No. 3/4 Baseball Holds Off Eastern Connecticut State, 11-2

BEVERLY, Mass. — The No. 3/4 nationally ranked Endicott baseball team erased an early 2-0 deficit to defeat Eastern Connecticut State, 11-2, on Monday evening at North Field.

WP (2-0): Chris Jenkins (Mansfield, Mass.) — 4.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 6 K
LP (5-1): Dan Driscoll (Waterford, Conn.) — 3.2 IP, 11 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 4 K

After allowing two runs in the first, the Gulls scored 11 unanswered to down the Warriors.

Kyle Grabowski (Westfield, Mass.) came around to score on AJ Hamm's (Shrewsbury, Mass.) gap-shot double to plate the Blue and Green's first run of the game in the second.

Then, an inning later, the Gulls snatched the lead with a three-run frame. Grabowski doubled home a pair before John Mulready (Peabody, Mass.) tripled for the second consecutive day to score another.

The Gulls continued to pile on with another two runs in the fourth, two in the seventh, and three in the eighth to reach double-digits once again.

TJ Liponis (Scarborough, Maine) capped off the scoring with his third home run of the season in the bottom of the eighth.

The duo of John Connolly (Attleboro, Mass.) and Jenkins combined to shut down the Warriors' bats after their two-run first inning. Although Connolly did not earn the win, he went a respectable 4.1 IP with 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, and 2 K's, before turning it over to Jenkins in the fifth inning.

From there, Jenkins continued his stretch of dominance and delivered 4.2 IP of scoreless relief to seal the win.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• Endicott improves to 4-2 all-time against the Warriors.
• The Warriors are five-time national champions, most recently having won in 2022.
• The two teams entered today ranked as the top two programs in Region II.
• The Gulls lead the nation in runs per game (11.97). No other team averages above 11.0.
• Mulready picked up the fourth four-hit game of his career (second this season).
• Danny MacDougall (Taunton, Mass.), Hamm, Mulready, Grabowski, and Liponis all logged multi-hit days.

WHAT'S NEXT

No. 3/4 Endicott (31-3) heads to Trinity tomorrow for a 4 PM non-conference matchup. Eastern Connecticut State (23-11) hosts Western Connecticut State on Tuesday, April 29th for a 4 PM game. 

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(Photo Credit - Kaeli Talora '25)