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Box Score 2 SETTERS SWEEP TWINBILL
SPRINGFIELD, MA- Visiting Pace
University swept a Northeast-10 baseball doubleheader from host
American International College Saturday afternoon at AIC
Park. The Setters, who improved to 32-17 overall and 17-11 in
NE-10 play, took a 4-1 win in the opener then followed up with a
9-3 triumph in the second game. The Yellow Jackets are now
12-25 and 8-21 in the league.
In the opener, the Setters would plate a pair of runs apiece in
the fourth and fifth innings to take a 4-0 lead. Jack
Cawley (Bronx, N.Y.) was 3-5 at the plate in the opener
for the Setters, while JC Pullum (White Plains, NY/Valhalla) (White Plains,
N.Y.), Matt Arburr (Bristol, CT/Bristol Eastern) (Bristol, Conn.) and
Brian Hollrah (Glenwood, MD/Glenely) (Glenwood, Md.) had two hits apiece
for the Setters. AIC plated its only run in the eighth when
Tyler Cooke (Brattleboro, Vt.) scored on a single
by Jeff Rustico (Plantsville, Conn.).
Bryan Hallberg (River Edge, NJ/River Dell Regional) (River Edge, N.J.) picked up the
win for Pace, carrying a no-hitter through seven innings before
Cooke led off the eighth with a single. He allowed just two
hits in 8.1 innings of work as he improved to 6-3 on the
season. Hallberg's 10 strikeouts give him 78 for the year,
good for the second highest single season strikeout total in Pace
history. Eric Brown (Norwalk, CT/Norwalk) (Norwalk, Conn.)
recorded the final two outs to earn the save. Brett
Cooley (Somers, Conn.) went eight innings for the Yellow
Jackets and surrendered nine hits while fanning four.
In the nightcap Pace broke open a 3-1 game with five runs in the
fifth off of six hits to take an 8-0 lead. The Setters took a
2-0 lead in the top of the first on a two-run homerun by Cawley,
then Matt Bisbano (Mt. Kisco, NY/Fox Lane) (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) made it 3-0
in the fourth with his solo homerun to right. AIC would score
in the bottom of the fourth when a single by Kevin
Farrell (Wilbraham, Mass.) plated Neal
Quesnel (South Hadley, Mass.). The Yellow Jackets
would get their other two runs in the bottom of the eighth via a
two-run single by Andrew Martirano (Yonkers,
N.Y.).
Angelo Fusaro (Stamford, CT/Westhill) (Stamford, Conn.) pitched five
innings and allowed four hits to pick up the win for Pace.
AIC starter Bryan Soltis (Plantsville, Conn.) left
after 4.1 innings of work, allowing seven hits and seven
runs. The Setters banged out 11 hits in the nightcap with
Arburr, Bisbano and Joe Barracato (Westbury, NY/Clarke) (Westbury, N.Y.)
notching two hits apiece, with Bisbano knocking in three
runs. Martirano had three of American International's six
hits in the second game.
AIC and Pace meet Sunday in Pleasantville, N.Y. in the season
finale for the Yellow Jackets.
