Coors homered, doubled and drove in four for the Lions this afternoon (PHOTO BY Andrew Monson) |
NORTHBOROUGH, Mass. (April 16, 2026) – Emerson College scored three plus runs in each of the first five innings, laced 16 hits with eight doubles, on its way to a 19-5 victory over Framingham State University in a non-conference baseball matchup at the New England Baseball Complex this afternoon.
First year Liam Wagner led an Emerson lineup in which all nine batters had at least one hit and scored a run on the afternoon as he finished 3-for-3 with a walk, a double, two runs scored and five RBI. Sophomore John Churchward batted 2-for-4 with four RBI and two runs scored, while senior Charlie Coors belted a home run and a double with four RBI in going 2-for-5 at the plate with a run scored. Junior Braeden O'Connell doubled twice with two RBI and a run scored.
First year Samuel Ravela earned the win (2-1) on the mound for Emerson, scattering five earned runs and 11 hits over six innings of work with two strikeouts and a walk.
Sophomore Massimo Mondi led the way for Framingham State by hitting 3-for-4 with an RBI. Freshman Zach Kern batted 2-for-3 with a double, RBI and run scored, while sophomore Christian Cox finished 2-for-4 with a double for the Rams.
Ravela earned his second win of the season on the mound today (PHOTO BY Andrew Monson) |
Freshman righthander Garrett Lucht took the loss (0-3), allowing seven earned runs on five hits and two walks in an inning of work.
Emerson sent eight batters to the plate and scored four in the first inning after Ravela worked out of a jam in the top of the first thanks to the arm of first year rightfielder Vincent Fuller who doubled up Mondi at the plate on a sacrifice fly attempt for the first two outs. The Lions did their damage in the home half of the first on just two hits as Wagner delivered a one-out RBI single to left and then Coors rang his third home run of the season off the leftfield foul pole to score three.
Framingham got three runs back in the top of the second. Freshman Jacob Delvalle followed up three straight singles with a bases loaded walk. Mondi added an RBI single up the middle after the Rams second run scored on a key double play for the first two outs of the inning. Emerson opened a six run lead in the bottom of the second as junior Justin Fields followed up lead off singles from first year Jack McCoy and junior Ethan Chanthompalit with the first of four RBI doubles for the Lions in the frame. O'Connell, Wagner and Coors also recorded RBI doubles in the inning for Emerson.
Framingham scored two in the top of the third, keyed by an RBI double by Kern, before Emerson extended its lead to 12-5 in the bottom of the inning. McCoy led off with a double and then Fields walked before Churchward registered an RBI single down the left field line and then O'Connell roped an RBI double to right center before Wagner followed with a sacrifice fly.
Emerson broke the game open with a four run fourth, highlighted by a two-run single to left center by Wagner. The Lions followed with three more in the fifth on just one hit – a two-run single to right center by Churchward that capped the scoring on the day.
Up Next
Emerson (5-18, 1-9 NEWMAC) returns to the diamond on Saturday when it visits Babson College for a NEWMAC doubleheader starting at noon. Framingham State (7-19, 4-11 MASCAC) hosts Westfield State University tomorrow at 3 p.m.
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