THE BASICS 

Score: Emerson 8, Colby-Sawyer 4

Records: Emerson Lions (7-6) ; Colby-Sawyer Chargers (3-10)

Pitching Decision: WP - Alex Nissenberg (1-0)  ; LP - Marshall Donahue (0-2) ; S - Quinton Copeland (1)

Location: Northborough, Mass. (New England Baseball Complex)

Date: March 23, 2023

The Lead: Graduate Quinton Copeland finished 2-for-4 at the plate and senior Matt Nachamie went yard to lift the Emerson baseball team to an 8-4 victory over Colby-Sawyer on Thursday afternoon.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS 

EMERSON

Copeland: 2-4, two doubles, two runs scored

Nachamie: 1-4, one run scored, home run, RBI

Blake Benway: two RBIs

Ty Bourne: 1-3, RBI

Briggs Loveland: 1-4, RBI

Jake Okamoto: RBI

PITCHING

Jake Morvillo: 4.0 IP, five hits, two runs, three walks, 

Alex Nissenberg (W, 1-0): 1.0 IP, two hits, one run, one walk, one strikeout

Jake Smith: 1.1 IP

Ezra Charles: .2 IP, one strikeout

Copeland (S, 1): 2.0 IP, one run, one walk, four strikeouts

COLBY-SAWYER

Jared Schmitt: 2-3, one run scored

Cooper O'Brien: 1-3, one run scored, home run, two RBIs

Cam Carignan: 1-3, double, RBI

Dylan Watson: one run scored, RBI

PITCHING

Marshall Donahue (L, 0-2): 3.0 IP, four hits, five runs (four earned), one walk, two strikeouts

Ethan Clark: 2.0 IP, two hits, one run 

Erik Rohs: 2.0 IP, two walks 

Will Carpenter: 1.0 IP, two hits, two runs, one walk, one strikeout

HOW IT HAPPENED 

• A wild pitch, sacrifice fly from Benway and an error at third base allowed Emerson to push its first three runs across in the first and second frames for the 3-0 advantage. 
• O'Brien took Morvillo's pitch deep over the right center wall as Colby-Sawyer got a run back in the top of the third with Emerson's lead cut to two at 3-1. 
• Emerson responded in the bottom half of the inning with a homer of their own from Nachamie, who slammed a solo bomb over the left field wall, which was followed by another sacrifice fly from Benway that bump the Lions' cushion to 5-1. 
• The Chargers used their portion of the fourth to bring their second run in on Dylan Watson's sacrifice fly to center to bring themselves within three at 5-2. 
• A throwing miscue by the shortstop allowed sophomore Briggs Loveland to reach, which drove in Copeland for Emerson's sixth run in the fourth. 
• Carignan roped an RBI two-bagger into the right center gap and drove in Schmitt to cut the score in half at 6-3 in the sixth. 
• Colby-Sawyer's pitching kept Emerson off the boards through the seventh frame, but the scoreless streak was snapped in the eighth when the Lions' tacked on two more runs. 
• With runners on second and third, Bourne placed a bunt down the third base line and beat the throw at first, thus allowing sophomore Nicholas Favazzo to come home. Sophomore Milo DeBartlo made his way home in the next at-bat after a wild pitch made its way to the backstop. 
• A walk and error put two runners on for the Chargers in the top of the ninth and were able to push home their fourth run on O'Brien's sacrifice fly. Copeland escaped further damage when he got a grounder to third and secured Emerson's 8-4 win. 

UP NEXT 

• Emerson returns to the field on Saturday, March 25th out at Campanelli Stadium and play host to Bridgewater State for a 12 & 2:30 p.m. doubleheader.