WALTHAM, Mass. – Sitting at 5-1 over their last six games, the Pace University baseball team was defeated on Saturday afternoon by a score of 8-4 at Bentley University. The loss moves the Setters to 12-8-1 overall, including 6-4 against the Northeast-10 Conference.
The Falcons jumped on Pace early on, scoring two runs in the first inning off Setters' starter
Kyle Cashman (Hicksville, NY/Hicksville). Cashman would go on to earn the loss after giving up seven earned runs over five innings.
The Blue and Gold cut into the Bentley lead in the third after a
Matt Almonte (New Rochelle, NY/New Rochelle) RBI ground out scored
Matt Bass (Staten Island, NY/Tottenville). The Falcons responded immediately in the bottom half of the inning, taking a 3-1 lead off a Max Troiani RBI single.
After Pace once again slimmed the edge to just one run on a
Ryan Crowley (Cornwall on Hudson, NY/Iona Prep/Monmouth) sac fly in the fourth, the Falcons used big innings in the fourth and the sixth to create separation.
A two-run home run from Luke Figueira, followed by RBI hits from Nathan Littman and Mike Samko supplied Bentley with a 7-2 advantage.
The Setters, who weren't able to cut the advantage to less than four, scored their final runs off
Greg Tsouprakos (West Islip, NY/West Islip) RBI double (eighth) and a
Paul Piccolino (Staten Island, NY/Monsignor Farrell) single (ninth). Tsouprakos, already enjoying a nice rookie season, led Pace with three hits on the day.
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The Setters and Falcons will battle once again tomorrow in Waltham, with first pitch set for 2 p.m.
