DUDLEY, Mass. — The No. 4/4 Endicott baseball team opened Conference of New England (CNE) play at Nichols on Saturday afternoon. The Gulls swept the Bison in convincing fashion, run-ruling them in both contests (16-1 game one; 12-2 game two).
GAME ONE: NO. 4 ENDICOTT 16, NICHOLS 1 (7 INN.)
WP (2-0): Brady Stuart (Hudson, Mass.) — 5.0 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 6 K
LP (3-1): John Steed (Vernon, Conn.) — 3.0 IP, 6 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
The Gulls pounced on the Bison for four runs in the second, three runs in the fourth, four in the fifth, and five in the sixth to down the Bison, 16-1.
Robbie Wladkowski (Norwood, Mass.) tallied three hits and three RBI's to lead the Gulls. He finished just a triple shy of the cycle, and drilled his first home run of the season in the slump-busting performance.
Kyle Grabowski (Westfield, Mass.), AJ Hamm (Shrewsbury, Mass.), Cade Bernardo (Glenmont, N.Y.), and John Mulready (Peabody, Mass.) accompanied Wladkowski with multi-hit efforts in the win.
On the mound, Stuart dealt five innings and allowed just one earned run. He was replaced by Pat Hart (Norfolk, Mass.) and Grady Vanidestine (Brewer, Maine) in the sixth and seventh innings.
GAME TWO: NO. 4 ENDICOTT 12, NICHOLS 2 (7 INN.)
WP (2-0): Evan Scully (Maynard, Mass.) — 4.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
LP (0-1): Allen Hickley (Windsor Locks, Conn.) — 3.2 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
After falling behind 2-0 early, the Blue and Green kept the bats hot with 12 unanswered runs in game two.
Danny MacDougall (Taunton, Mass.), Joey Frammartino (North Reading, Mass.), Hamm, Bernardo, and TJ Liponis (Scarborough, Maine) all logged multi-hit contests.
Zach Stephenson (Mansfield, Mass.) bombed a homer in the third inning, his fourth of the season. Bernardo also went yard in the sixth for his second career long ball.
Out of relief, Scully shut down the Bison bats and picked up his second win of the season. Kyan Bagshaw (Amherst, N.H.) then entered in the seventh and closed out the second Endicott mercy-rule win of the day.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Endicott has not lost an in-conference matchup since April 13, 2024 (Roger Williams).
- The Gulls have posted 10+ runs nine times this season (9-0 in those contests).
- Scully has allowed one earned run in 6.2 IP this season (1.35 ERA).
- Wladkowski homered for the first time since 3/30/24.
- Hamm has logged three straight multi-hit outings.
WHAT'S NEXT
No. 4/4 Endicott (11-3, 2-0 CNE) welcomes Gordon to North Field on Tuesday, March 25 for a 3:30 PM first pitch. Nichols (5-6, 0-2 CNE) welcomes Framingham State to its campus on Tuesday in a 3 PM first pitch.
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(Photo Credit - Jake Goodman '26)
