Rams dodge Seahawk comeback bid, 12-9

NEWPORT, R.I. - Salve Regina University baseball dropped its fifth straight with a 12-9 decision against non-league opponent Framingham State University at Reynolds Field on the Seahawk campus in Newport.

Five different Seahawks had multiple hits including centerfielder Salvatore Cumella (Ridgefield, N.J.) who also scored two runs. Senior infielder Nicholas Politelli (Warwick, R.I.) had his second straight multi-hit game and joined fellow senior Matt Capone (East Providence, R.I.) with two hits apiece. Catcher Dominic Di Sano (Central Falls, R.I.) and designated hitter Sean Becker (Richmond, Va.) both reached base twice via hits.

The Rams tagged starting pitcher Matthew Croteau (Cheshire, Conn.) with his first loss in three starts. Framingham State (10-7) scored five times in the first two innings.

Framingham senior catcher Pedro Acevedo (Fall River, Mass.), who doubled his season RBI total with six in the game, doubled in two runs with two outs in the first after Cam Couillard (North Andover, Mass.) reached on a one-out error and Will Crofton (Hopkinton, Mass.) singled.

Salve Regina (6-12) got on the board in the third inning when Capone doubled home sophomore shortstop Daniel Donohue (Westbury, N.Y.).

Crofton had an RBI single in the Framingham fourth inning for a 6-1 lead, before Seahawk second baseman Joe Haley (No. Kingstown, R.I.) singled in Politelli and later scored on an infield error in the bottom of the sixth.

In the seventh frame, Acevedo plated a single run for the visitors while Cumella opened the Seahawk half with a single. He advanced in succession on a passed ball, wild pitch, then came home from third when Politelli reached on an error. Di Sano delivered an RBI single later in the inning to close the deficit to two-run margin, 7-5.

In the eighth inning after two were out and nobody on, Salve Regina surrendured a two-run single to Crofton and a three-run double to Acevedo making it 12-5 for Framingham.

The Seahawks got three of those runs back in their eighth inning when Donohue drove in Nicholas Gaj (Pawtucket, R.I.) on a groundout to first, a Politelli sac fly plated Becker, and Cumella came around from second after Capone reached on a throwing error.

Becker drove in Nicholas Dell'Anno (Reading, Mass.) with the game's final run in the ninth.

Salve Regina travels to Wenham, Mass., on Saturday for a doubleheader with Wentworth Institute of Technology. Framingham opens its conference schedule at home with a pair of games against Bridgewater State on Saturday.