BEVERLY, Mass.- The Gordon College baseball team dealt Endicott its first regular-season home loss since 2022 with a 3-2 victory Tuesday afternoon. The Gulls entered the contest ranked No. 19 in the latest D3Baseball.com/NCBWA National Poll.
The win marks the Fighting Scots' first victory over the Gulls since 2021 and snaps Endicott's home regular-season winning-streak at 80-straight games.
THE BASICS:
Score: Gordon 3, Endicott 2
Records: Fighting Scots (9-18, 3-7 CNE) | Gulls (18-7, 9-1 CNE)
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Endicott tallied two runs in the bottom of the fifth to seize a 2-0 edge.
- Gordon scored three runs in the top of the seventh to capture a 3-2 advantage. Tyler Wilson raked a triple down the right field line to drive in Gabe Fales. Blake King roped a base hit to left-center field to plate Aaron Ferreira. With one out in the frame, Darren Clarke knocked in Blake King from third base with a sacrifice squeeze bunt to chalk up the go-ahead run.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:
- Blake King (Easton, Maine) notched two hits, one RBI, and one run scored.
- Tyler Wilson (Lynn, Mass.) finished with a pair of base hits and one RBI.
- Gabe Fales (Middleton, Mass.) and Aaron Ferreira (Fall River, Mass.) each posted one hit and one run scored.
- Josh Thiero (Piscataway, N.J.) pitched 4.2 innings and recorded two strikeouts. Hunter Simpson (Prospect, Conn.) worked 4.1 scoreless innings of relief and surrendered just two hits and two walks.
ON DECK:
Gordon returns home to battle Plymouth State in a non-league tilt April 15.
