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Framingham Baseball Sweeps MCLA
09:08PM / Sunday, March 31, 2019
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NORTHBOROUGH, Mass. -- The MCLA baseball team dropped a heart breaking 7-6 decision in game one of a doubleheader with Framingham State 7-6, and the Rams completed the sweep with a convincing 9-2 win in the nightcap in MASCAC action at the New England Baseball Complex on Sunday.
 
FSU 7, MCLA 6
In the opener, MCLA fell behind as Framingham went ahead 3-0 after two innings of play.  The Trailblazers rallied in the third as Jeff Bink's two run single brought the score to 3-2, and when he scored on a Ram miscue, it was tied at 3-3.
 
Framingham's Kyle Dembrowski led off the bottom of the third with a home run to put the Rams in front, but MCLA starter Brendan Kelly stopped the bleeding and kept the Rams at bay allowing the Trailblazers to take the lead.
 
In the sixth, Austin Rachiele (Taconic) doubled home two runs to give the visitors a 5-4 advantage. MCLA tacked on another in the seventh when Seariac belted his first career HR to increase the lead to 6-4 before the Rams rallied in the bottom half.
 
MCLA went to the bullpen and called on Dillon Maxon. He allowed all three batters he faced to reach and when Andrew Curtis scored on a wild pitch, it was 6-5 still in MCLA's favor. The Trailblazers turned to Ryan Ruef (Lee) to try and escape the jam, but he allowed a Dembrowski RBI hit to tie things up setting the stage for Jonathan Cloutier's heroics.
 
He singled into left center field and bring home Joe Ambrosino with the game ending run and give the Rams a 7-6 walk off win.
 
Cloutier ended with three hits and an RBI for the Rams. Dembrowski was a handful as he also added three hits and drove in four runs for the Rams. Al Wallach started for Framingham and went six innings allowing 6 runs. Kevin Scerra earned the win tossing one inning of scoreless relief.
 
MCLA's Brendan Kelly struck out ten batters in his six innings of work as he got a no decision. Maxon took the loss allowing three runs.  
 
Rachiele ended with a pair of hits and two RBIs to lead the offense while Seariac also collected two hits.
 
FSU 9, MCLA 2
In the nightcap, FSU jumped on Trailblazer starter Mike Urbanski in the first inning for four runs. Ambrosino delivered the key blow with a three-run homer to cap off the inning. Framingham added another run in the third on Dembrowski's second home run of the day to increase the lead to 5-0.
 
MCLA got a run back on a Rachiele groundout, but couldn't muster much offense against Framingham starter Kevin Connelly. Connelly earned the win tossing 5.2 innings and struck out six Trailblazers to earn his first win of 2019.
 
The Rams (9-8, 3-0 MASCAC) added three runs in the fifth inning and one more in the sixth.  
 
MCLA tacked on their second run of the day on Jake Ferrara's single in the sixth.
 
Aaron Williams had a pair of hits for FSU, who outhit MCLA 7-4 in game two.
 
Urbanski took the loss going three innings for MCLA.  No Trailblazers had more than one hit.
 
MCLA (6-12, 0-3) is back in action on Wednesday when it continues MASCAC play against Westfield State.
 
Mixed Tennis
WATERVILLE, Maine - The Thomas College men's tennis program breezed past the MCLA Trailblazers, 8-1, this afternoon in a North Atlantic Conference matchup.
 
The Terriers (3-3, 1-0) easily took home all three doubles matches to take a 3-0 advantage. Kaleb Payson and Ryan Chasse defeated Charles Najimy and Matt Bluteau 8-0 in the top slot.  Yontz Sutton and Jared Waterhouse earned a point with a win over Nick Castle and Sam Gawron with an 8-1 win. Jose Afonso and Christo Naranja earned their point with an 8-1 win over Briana Higgins and Mackenna Jordan.
 
In singles, the Terriers continued to cruise. The top five singles matches were won in straight sets as Chasse, Payson, Waterhouse, Sutton, and Afonso each earned their second point of the night.  
 
MCLA's Mohamed Mahrous earned the Trailblazers' lone point with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Jason Hamilton to round out the scoring.
 
The Trailblazers (2-3, 0-1) are back in action on Tuesday when they head to Rhode Island College for a non league matchup with the Anchormen.
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