BOSTON - The UMass Boston baseball team remained unbeaten for the 2022 season after taking both ends of a non-conference doubleheader from visiting Northern Vermont University-Lyndon Friday night at Monan Park.
 
THE BASICS
Game 1: UMass Boston 15, NVU-Lyndon 3
Game 2: UMass Boston 13, NVU-Lyndon 2
 
UMass Boston (4-0), NVU-Lyndon (2-9)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
Lyndon struck first in the opener as Jordan Crane drove in Parker Perron with a single to center in the top of the third inning. That lead would prove to be short lived as UMass Boston plated three runs in the bottom of the frame to take the lead for good.
 
Senior Thomas Cue (Shrewsbury, Mass.) got the scoring going for the Beacons when he drove in graduate Steve Brookwell (Hightstown, N.J.) and freshman Jake Woltman (Encinitas, Calif.) with a triple to straight away center field, and then went home on senior Drew Metzdorf's (Burlington, Mass.) double to left.
 
UMass Boston led 4-1 heading to the bottom of the sixth, where they erupted for 11 runs to put any hopes of a comeback by the Hornets out of reach. Highlights of that frame included a solo blast to left off the bat of junior Ethan Errera (Newington, Conn.) and a two-RBI double for Sophomore Kevin Carrera (Sandwich, Mass.) that capped the scoring for the Beacons.
 
Freshman Keenan Metrick (Malvern, Pa.) didn't factor in the decision after a solid start for UMass Boston, allowing one run on five hits with seven strikeouts over 3.2 innings. Classmate  Cole Porter (River Vale, N.J.) was credited with the win after not allowing a hit and fanning two batters in his 2.1 innings of relief. Carlos Rodriguez took the loss after giving up four runs on five hits with 5Ks in 3.2 innings of work.

The second game played out in similar fashion, as Skyler Bushey's two-run homer in the top of the first gave NVU-Lyndon an early 2-0 lead. Those proved to be the Hornets' only runs of the nightcap.
 
That lead lasted until the bottom of the second, where senior Craig Corliss (Hopkinton, Mass.) and junior Aidan Blake (Lakeville, Mass.) both scored on an error that allowed senior Nick Palma (Peabody, Mass.) to reach base. Palma then scored on Errera's ground out to short, and senior Henry Score (New York, N.Y.) later crossed the plate on Brookwell's single to right, giving the Beacons a 4-2 lead.
 
The Beacons tacked on three more runs in the bottom of the fourth, which started with a solo homer off the bat of junior Gianni Zarrilli (South Glastonbury, Conn.), tacked on two more in the fifth on Errera's double to the gap in left, and then pushed across four more runs in the bottom of the sixth for the 13-2 final.
 
Sophomore Jackson Snider (Durham, N.C.) got the win on the hill for UMass Boston after allowing two runs on three hits over his four innings of work in the seven inning game. Jacob Wechselblatt was tagged with the loss for NVU-Lyndon after giving up nine runs (seven earned) on nine hits and three walks over five innings. He also had 8Ks in the contest.

WHAT'S NEXT?
 
The Beacons will close out their season-opening five-game homestand Monday when they host Massachusetts Institute of Technology. First pitch is set for 3 p.m. at Monan Park.