HOOKSETT, N.H. - The Saint Michael's College baseball team lost a pair of close decisions at 22nd-ranked Southern New Hampshire University, 6-4 and 6-2 in seven innings, during a Northeast 10 Conference doubleheader on Saturday at Penmen Field. The Penmen's national ranking is according to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA).
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (18-21, 16-14 NE10), Southern New Hampshire (33-9, 25-5 NE10)

DOUBLEHEADERS FACTS

• With six regular-season games to go, the Purple and Gold one game short of fourth-place Adelphi University in a league that takes its top six into the postseason, while the No. 3 and 4 seeds host first-round games.
• Sophomore Jerry Guzman (Valley Cottage, N.Y./Brunswick School) was not retired in the twinbill, finishing 5-for-5 while twice being hit by a pitch.

GAME 1
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Guzman, 3-for-3, R, 2 RBI, SF, HP
• Senior Sam Cavossa (East Falmouth, Mass./The Winchendon School), 2-for-5, R
• Junior Richard Gilboy (South Portland, Maine/South Portland), 1-for-4, R, BB
• Senior Jack Weber (Milford, Conn./Notre Dame), 1-for-3, R, 2 RBI, HR, HP
• Junior Casey Gunnip (Cicero, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse/Saint Rose), 6 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 6 BB, 2 K, loss

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Jake Pisano, 1-for-2, 3 R, 2 SB, HP
• Junior Casey Cumiskey, 2-for-3, R, RBI, BB, HP
• Senior Jake Lapham, 6.2 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, win
• Junior Jack Davis, 2.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K in relief, save

THE ACTION

• Graduate student Shane McNamara's two-out RBI double capped a two-run opening frame for the Penmen, but Weber launched a two-out, two-run homer to tie the game in the second.
• Pisano scored an unearned run in the third to put the hosts up for good, and Cumiskey added a solo homer in the sixth.
• Guzman sent a two-out RBI knock back through the box in the seventh to make it 4-3, but Pisano scored another unearned run on junior Joel Valera's sac fly in the home half.
• Junior River Hart led off the eighth with a home run.
• Guzman knocked a sac fly in the ninth to bring Saint Michael's within 6-4, but a pair were left stranded to end the game.

GAME 2
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Cavossa, 2-for-4, SB
• Guzman, 2-for-2, R, 2B, HP
• Graduate student Max Kolifrath (Millbury, Mass./Millbury), 1-for-3, R, 2B
• Junior Trevor Arsenault (Websterville, Vt./Spaulding), 1-for-3, 2 RBI
• First-year Gavin Nichols (Swanton, Vt./Missisquoi Valley Union), 4.2 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, loss

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Pisano, 3-for-4, 4 RBI, 2B
• Senior Dakota Britt, 2-for-2, 2 R, SAC, HP
• First-year Zak Whitney, 7 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 10 K

THE ACTION

• Pisano's two-run double broke a scoreless deadlock in the first inning before Arsenault halved the deficit with an RBI single in the second.
• Pisano drove in two more with a single in the third, and McNamara's sac fly pushed the lead to 5-1 in the fifth.
• Arsenault drove in a run on a fielder's choice in the sixth, but senior JR Bozek got the run back with an RBI knock in the home half.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Sunday at No. 22 Southern New Hampshire, 12 p.m. doubleheader.