MCC opens regional play with split
The Tribunes top Mercyhurst in the opener, but the Saints rally to take the nightcap.
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 2 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 7 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
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0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 2 |
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1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 1 |
NORTH EAST, Pennsylvania - The MCC baseball team split a doubleheader with Mercyhurst North East to kick off regional play for the 2013 season.
The Tribunes are now 1-1 in Region III and 15-7 overall. MCC took the first game 10-4 and led late in game two, but the Saints rallied to take the nightcap 12-11.
The offense pounded out 11 hits to back starting pitcher Jimmy Gutowski (Rochester, NY/Gates Chili). Jalen Dennis (Rochester, NY/Aquinas) finished 3-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBIs and Brad Kaczka (Pittsford, NY/Pittsford Sutherland) added three hits and one RBI.
AJ Kehlenbeck (Oakfield, NY/Oakfield-Alabama) chipped in with two hits and drove in one.
Gutowksi allowed three earned runs in 4 2/3 innings to get the win. Cameron Scalzo (Webster, NY/Webster Thomas) came on and allowed an unearned run in the final 2 1/3 to notch the save.
MCC led 11-7 heading into the sixth inning in game two, but Mercyhurst scored two in the sixth and three more in the seventh to walk off with the win.
The Tribunes scored five runs in the second, highlighted by an RBI double from Angel Rosario (Bridgeport, CT/Bullard Havens) and a two-run triple off the bat of Rayshelon Carolina (Willemstad, Curacao/St. Jozef). Monroe had 13 hits on the game.
Spencer Scorza (Penfield, NY/Penfield) had three hits and an RBI and Vinny Bomasuto (Dunkirk, NY/Dunkirk), Kehlenbeck, and Danny Mendick (Pittsford, NY/Pittsford Mendon) added two hits apiece.