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SALVE REGINA UNIVERSITY SEAHAWKS
Posted: Mar 29, 2018

Seahawks get 10 Ks from Beliveau in 7-6 victory

Sophomore pitcher Tom Beliveau picked up his first career victory while tossing 10 strikeouts versus Suffolk. (Photo by Ed Habershaw)
Sophomore pitcher Tom Beliveau picked up his first career victory while tossing 10 strikeouts versus Suffolk. (Photo by Ed Habershaw)
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Pitching

Win: Tom Beliveau (1-1)
Loss: Ryan Pordes (1-1)
Save: Andrew Roman (1)
Batting
Suffolk
2B: Will Hopkins
3B: none
HR: Brady Chant
Salve Regina
2B: none
3B: none
HR: none
Full stats

SEAHAWK BASEBALL RESULTS
Salve Regina 7, Suffolk 6
Reynolds Field - Newport, R.I.
Thursday, March 29, 2018

Summary
NEWPORT, R.I. - The Salve Regina Baseball team got five innings and 10 strikeouts from sophomore righty Tom Beliveau and defeated visiting Suffolk University 7-6 in non-conference action Thursday afternoon from Reynolds Field.

Series and Streaks
Salve Regina snaps a two-game losing streak to Suffolk, however the Rams still lead 12-5 in the all-time series.

Three Seahawk Stars of the Game

  1. Salve Regina sophomore Tom Beliveau (West Newbury, Mass.) went 5.0 innings, striking out 10, and allowing four runs on three hits for his first career victory.
  2. Salve Regina freshman Michael DeFusco (East Greenwich, R.I.) went 3-for-3 with two hits, a walk, three RBI, and a run scored.
  3. Salve Regina freshman Andrew Roman (Monson, Mass.) recorded his first career save.

Key Stat of the Game
The Rams left 10 runners on base and went 3-for-18 with runners in scoring position.

Turning Point
Leading 2-1 in the bottom of the fourth inning Colton Eremian (Boca Raton, Fla.) scored on a bunt from Dylan Ketch (Clinton, Conn.). Then with two outs a Michael DeFusco (East Greenwich, R.I.) single to left-field scored two more runs before Zack Smith (New Canann, Conn.) duplicated the feat, sending a ball to left-field, and scoring Defusco and Anthony Cieszko (Woodcliff Lake, N.J.) to complete a five-run, four hit inning for the Seahawks to take a 7-1 lead.

Quick Hits

  • The Rams jumped on top early when Brady Chant (Warwick, R.I.) hit a solo homerun to leadoff the game and put Suffolk on top 1-0.
  • The Seahawk pitching staff collected 15 total strikeouts on the day, while only Ryan Pordes (Hawthorne, Calif.) made an appearance on the mound for the Rams. Pordes went eight innings, giving up seven runs on eight hits and two strikeouts.
  • The Rams clawed their way back into the game with three runs in the top of the fifth, then added two more in the top of the ninth before Roman shut the door on a comeback bid, getting pinch hitter Greg Speliotis (Salem, Mass.) to strike out swinging, stranding the tying run at second base, and sealing the win for Salve Regina.

Next Up
Salve Regina (6-7) hosts Nichols College, on Monday at 1 p.m., on Brother Michael Reynolds Field for a Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) doubleheader. Suffolk (4-9) plays on the road versus MIT on Friday, March 30, at 3:30 p.m.