BEVERLY, Mass. – Danny MacDougall (Taunton, Mass.) crushed a hanging breaking ball over the left field fence to lift the No. 4/6 nationally ranked Gulls past No. 13/18 Salve Regina, 8-7, in 10 innings on Friday afternoon at North Field.
WP (2-1): Max Tarlin (Sharon, Mass.) – 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K
LP (4-1): Jason Arrigo (Basking Ridge, N.J.) – 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Nicolas Notarangelo (Taunton, Mass.) set up MacDougall's walk-off homer with a game-tying three-run shot to right field in the seventh (7-7).
The duo homered twice in the game as MacDougall smashed a two-run game-tying homer in the fourth (4-4) after Notarangelo's second bomb of the contest cut into the deficit at 4-2 earlier in the frame.
John Mulready (Peabody, Mass.) opened up the scoring for the Gulls via the round-tripper (solo) in the third (trailing 3-1).
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Endicott snapped Salve Regina's 17-game winning streak.
- The Seahawks entered today's contest 24-0-1 in their last 25 contests.
- The Gulls improved to 19-0 at home this season.
- Endicott trailed 2-0 (1st), 3-0 (end 1st), 3-1 (end 3rd), 4-1 (end top 4), 4-2 (4th), 5-4 (end 6th), and 7-4 (top 7) before finishing off the comeback.
WHAT'S NEXT
First-seeded Endicott (38-5) hosts the last remaining team from today's slate of games on Saturday, May 13 needing one win to capture the CCC Championship.
Second-seeded Salve Regina (35-7-1) will play the winner of fifth-seeded Western New England / fourth-seeded Roger Williams later tonight at North Field (approximately 6:30 PM.
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(Photo Credit - Demetrius Kazanas '22 M'23)
