Box Score
WORCESTER, MA – The College of Saint Rose rallied from a 4-1 deficit with a run in the seventh and one more in the eighth, but could not add another and thus fell 4-3 at
Northeast-10 Conference divison rival Assumption this afternoon.
Freshman shortstop
Chad Adams finished 3-for-4 and junior left fielder
Scott Hladik wound up 2-for-4 with a triple to pace the Golden Knights offense. Also, senior designated hitter
Caleb Gleason added an RBI single to extend his hitting streak to seven games.
Meanwhile, junior right-hander
Josh Johnson breezed through 3.0 innings of relief work. Johnson allowed only one hit and 24 of the 29 pitches he threw were strikes.
As for Assumption (9-19/5-8 NE-10), senior third baseman Travis Smith went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and senior left fielder Nick Napoli drove in a pair.
The Greyhounds (9-19/5-8 NE-10) took an early 3-0 lead, but Saint Rose (5-27/2-11 NE-10) got on the board in in the fourth when Gleason smacked a single to right that scored sophomore right fielder
Lukas Nethaway. Assumption boosted its advantage back to three runs in the fifth after Smith scored on a sacrifice fly off the bat of sophomore right fielder Billy Johnson.
The Golden Knights cut into their deficit two innings later. Freshman catcher
Corey Burrows drew a walk after falling behind 1-2, sophomore second baseman
Ryan Hooker doubled to the gap in left-center and freshman third baseman
Erik Martin grounded out to short to score Burrows.
In the eighth, Hladik led off with a triple to left and came across via a Nethaway sacrifice fly. Johnson then stranded an Assumption insurance run at third in the bottom half of the frame, but senior right-hander Dan Bradley retired the Golden Knights in order in the ninth to chalk up his fifth save of the season.
Looking ahead, Saint Rose begins a three-game conference series Friday at Southern Connecticut State in New Haven. Meanwhile, the Greyhounds open up a three-game series Saturday at NE-10 rival Adelphi on Long Island.
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