda earned the win in relief, striking out six over 4.2 innings of two-run ball.