SALEM, Mass. – Led by 6.2 shutout innings by Mike Richardson, Salem State University downed baseball by the final of 2-0 Tuesday afternoon at Central Campus Field. 

The Vikings, who are ranked fifth in New England, saw Richardson strikeout five, while Rafael Tylus picked-up the save, in-which he did not allow a hit in 3.1 innings.  Salem State improved to 12-5 with the win, while the Beacons dropped to 9-8 overall.

For UMass Boston, they saw freshman Sal Frosceno (Derby, Conn.) also have a strong outing on the hill.  In five complete innings, the Connecticut native allowed just the two runs on six hits, but did manage to strikeout four. 

Bryan Kaufman (Farmingdale, N.Y.) would close out the final three innings for UMass Boston, and also had a strong showing allowing just two hits, while striking out five.

The Beacons best chance to get on the board came in the top of the seventh, when they had the bases loaded, but they would come up short. 

Salem State would score their first run of the day in the first, on an RBI single by Richard Fecteau.  Their second run of the day came on an RBI double by Teghan Malionek in the fourth.  Malionek would also record a triple in the non-conference game.

Freshman Josh Lopez (New Haven, Conn.) recorded two of the Beacons six hits, all of which were singles. 

Baseball returns to action on Thursday when they travel to Babson College for a 3:30 p.m. non-conference game.