THE BASICS

Game 1: Coast Guard 10; Emerson 8

Game 2: Coast Guard 7, Emerson 5

Game 1 Pitching Decision: W –Wyatt Duthu (2-0) L- Bryan Simmons-Hayes (0-1)

Game 2 Pitching Decision: W – Aidan Anderson (1-0) L- Ty Bourne (1-3) SV- Cody Fidler (1)

Location: New London, CT  

Date: April 10, 2022

The Lead:  Senior Joe Colucci and Junior Matt Nachamie both blasted homeruns but the Emerson baseball team was swept by Coast Guard in two tightly contested games on Sunday afternoon.

GAME ONE: Coast Guard 10, Emerson 8

INSIDE THE NUMBERS 

EMERSON LEADERS

Matt Nachamie: 1 for 2 with 2 RBI and 1 run scored (2-run homerun)

Thai Morgan: 2 for 4 with 2 runs scored

Calvin Jacey: 2 for 4 with 1 RBI and 1 run scored

Pitching:

Johnny Maffei: 5 strikeouts through 5 innings pitched

COAST GUARD LEADERS

Blake Carroll: 2 for 3 with 2 RBI and 3 runs scored

Justin Stasiak: 2 for 3 with 2 RBI

John Carroll: 3 runs scored

Pitching:

HOW IT HAPPENED 

• Neither team was able to get much offense going as there were 0 combined hits until the home half of the 3^rd inning. In the bottom half of the 3^rd inning, Coast Guard took advantage of 2 walks by Emerson when Blake Carroll drove 1 of his 2 doubles of the game into center field; plating 2 runners and giving the Bears a 2-0 lead.
• The Lions would not remain quiet as they answered in the next half inning when Junior Thai Morgan singled to center field and 2 batters later was driven in when Junior Matt Nachamie tied the game at 2-2 with a long ball over the centerfield wall.
• The Bears reclaimed the lead in the home half of the 4^th inning when they took advantage of a 2-out error by the Lions, which plated a run.
• The Lions were again quick to respond. Senior Calvin Jacey led off the top of the 5^th inning with a single to left field and would score 2 batters later on a wild pitch; tying the game at 4-4.
• With 2 outs in the bottom of the 5^th inning, the Bears would rally. Two singles and the Lions walking in a run would plate 3 runners for Coast Guard; extending their lead to 6-4 after 5 innings.
• In the top of the 6^th, the Lions began chipping away at the lead as Sophomore Jake Okamoto was able to drive in a run. The Lions squandered a scoring chance as they left the bases loaded for the second straight inning.
• Coast Guard got that run right back in the home half of the inning, plating a run on a single from Cody Fidler. After 6 complete innings, Coast Guard held a 7-4 lead.
• The Lions cut into that lead again in the top of the 7^th; making the score 7-5.
• The top of the 8^th began with Junior Chris Ferara reaching 1^st base on a Coast Guard error. From there, the Lions were able to manufacture 2 runs and tie the game at 7-7.
• Unfortunately for the Lions, Coast Guard scrapped together 3 runs of their own in the bottom half of the inning, reclaiming a 10-7 lead.
• In the top of the 9^th, Emerson added 1 run on a Jacey double but that was not enough as Coast Guard held on to a 10-8 lead and secured the victory in game 1.

GAME TWO: Coast Guard 7, Emerson 5

INSIDE THE NUMBERS 

EMERSON LEADERS

Briggs Loveland: 2 for 5 with 2 RBI

Joe Colucci: 2 for 3 with 1 RBI and 1 run scored (solo homerun)

Quinton Copeland: 2 for 5 with 2 runs scored

Pitching: AJ Ortega: 3 strikeouts through 4 innings pitched

COAST GUARD LEADERS

Justin Stasiak: 1 for 3 with 2 RBI and 1 run scored

Jack Steel: 1 for 4 with 1 RBI and 1 run scored

Cody Fidler: 1 for 4 with 1 RBI and 1 run scored

Pitching:Cody Fidler: 1 strikeout through 1 inning recording the save.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Junior Matt Nachamie got the offense going for the Lions in the bottom of the 2^nd inning with a leadoff double. He would later score on a wild pitch; giving the Lions a 1-0 advantage.
• Coast Guard's Greg Boland answered with a leadoff double of his own, and we eventually score on an Emerson error; tying the game at 1-1 after 1 inning.
• Both offenses stayed relatively quiet until the top of the 5^th. With 2 down in the inning and the game tied at 1-1; Senior Quinton Copeland doubled to center field and the next batter, Briggs Loveland, plated Copeland with a single, reclaiming the lead for the Lions.
• During the next half inning, the Bears did some 2-out damage of their own. With 1 hit, 2 walks, and an error by the Lions, Coast Guard scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 5^th; grabbing a 4-2 advantage.
• Senior Joe Colucci cut into that lead with a solo homerun in the top of the 6^th, bringing the Lions within 1 run.
• Entering the top of the 7^th inning, the Lion found themselves down 4-3. Hits from Jacey, Copeland, and Morgan allowed Emerson to plate 2 runs in the inning, claiming a 5-4 lead halfway through the 7^th inning. The Bears stranded 2 runners in the home half of the 7^th.
• The Bears led off the bottom of the 8^th with a single from Boland, followed by a double from John Carroll. Back-to-back doubled from Coast Guard later in the inning plated 3 runs and gave the Bears the lead they needed to secure a victory. The Lions went quietly in the top of the 9^th inning and Coast Guard secured the doubleheader sweep on Sunday afternoon.
  

UP NEXT

The Lions return home to face off against NEWMAC opponent WPI on Tuesday, April 12 at 3pm at New England Baseball Complex in Northborough, MA.