EASTON, Mass. - The Saint Michael's College baseball team opened Northeast-10 Conference play by dropping a pair of close decisions to Stonehill College, 4-3 and 2-0 in seven innings, on Saturday at Lou Gorman Field. The Skyhawks received a vote toward this week's National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) East Region poll.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (1-13, 0-2 NE10), Stonehill (12-14, 2-4 NE10)

GAME 1
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Brady Perron (Barton, Vt./Lake Region Union), 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 2B, 1 3B
• First-year Filly Santos (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic/Park West), 1-for-3, 2 R, 1 BB
• Senior Jose Martinez III (Manhattan, N.Y./Blair Academy), 1-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB
• Senior Mitchell Goulet (North Easton, Mass./Oliver Ames), 1-for-3, 1 RBI
• Junior Ulysses Luciano (Bronx, N.Y./Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy), 0-for-2, 2 BB, 1 HP
• Senior Sean Birch (Mansfield, Mass./Xaverian Brothers), 7 IP, 11 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 8 K, loss
• First-year Jarret Muzzy (Ferrisburgh, Vt./Vergennes Union), 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K in relief

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Graduate student Brandon Taylor, 3-for-4
• First-year Taylor Gaspar, 2-for-4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 HR
• Senior Noah Lucier, 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 2B
• Sophomore Luke Marshall, 7 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 10 K, win
• Junior Matt Tyman, 2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, save

THE ACTION

• Santos scored the game's first run on Martinez's one-out single in the second inning, when the Purple Knights left the sacks packed.
• Senior Matt Farragher's two-out RBI triple tied the game in the third.
• Saint Michael's left two more in scoring position in the fourth.
• Gaspar led off the fifth inning with a home run, and junior Mike Swanholm extended the lead to 3-1 with a two-out RBI single. Gaspar tacked on an RBI single the following frame.
• Perron tripled home Santos in the eighth before scoring on junior Anthony Santosuosso's (Arlington, Mass./Arlington) groundout, bringing Saint Michael's within a run.
• Luciano walked with two out in the ninth before Tyman induced a game-ending lineout.

GAME 2
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Perron, 1-for-3
• Luciano, 0-for-1, 2 BB
• Senior Sebastian Oetterer (Orlando, Fla./Dr. Phillips), 0-for-0, 3 BB
• Sophomore Jared Duquette (Morrisonville, N.Y./Saranac), 6 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Lucier, 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 SB
• Junior Chris Roberti, 1-for-2, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR
• Senior Jonathan Rice, 6.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 5 BB, 10 K, win
• Junior Billy Duff, 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, save

THE ACTION

• The Purple Knights put two on without scoring in the top of the first.
• Lucier reached on a leadoff error in the home half before stealing home with two out.
• Saint Michael's stranded a pair in the second, and Roberti added a two-out solo home run in the bottom half.
• The visitors spun a 6-4-3 double play to escape a fifth-inning jam, with first-year Terence Moynihan (Stoneham, Mass./Saint Mary's), Luciano and Perron combining on the twin killing.
• Perron legged out an infield single to start the seventh before Oetterer walked one out later. A flyout moved Perron to third, but another batter representing the go-ahead run grounded out to end the game.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Sunday at Stonehill, 12 p.m. doubleheader.