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Michael Pavelchak
9
Winner Post POST 4-7
4
New Haven NEW HAVE 1-3
Winner
Post POST
4-7
9
Final
4
New Haven NEW HAVE
1-3
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Post POST 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 9 15 0
New Haven NEW HAVE 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 4 7 3

W: Byrd, Nathaniel (1-1) L: V. Fusco (0-1) S: Baumann, Jake (1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Michael Vesci, Director of Athletic Communications

Baseball Ends Myrtle Beach Trip on a High Note, Take Down New Haven on Sunday Afternoon

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – After being swept last night against regionally-ranked Queens College, Post University Baseball looked to end their Myrtle Beach trip on a high note against the University of New Haven on Sunday afternoon before making the long bus trip back up to Waterbury, Connecticut where they will have five days off before their next game. Entering the day, the Eagles had lost six consecutive games to the Chargers in the all-time series but used strong starting pitching from freshman pitcher Jack Martineau coupled with four runs in the early innings and four runs in the latter innings to pull away from New Haven for a 9-4 win. 

THE BASICS

Post University 9, University of New Haven 4 

Post University (4-7)

University of New Haven (1-3)

HOW IT HAPPENED
Four runs in two innings for the Eagles helped them take control of the ball game early on as RBI singles by junior infielder Hunter Keller and senior outfielder Michael Pavelchak helped drive in three runs during the second inning against freshman starting pitcher Vincent Fusco. Junior third baseman Justin Rivera would tack on the fourth run in the third inning with his RBI double after senior outfielder DJ Caron came around to score after reaching on a leadoff error. 

On the mound, Martineau would have a bounce-back start, going four innings while allowing one run on four hits while striking out three and walking no batters. Martineau's lone run came in the fourth inning on a solo home run by sophomore outfielder Shaun Callahan and was the first of two runs for the Chargers who tacked on another in the fifth against graduate right-hander Nathaniel Byrd, who got his first win of the season, on an RBI ground out for graduate infielder Noah Budzik which cut Post's lead in half to 4-2. 

After junior catcher Jimmy Brennan pushed across a run on an RBI single in the seventh to make it 5-2, junior outfielder Cole Maucere's two-run home run off of Byrd in the bottom of the frame cut the Eagle lead down to one with still two innings to play. Giving themselves some breathing room, three RBI singles from Pavelchak, freshman infielder Dario Sosa, and senior outfielder Danny Gill gave Post the cushion they needed with a four-run ninth inning to leave South Carolina with a 9-4 victory. 
 
BY THE NUMBERS
  • Michael Pavelchak has now gotten on base in 20 straight games -- Pavelchak went 2-for-5 with three RBIs in today's game 
  • Five players recorded multi-hit games for Post University with Jimmy Brennan being the lone player to record three hits after going 3-for-5 with an RBI and two runs scored 
  • The win against New Haven snaps a six-game losing streak for Post University against the Chargers in the all-time series which dates back to 2002 -- The Eagles are 5-17 in the all-time series 
  • Post University is now 3-1 when scoring first in the game and finishes their Myrtle Beach trip having gone 3-2 overall with the two losses coming against regionally-ranked Queens College 

WHO'S NEXT
Post University will have a few days off before heading to the campus of Queens College for four games in three days against Queens and Franklin Pierce University. The games will start on Friday afternoon when the Eagles take on Franklin Pierce again at 2:00 PM. The two teams just faced off in Myrtle Beach on Friday evening and Post came away with an 8-3 victory to kick off their five-game stretch in South Carolina. 
 
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