COLCHESTER, Vt. - A seven-run fourth inning helped the Saint Michael's College baseball team snap a tie and pull away for a 13-5 win over Adelphi University during Northeast-10 Conference play on Friday at Doc Jacobs Field. The Panthers received a vote toward this week's National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) East Region poll.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (5-18, 4-8 NE10), Adelphi (16-14, 8-6 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Max Kolifrath (Millbury, Mass./Millbury), 1-for-3, 2 R, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SF
• Senior Terence Moynihan (Stoneham, Mass./Saint Mary's), 2-for-4, 2 R, 1 HP
• Junior Sam Cavossa (East Falmouth, Mass./The Winchendon School), 3-for-6, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 2B
• Junior Seth Larson (Leicester, Mass./Leicester), 3-for-6, 3 R, 2 RBI, 1 2B
• Sophomore Richard Gilboy (South Portland, Maine/South Portland), 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 HP
• Sophomore Dom Tetta (East Northport, N.Y./Northport), 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB
• Junior Braedon Jones (Williston, Vt./Champlain Valley Union/UMass Dartmouth), 5 IP, 11 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, win
• Sophomore Casey Gunnip (Cicero, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse/Saint Rose), 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 5 K in relief
• Junior Ryan Canty (Shelburne, Vt./Champlain Valley Union), 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K in relief

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Joe Pellegrino, 2-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 HP
• Sophomore James Eden, 4-for-5, 1 R, 1 SB
• Senior Jack Carr, 3.1 IP, 8 H, 8 R, 1 BB, 3 K, loss

GAME FACTS

• Jones won his second straight decision.
• Cavossa pushed his career hit total to 96; 17 players in program history have 100.
• The Purple Knights, who had only ever previously hosted Adelphi on April 7, 2019, defeated the Panthers for the first time since March 24, 2013.

THE ACTION

• Pellegrino blasted a two-out, two-run home run to straightaway center field in the first inning, which Cavossa narrowly missed pulling back into the ballpark.
• Larson and Cavossa led off the Purple Knight half of the inning with consecutive doubles to make it 2-1 before sophomore Colin Kinsella (Winthrop, Mass./Winthrop) knocked a tying sac fly and Kolifrath scored on a wild pitch to cap the three-run frame.
• Sophomore Bryan McCleary's RBI double tied the game in the fourth, and with two in scoring position and two down, first baseman Kolifrath dove to smother a grounder before tossing to Jones covering at first for the final out.
• Saint Michael's scored seven runs on five hits and two errors in the home half, scoring two runs directly on miscues and another on a wild pitch. Kolifrath came through with a two-run single, and Tetta added an RBI base hit.
• First-year Giancarlo Rengifo's two-out RBI single capped a two-run fifth that brought the Panthers within 10-5.
• The hosts countered with two runs in the bottom half of the inning, with Tetta scoring on an error and Kolifrath plating Larson on a sac fly.
• Larson legged out an RBI infield single in the sixth.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday vs. Adelphi, 12 p.m.