COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College baseball team capped a school-record 15-game homestand with a pair of Northeast-10 Conference losses to American International College, 11-4 and 6-2 in seven innings, on Monday during Senior Day at Doc Jacobs Field.
 
The Purple Knights recognized their eight seniors prior to their final career home games: Evan Balian (Lynnfield, Mass./Lynnfield), Trent Balian (Lynnfield, Mass./Lynnfield/Worcester State), Ayendy Gomez (New York, N.Y./Health Careers and Sciences/Mohawk Valley CC), Preston Hewett (Plainfield, N.H./Lebanon), Max Kolifrath (Millbury, Mass./Millbury), Jack Menard (Tewksbury, Mass./Tabor Academy), Terence Moynihan (Stoneham, Mass./Saint Mary's) and Filly Santos (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic/Park West).
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (8-25, 7-14 NE10), AIC (18-20, 12-9 NE10) 

DOUBLEHEADER FACTS

• Kolifrath moved into a tie for 10th in program history in career RBI (62) during his third season of action.

GAME 1
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Kolifrath, 2-for-5, 1 RBI
• Junior Sam Cavossa (East Falmouth, Mass./The Winchendon School), 3-for-5, 1 RBI
• Sophomore Dom Tetta (East Northport, N.Y./Northport), 1-for-4, 1 R
• Junior Matt Safer (Essex, Vt./Essex), 4.1 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, loss

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Graduate student Nick Serce, 3-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 2B, 1 HP
• Senior Josh Frometa, 2-for-2, 1 R, 4 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B, 2 SF, 2 SB, 1 HP
• Junior Yeudy Ramirez, 3-for-5, 3 R, 1 BB, 3 SB
• Junior Richie Segura, 2-for-4, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB
• Sophomore Cole Patterson, 2-for-4, 3 R, 1 BB, 2 SB
• Senior Hayden Mutz, 6.1 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 5 K, win
• Senior Anderson Cuello Batista, 2.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K in relief, save

THE ACTION

• Frometa lofted a third-inning sac fly to account for the game's first run before Segura's two-out RBI single made it 2-0 in the fourth.
• Sophomore Colin Kinsella (Winthrop, Mass./Winthrop) knocked a sac fly of his own in the home half before Evan Balian scored on a two-out error later in the frame to tie the game.
• A pair of sac flies keyed AIC's three-run fifth before another sac fly and Serce's RBI double made it 7-2 in the sixth.
• Cavossa and Kolifrath came through with RBI knocks in the seventh to bring the hosts within 7-4.
• Segura and Frometa both added two-run singles in a four-run ninth inning.

GAME 2
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Kinsella, 1-for-2, 2 BB
• Kolifrath, 1-for-3, 2 RBI, 1 HP
• Tetta, 1-for-2, 1 BB, 1 SB
• Junior Jack Weber (Milford, Conn./Notre Dame), 1-for-3, 1 R
• Junior Keegan Burke (Amherst, N.H./Souhegan), 4.2 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, loss
• Junior Ryan Canty (Shelburne, Vt./Champlain Valley Union), 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K in relief
• First-year Drew Schraa (Schenectady, N.Y./Schalmont), 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K in relief

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Frometa, 3-for-4, 2 R
• Serce, 1-for-4, 1 R, 4 RBI, 1 HR; 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 5 K, win
• Senior Kiernan Caffrey, 2-for-2, 1 R, 1 SB, 1 HP
• Senior Brendan Edvardsen, 2-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 2B

THE ACTION

• Serce's three-run home run in the first inning gave AIC the lead for good.
• Evan Balian and Kolifrath were both hit by pitches with two down in the home half before Serce induced a flyout.
• A pair of run-scoring groundouts and Edvardsen's two-out RBI single accounted for another three runs in the fifth.
• With Saint Michael's trailing 6-0 and down to its last out in the seventh inning, Cavossa and Evan Balian drew back-to-back walks to load the bases, and Kolifrath's two-run single to right center made it 6-2. After Kinsella's walk reloaded the bases and brought the tying run to the plate, a fly ball ended the contest.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Tuesday at Saint Anselm College, 3:30 p.m.