BEVERLY, Mass. – Nicolas Notarangelo (Taunton, Mass.) laced a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth to lift the No. 16/22 nationally ranked Gulls over Gordon, 4-3, in conference action on Tuesday evening at North Field.
WP (4-1): Max Tarlin (Sharon, Mass.) – 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K
LP (2-6): Jacob Hitchcock (Goodyear, Ariz.) – 2/3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
In the bottom of the ninth, Joseph Millar (Lake Hopatcong, N.J.) jumpstarted Endicott's offense, per usual, this time with a one-out double down the right field line.
J.P. Catellier (Springfield, Mass.) was summoned to run for Millar at second before Caleb Shpur (East Canaan, Conn.) was intentionally walked, making way for Notarangelo's heroics.
Notarangelo ripped a one-hopper under the dive of Gordon's first baseman into right field scoring the speedy Catellier with ease from second.
Notarangelo also homered in the fifth to tie the game at 3-3, while Millar (bases loaded walk) and Shpur (sac fly to center) accounted for the Gulls' pair of runs scored in the second.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Notarangelo finished the contest with a 4-for-5, one run scored, two RBI day out of the third spot in the lineup (leads team with 20 multi-hit games).
- Endicott is 42-12 all-time against Gordon.
- The Gulls earned their highest national ranking in program history earlier today at No. 16 on the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper/American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Top-30 Poll.
- Endicott has won 17 in a row.
- The Gulls claimed their 19th win at home this season, the most at The Nest in program history.
WHAT'S NEXT
No. 16/22 Endicott (32-5, 14-0 CCC) travels to Salve Regina on Saturday, April 7 at 12/3 PM. The matchup will feature the No. 1 (Endicott) and No. 2 (Salve Regina, 24-9-2, 12-0-2 CCC) teams in the league.
Gordon (8-25, 4-10 CCC) hosts Roger Williams this Saturday at 12/3 PM.
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(Photo Credit - Chris Lyons '22)