Pictured Above: Senior 2B Nick Mascelli (Credit: Greg Fencik)
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Brooklyn, NY – Trailing 3-1 after three innings of play, the Wagner baseball team rallied in the fourth inning with three runs to take a 4-3 lead that the Seahawks would never relinquish in defeating Mount St. Mary's, 9-3, to sweep the series.
With the win, the Seahawks improve to 20-10 and a league-best 9-1 in the Northeast Conference (NEC), while the Mountaineers fall to 7-18 and 2-7 in league action. Additionally, the win marks Wagner's eighth straight victory, one shy of the Green & White's longest winning streak of the season.
Senior 2B
Nick Mascelli and junior 1B/C
Phil Capra drove in a combined seven of the Seahawks' nine runs with Mascelli accounting for four while Capra added three. Senior RF
Kyle Cala and sophomore designated hitter
Freddy Sabido also drove in a run each.
Freshman
Pat Gallagher, who made his fifth start of the season, went five innings in picking up his second win of the year (2-3). The Worcester, MA native gave up three runs on four hits while walking four and striking out one.
Sophomore
Nick Zuppe, who missed the entire 2017 season, made his collegiate debut in the contest, throwing a scoreless inning of relief. Freshman RHP
Mike Pirrotta relieved Zuppe, tossing three scoreless innings without allowing a hit, in picking up his first collegiate save.
The Mount's Brenden Kennedy, who lasted four innings, took the loss (1-1), giving up four earned runs on seven hits while striking out three and walking one. Similar to game one, the Mountaineers were limited to just four hits, with Thomas Savastio driving in two of the three scores.
The Mountaineers scored the game's first run in the first in taking the early lead. Myles Nicholson and Jared Urban reached on back-to-back singles. Patrick Causa reached on catcher's interference, which loaded the bases before Vaughn Parker II drew a six-pitch walk, scoring Nicholson.
Wagner responded in the bottom of the second as Mascelli doubled down the left field line in scoring freshman catcher
Brandon Hall. The Mount answered with two more runs in the top of the third in taking a 3-1 lead. With two outs, Savastio laced a single up the middle, plating both Parker and Causa.
The Seahawks rallied in the bottom of the fourth, scoring thrice in taking a 4-3 lead. Cala led off the stanza with a walk. With two outs, junior 3B
Anthony Pecora swung at a ball for strike three but reached first as the ball scurried away from Mount's Matthew Kephart.
Mascelli was the next batter and sent a Kennedy's 2-2 pitch over the left field, giving the Seahawks in the lead for good at 4-3. In the fifth, Sabido tripled to center field, scoring senior LF
Anthony Godino, who reached after being hit by a pitch.
In the bottom of the sixth, Mascelli led off with a single to left. Senior SS
Sean Mazzio then doubled to left, moving Mascelli to third. Mount went to the bullpen in Jesse Archambault, who gave up an RBI sacrifice fly to Capra.
The Seahawks capped off the win with three more tallies in the bottom of the seventh. Cala led off with a solo home run to left while Capra added two more RBIs as he singled through the left side in scoring both Mascelli and Pecora.
Wagner is scheduled to travel to Rider on Wednesday, April 11 with first-pitch between the Seahawks and Broncs in Lawrenceville, NJ set for 3:30 p.m.
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